Use the globalEDGE™ site (www.globaledge.msu.edu) to complete the following exercises:

1. The Financial Times newspaper and the auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers conduct an World's Most Respected Companies. PricewaterhouseCoopers provides the whole report downloadable as a PDF file. Locate the most recent ranking available and focus on the introductory analysis. Prepare an executive summary of the strategic and organizational success factors that make a company "most respected".
2. The globalEDGE™ presents selected articles from the business print media under its Knowledge Room section. Locate the Selected Articles section and find an article that provides insights about the four key challenges facing firms in the globalization process. Prepare a description of these challenges and the solutions that the authors recommend.