12 June 2018
What did the Polish group learn about MNEs and international cooperation?
- Most of the international companies have a long story behind them.
- We realized how much time and effort was put in these companies to make them as great as they are now
- We also found out the significance of globalization in international business
- We learned how international companies cooperate with Poland and Polish companies
- We understood what is required to make a good international company, as well as how to improve the business by spreading it all over the world
- We know how companies differ in terms of marketing depending on the country it is located in
- We saw how local companies look and function abroad
- We discovered how MNE’s create new opportunities and possibilities for development of cooperating companies
- We found out that MNE’s help people find a job as they create a lot of new jobs
- We realized how can we learn from our mistakes and become better at what we do
20 April 2018
The German group reflected on MNEs today. Here are the results:
1. How do you feel about MNEs?
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good, because you find them all over the world
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hard to build such a company, takes a long time
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creating jobs for people
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well-known, "famous" = brand all over the world
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fro travellers it can mean that they feel at home seeing the brands in a place they are visiting
2. What we learnt about MNEs
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big companies create famous brands
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they have long stories / history
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success and failure / problems / crisis
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scandals (all companies were linked to at least one)
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name sometimes shows who was the first person to own the copamy
3. What is special about working for a MNE?
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international connections
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learn about the world
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danger of being outsourced
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longer working hours
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different languages are spoken
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other rules
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different tasks
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higher wages for the management