Cold Stone.docx - Read below short case study and answer...

 Read below short case study and answer the following questions:
- “Cold Stone has been opening foreign outlets since 2007, when it launched its first
store in Japan, and now boasts more than 1,500 locations in 16 countries.
“Internationally,” says Lee Knowlton, “we do the same thing” when it comes to
designing operations around teamwork. At the same time, he admits that it’s not easy
opening up any business overseas. There’s all kinds of challenges. So having a team
that’s really working together, committing to fighting through these barriers, is key.”
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What are some of these “challenges” or “barriers”? (5points)
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In what ways will the company’s top foreign business customers differ
from its top U.S. business customers? (5 points)
Answer

An overseas company can be defined as a company that operate in a country other than
the home branch whereby it exists and follow the law and roles of the country which the
company will be operation from, this lead that the culture or the system of the company or the