Question

Market screening is a method of market analysis and assessment that permits management to identify a small number of desirable markets by eliminating those judged to be less attractive.

When considering initial entry into international markets, or later expansion of international presence, companies Inust screen the large number of potential markets to identify the smaller subset of most promising candidates. This exercise examines one type of market screening, called country screening, and reviews the steps in this screening process as well as key tasks and considerations in each step.
Place the country screening steps in the order they occur, from first to last.
Rank the options below
1. Assess competitive forces such as the number, size, and financial strength of the competitors.
2. Assess economic and financial forces such as trends in inflation, currency exchange rates, and interest rates.
3. Assess sociocultural forces associated with doing business in a particular area or country,
4. Assess basic need potential of specific goods or services
5. Assess political and legal forces such as profit remittance barriers and policy stability
6. Assess prospective markets through personal visits to those markets with the best potential

Answer 1

Answer: See explanation

Step-by-step explanation:

The country screening steps when placed accordingly from the first to the last will be:

1. Assess basic need potential of specific goods or services.

2. Assess economic and financial forces such as trends in inflation. currency exchange rates, and interest rates.

3. Assess political and legal forces such as profit remittance barriers and policy stability.

4. Assess sociocultural forces associated with doing business in a particular area or country.

5. Assess competitive forces such as the number, size, and financial strength of the competitors.

6. Assess prospective markets through personal visits to those markets with the best potential.