Deepen your knowledge of one of Italy, its salient countries, its business culture and business environment.

The Assignment: Deepen your knowledge of one of Italy, its salient countries, its business culture and business environment.
A. Prepare a PowerPoint with 15 or more slides about Italy.
1. Slide 1 should be your Cover Page slide that includes the course title, your region’s name, your names and the appropriate date
2. Slides 2 through 12 should be your Content slides.
3. Slide 13 should summarize your finds and conclusions about Italy.
4. Slide 14 should be your recommendations to improve the business climate and performance of Italy.
5. Slide 15 should be your Bibliography slide
C. Your Content slides should include the following topics:
a. Describe the region’s topography, and the role that it has played in the development or lack of development in that region
b. Describe the region’s history, and how this relates to its business culture and future
c. Describe the region’s past and present leadership, including its focus on nationalism versus a focus on regional development
d. Explain the region’s demographic past, present, and forecast its future
e. Describe the region’s cultural and ethnic past and present make-up, including its religious history, present and future
f. Describe the region’s military capability, past and present, its use of force to settle disputes and / or to achieve its objectives
g. Describe the region’s past and present immigration, and the role legal systems have played in enforcing its policies
h. Explain the region’s level of technological development, and forecast its future
i. Describe the region’s economy, past, present and future
j. Explain the region’s trade and trade agreements, past, present, and what this implies for the region moving forward
k. Explain the role of FDI (foreign direct investment) for this region’s economic development and social welfare