3. EXPANSION OPTION: EXPORTING
• EXPORTSAREA FUNCTIONOFINTERNATIONALTRADEWHEREBYGOODSPRODUCEDINONECOUNTRY
ARESHIPPEDTO ANOTHERCOUNTRYFORFUTURESALEOR TRADE.
• I THINKYOU SHOULDDO THISOPTIONBECAUSEYOUPRODUCEDTHISGOODIN A DIFFERENT
COUNTRYTHANWHEREYOUARESHIPPINGTHEPRODUCTTO.
4. EXPANSION OPTION: FRANCHISING
• FRANCHISINGISBASEDON A MARKETINGCONCEPTWHICHCAN BEADOPTEDBY ANORGANIZATIONASA
STRATEGYFORBUSINESSEXPANSION.
• I DON’TTHINK YOUSHOULD GOWITH THIS OPTIONBECAUSEYOUARENOTFRANCHINGBECAUSEWALL
RXISNOTA COMPANYTHATISGOINGTO BE ALLAROUNDTHEWORLD.WALLRXIS GOINGTO BE
A PRODUCTTHATWILLBEIN INTERNATIONALPLACES.
5. EXPANSION OPTION: LICENSING
• LICENSINGISA BUSINESSARRANGEMENTINWHICHONECOMPANYGIVESANOTHERCOMPANY
PERMISSIONTOMANUFACTUREITS PRODUCTFORASPECIFIEDPAYMENT.
• I DON'TTHINKTHIS IS THE BESTOPTIONBECAUSETHE OTHERCOMPANYISN'TGOINGTO
MANUFACTURETHIS PRODUCT,THEYAREJUSTGOINGTO INVESTIN IT ANDUSEIT.
6. EXPANSION OPTION: SUBCONTRACTING
• SUBCONTRACTINGREFERSTOTHE PRACTICEOFBRINGINGINANOUTSIDECOMPANYORINDIVIDUALTO
PERFORMSPECIFICPARTSOFA CONTRACTORPROJECT.
• I DON’TTHINK SUBCONTRACTINGISTHE BESTOPTIONTOPICKBECAUSETHEY AREN'TBRINGINGYOUIN
TO DO A PRODUCTYOUARESELLINGA PRODUCTTOTHEM, BUTI ALSOTHINKTHAT YOUGUYSARE
WORKINGTOGETHERTO GETA PROJECTDONE.
8. EXPANSION OPTION: DIRECT INVESTMENT
• REFERSTO AN INVESTMENTINAFOREIGNBUSINESSENTERPRISEDESIGNEDTOACQUIREA CONTROLLING
INTERESTINTHIS ENTERPRISE.
• I DON’TTHINK THATDIRECTINVESTMENTIS A GOODOPTIONBECAUSE
9. BEST OPTION SUGGESTION
• I THINK THATEXPORTINGANDSUBCONTRACTINGWOULDBETHEBEST OPTIONSFORYOUBECAUSEYOU
ANDTHE OTHER COMPANYWILLBEWORKINGTOGETHERTO BENEFITEACHOTHER.YOU AREPROVIDINGA
PRODUCTTHATWILLBEOF BIG INTRESTTO ANOTHERCOMPANYFORCHEAPWALLREPAIRSANDYOU
WILLRECIVEA LOTOF MONEY FORIT.YOU WILLALSO BEMAKINGWALLRXIN AMERICAANDSHIPPINGIT
TO A FOREIGNCOUNTRY.
10. PRODUCT ADAPTATION VS. STRAIGHT
EXPANSION
• PRODUCTADAPTATIONISTHEPROCESSOFMODIFYINGANEXISTING PRODUCT,SOITISSUITABLEFOR
DIFFERENTCUSTOMERSORMARKETS
• A STRAIGHTPRODUCTEXTENSIONIS PRESENTINGYOURPRODUCTTOA GLOBALMARKETPLACE
WITHOUTANYCHANGES.
• I THINK THAT YOUSHOULDGO WITH A STRAIGHTEXPANSIONBECAUSEYOUWILLBE PRESENTINGYOUR
PRODUCTTO OTHERCOUNTRIESSO THATMEANSITWILL BEA GLOBALPRODUCT.