Country study: managing in a global environment
Introduction
Global partners LP are a company that is a leader in marketing, storage and distribution of energy products across more than nine states in United States. It has operated in the sector more than 75 years in services of the energy needs of the business, government agencies and industrial sectors. Its location and area that it has concentrated with is Northeast and currently has more than 500 companies. Having adequate plans and management, the company has been more and in the forefront competitive in the energy sector (Boeckman, Greenwald, Bismarck, & Institute, 2013). In more than a decade, the company services have been demanded by several and different customers. This has enlarged the company’s market scope as the customers can be categorized gasoline and diesel distributors. The demanders of the oil are mostly the state agencies, municipal agencies, public utility organization as well as commercial companies.
The determinant of development and high productivity is provision of energy. In the industrial sector, fuel energy has high demand hence distribution and supply business has a large and well performance in the market. Japan has done much great in development and becoming an industrialized has to utilized fuel in manufacturing sector. This makes it become the most target of the oil company in their marketing. The company chief executive officer is supposed to target Japan in search for the market as can give a large market share (Suzuki, 2000). In the international expansion of the global partners LP, is supposed to target a country with large consumption of the energy. The target customers should be wholesalers, retailers and distributors for commercial purposes. The products that are required in such developed country are gasoline, distillates, and renewable fuels.
The Japan’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has shown a positive trend over a long period. Since 1960, the level of GDP was above 40.30 billion USD and in comparison to the year 2012 which was 5960 billion US Dollars. The average of the GDP is 2436.60 US Dollars hence contributing to 9.61 percent of the world economy. These factors show how the country has a great potential in providing the market for the energy as it is essential in the development. Concerning labor, Japan has been in the forefront of providing high quality experts in various sectors of engineering. The qualities of the products that are produced is high in comparison with other countries' markets (Boeckman, Greenwald, Bismarck, & Institute, 2013). The country has wide depended with the nuclear energy hence there is in need of subsidized fuel. Provision of gas in the country, can provide a form of fuel free from environmental hazard and pollution.
Japan is the 5th largest economy especially in importation and exportation. This has made it enjoy large market share with the best performing countries and hence having a competitive international trade (Suzuki, 2000). This has opened the importing of commodities such as petroleum, natural gas and coal. The percentage of the petroleum product varies with the need. It covers 15.5 percent then natural gas for 5.7 percent and finally 3.5 percent for coal. The Global Partners LP has an opportunity to take the chance of exporting the petroleum and gas product in the Japan economy take a share of the imports.
Japan is among the developed countries in the planet. It is an island hence communication and infrastructure help in making accessibility easier. The distributors of the energy products can choose to use water transport or air transport to access Japan (Boeckman, Greenwald, Bismarck, & Institute, 2013). Through technology, Japan is well equipped hence information dissemination is easier and affordable. The management of Global Partners LP can access the market information and connect with the stakeholders in the market. This can help in making the agreements through the devices without physical meetings. It helps in making the transportation of the petroleum products as well as energy to the country easily. This mode of communication also can be used to search the market and to connect the distributors with their customers. Industrial growth in Japan is at high rate for production especially in electronic sectors and automobiles. These are the major targets for the petroleum as they provide the market for fuel and other energy products. The industrial manufacturing consumes high fuel thus providing market.
The location of Japan provides easier accessibility to both importers and exporters. This factor of accessibility together with the political stability has made the country have a huge number of the investors. The foreign investment and their approval procedures also help in making the investors put more funds in the Japan economy. This is in line with the level of development and the return expected (Boeckman, Greenwald, Bismarck, & Institute, 2013). Government assistance program on the foreign inventors and business people has a welcoming nature hence the development. The Global Partners PL has to apply the opportunity provided to have a branch in Japan for their products in energy.
References
Boeckman, P., Greenwald, D. J., Bismarck, N. V., & Institute, P. L. ( 2013). Foreign direct investment in the United States: an update : review and analysis of current developments. New York, NY: Practising Law Institute.
Suzuki, T. ( 2000). Japan's budget politics : balancing domestic and international interests. Boulder : Rienner.
