Enterprise without Borders

Volunteer Classroom Visit (45’)

Context

Enterprise without Borders is a JA-YE company program for Secondary Level students. It will help give you an understanding of the international business environment in which we all live todayYou will also have the chance to develop a business enterprise working with other students in schools in other countries so you can also learn more about their cultures and how to collaborate togetherAccenture, a global consulting and outsourcing business, is the primary corporate sponsor of the program

Enterprise without Borders Programme

European Partners

Regional Partner

Introductions

Introducing our volunteer for today

Themes of Globalisation

What is globalisation?How has the world been changing in the last 10 or so years and how is this affecting business?What are some of the trends for the future?

Examples of Multinational/Global companies

Why did they go GLOBAL?

What is Globalisation?

It is the process by which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected as a result of the acceleration of international trade and cultural exchange.

From an economic perspective...It is the ‘reduction and removal of barriers between national borders in order to facilitate the flow of goods, capital, services and labor’ (United Nations definition)

Globalisation has been taking place for hundreds of years, but has speeded up enormously over the last twenty years

Why is Globalisation accelerating?

A number of important reasons....

Picture credit - ESA

Why is Globalisation accelerating?

Bringing down barriers to trade across the world

International trade in manufactured goods increased more than 100 times (from $95 billion to

$12 trillion) in the 50 years since 1955.

China's trade with Africa rose sevenfold during the period 2000-07 alone

What other impacts is Globalisation having?

ResourcesInnovation

People and Skills

MoneyNew

Consumers

The Multi-Polar World

Positive and

negative impacts

What does “going global” mean to business?

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Different business models in working globally

Balancing global/regional/local

Multi-Local ModelDecentralised, independently run marketsLocal planning and execution of global brandsLocal manufacturing and supply chain footprint

Regional/Functional ModelRegional management units Regional integration of supply chain/back office

Global modelShared services establishedfor back office functionsGlobal planning and local execution of global brands

Super Global Super Local ModelNetworked business models across internal and external boundaries

Degree Of Centralisation

ILLUSTRATIVE

Collaboration between companies –

Understanding JVs"...a win /win collaboration between two or more entities, sharing resources to solve common problems, build new opportunities, and achieve goals.“Combining capabilities, using each others networks and market presence, reducing competitionDifferent models from fully combined operations and finances, to looser partnerships..but must be fully declaredExamples – some successful, others less so

What does this all mean to you?

What opportunities does globalisation offer to you?What skills will be most important to develop?How might I build those skills?What aspects do you find most interesting or most challenging?

A person you may know

Picture credit - Wikipedia

Group discussion - Skills for the future

Divide into groups – quickly!Assign roles in the groups (who takes notes, who checks the time, who will speak for the group)

Discussion topics:Think about yourselves 10 years down the road and how globalisation may have further impacted how we live and workBrainstorm in the team on what skills will be most needed for you to succeed in the global economy in the futureGet the skills down to the few that could ‘make a real difference’

Complete the discussion within 7 minutesBe prepared to present your conclusions to the rest of the class

Key skills that businesses are now

looking for

Tolerance and respect for others

Able to work in diverse teams

Flexibility and adaptability

A broad perspective Cultural

understanding

Building networks and relationships

International Experience

Pulling it all together

How do I engage further with the EwB program?

What are the action learnings and next steps I can take?

Engaging further with the EwB program

The EwB classroom visit today is one of three components to the program:1. Classroom visits with volunteers to teach and

discuss the themes of globalisation and how they are linked with the principles of EwB

2. The EwB website where students can make connections, promote their companies to find partners, and establish their collaborative businesses

3. The company challenge where they can enter their company in to the EwB challenge competition for the best EwB companies

Ways of working together

EwB Joint-Venture Partnership (JVP)

A JVP is a partnership formed by two or more companies operating in different countries, each company controlling its own revenues and expenses, but with operations complementing each other, and working together on joint projects.

JVP Business Models Import-Export BusinessCoordinated product/service development and OutsourcingExchange visit with a business content

EwB Joint-Venture Company (JVC )

A JVC is a closer working arrangement formed by two or more companies operating in different countries but combining parts of their operations and sharing responsibility for joint revenues and expenses.

They could continue also to conduct their own business and control their own revenues and expenses outside the JVC.

In order to be recognized as an EwB Joint Venture Partnership (JVP) or an EwB Joint Venture Company (JVC), all partner companies must be JA-YE minicompanies FULLY registered on the EwB portal

www.ewb.ja-ye.org

i.e. each participating company must have its EwB account and must be listed among the EwB companies on the portal.

Ways of working together

EwB Case Studies

Action Learnings

What have you most learned from the session today

What actions might you take next and what help do you need