MICRO ARTICLE LINKS:

MICRO ARTICLE LINKS: Week 3- Micro article analysis (DUE BY 2/7/16). YOU HAVE TO ANALYZE ONLY ONE of the articles- It carries 50 poin" rel="nofollow">ints: IT COULD BE IN POWER POINT (8 to 12 slides) OR IN WORD DOCUMENT ( 2 to 3 typed pages in" rel="nofollow">in APA format) Folks, I have pasted the followin" rel="nofollow">ing lin" rel="nofollow">ink to the articles: The first ARTICLE is on the topic of in" rel="nofollow">international trade and Information technology. (50 poin" rel="nofollow">ints) http://www.learner.org/series/econusa/unit27/. OR The second ARTICLE is on the competitive structures (50 poin" rel="nofollow">ints) Economist article: “Battle of the Internet Giants: Survival of the Biggest” The guidelin" rel="nofollow">ine and rubric for the article analysis is uploaded here. Please read the guidelin" rel="nofollow">ine and guidelin" rel="nofollow">ine very carefully before doin" rel="nofollow">ing the analysis. For further clarification on Micro article analysis and how to justify the use of Information Technology in" rel="nofollow">in connection with this article. The concepts in" rel="nofollow">in the video along with all concepts that are covered on the home page of the article need to be addressed in" rel="nofollow">in the analysis. Just a very brief synopsis, I am presentin" rel="nofollow">ing here for Micro article analysis "Information Technology helps to promote Economies of scale, Specialization and Comparative Advantage due to the better understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of opportunity costs. Tariffs and Quotas are effectively levied with the help of in" rel="nofollow">information technology, and other trade restrictions are in" rel="nofollow">in effect due to proper measures where technology makes it faster to collect data. Foreign Direct Investment has become so much more feasible due to the advancement in" rel="nofollow">in technology while helpin" rel="nofollow">ing the multin" rel="nofollow">inational corporations along with private in" rel="nofollow">investments in" rel="nofollow">in foreign countries as the effective in" rel="nofollow">information and quick and timely feedback on in" rel="nofollow">investments is readily available through advanced in" rel="nofollow">information systems. Information Technology also protects domestic in" rel="nofollow">industry from competition and promote greater specialization within" rel="nofollow">in countries as the in" rel="nofollow">information on every country’s resources is accessible due to Internet and the promotion of E-Commerce. All these concepts fall under this article". Please make sure to DISCUSS the role technology plays in" rel="nofollow">in the hierarchy of competition among each market structure? Please choose one of the structures and explain" rel="nofollow">in the role of in" rel="nofollow">information and technology givin" rel="nofollow">ing an edge to a busin" rel="nofollow">iness (an example) over the other rival.