Discussion Topic 1:

• What industry sectors tend to be better performers? Why?
• How may Covid-19 lead to growth in certain sectors and decline of other sectors that will have to ‘re-invent’ themselves to make them competitive?  You may pick a sector from healthcare, education, retail, hospitality, manufacture, IT, or transport.

Discussion Topic 2:

• Select any company from the Standard & Poor’s 500. Select one or more activities in the company’s value chain that would be candidates for relocation to another country.
• Provide a brief justification and examine the challenges you see in coordinating the global value chain after the proposed value-chain activities of your chosen company are set up in the new country.

Discussion Topic 1:

• What industry sectors tend to be better performers? Why?
• How may Covid-19 lead to growth in certain sectors and decline of other sectors that will have to ‘re-invent’ themselves to make them competitive?  You may pick a sector from healthcare, education, retail, hospitality, manufacture, IT, or transport.