1. Other than a need to expand, what other reasons would Wal-Mart have for openi

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1. Other than a need to expand, what other reasons would Wal-Mart have for opening stores globally?

2. Why would it be beneficial for Wal-Mart to have suppliers in different countries?

3. Why would Wal-Mart want strong centralized control of its stores? Why would Wal-Mart want strong local control of stores?

4. What pitfalls and opportunities other than those mentioned in the Wall Street Journal article would Wal-Mart face over the next few years?

5. What are the sources of risks faced by the global supply chain and how can the firm mitigate the various risks?

Explanation / Answer

1. to expand its brand name globally and to serve the desired and potential customers.

2. they can order the products from the most effective and efficient supplier only. and the other remaining countries customers also benefited with this actions.

3. then only the core objectives of the firm will be protected. if it is decentralized at higher level, the core objectives will be changes according to the people greeds. if they controlled stores on local market, they can do their business well. other wise they can not.

4. the difficulties are about the e-commerce. all the retail stores and business people are having big problem with e-commerce.

5. the requirements are different from nation to nation and time to time. so, meet the requirements regularly is very difficult in nature.

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