Comparative Market Analysis and International Business Strategy (Fall 2025)

BSAD 452
Closed
Main contact
St Francis Xavier University
Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mark Fuller
He / Him
Full Professor
6
Timeline
  • September 15, 2025
    Experience start
  • December 4, 2025
    Experience end
Experience
1/1 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred Community Partners
Anywhere
Any Community Partner type
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Competitive analysis Market expansion Product management
Skills
data analysis business communications (written and oral) market analysis business strategy
Student goals and capabilities

Details

Are you considering expanding your company and exploring global markets? Our student consultants can help you assess your international readiness, compare different market opportunities, and help you develop foreign entry strategies. We are particularly interested in projects involving any of the following:

  • market readiness assessments to determine whether your firm is ready to expand internationally
  • comparative market analyses
  • exporting
  • licensing
  • franchising
  • strategic alliances or joint ventures
  • regional or global expansion strategies

Learner skills

Competitive analysis, Business strategy, Marketing strategy, Research, Financial forecasting; communication

Deliverables

The final project deliverables may include a comprehensive written report that includes the following key components (as appropriate to the context) and a business presentation:

  • Country assessment for the product(s) or service(s) in question
  • External and internal environmental scanning
  • Marketing strategy
  • Marketing budgets
  • Operational strategy
  • Financial analysis
  • Implementation plan including schedules, task descriptions, resource allocations, budgets, and timelines for implementation


Students

Students
Undergraduate
Intermediate, Advanced levels
15 students
Project
40-60 hours per student
Educators assign students to projects
Teams of 6
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Deliverables most likely include written reports on market analyses or market entry strategies but could also include briefing materials, marketing collateral, and/or presentations.

Project timeline
  • September 15, 2025
    Experience start
  • December 4, 2025
    Experience end

Project examples

Project examples include, but are not limited to:

  • Innovating an existing product or product line to reach a new international target market
  • Identifying which international market to enter (including a brief market entry strategy)
  • Outlining how to enter an international market (including identification of key risks, estimated costs, and launch strategies).
  • Providing tactical or operational recommendations for a defined market entry/expansion strategy (i.e. hiring/management strategies, cultural norms, and laws/regulations)
  • Identifying potential international partners for international expansion, and providing a brief strategic overview.
  • Providing detailed pro forma statements for the next 3 years on international market expansion


Additional Community Partner criteria

Community Partners must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

  • Q1 - Checkbox
    Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.  *
  • Q2 - Checkbox
    Be available for a quick video call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.  *
  • Q3 - Checkbox
    Be available to provide your comments and assessment of the final project deliverables.  *