Odette School of Business
Master of Management
0478-612-01/02
Corporate Finance in a Global Perspective
Assignment #1
Dr. Keith C.K. Cheung Due: Feb. 26, 2013
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INSTRUCTIONS
1. Assignment is collected in class. No late assignment can be accepted. 2. Detailed solution will be found on the CLEW at 5:00 pm on Feb. 26 3. Part A contains 50 multiple-choice questions. You have to attempt all questions. Leave your answers in the space provided. 4. Each correct response is worth one point. Make an educated guess if needed. 5. Part B contains 4 discussion questions. Again attempt all questions. 6. Each answer has a maximum score of five points. Quality, not quantity, matters. You must clearly support your arguments to earn credits. 7. With a perfect score of 70 points, this assignment is worth 100% of the overall grade.
KEEP THE QUESTION PAPER FOR EXAM REVIEW
Part A: Multiple-Choice Questions: are designed to test general understanding of a variety of core concepts, and their specific applications
1. In a given year, Vodafone, a British company from the communication industry has US$247,850m foreign assets out of total assets of US$258,626m. Among the total sales of US$62,494m, the foreign sales (outside United Kingdom) count for US$53,307m. There are 45,981 overseas employees working in 70 countries while the company has a total of 198 affiliates with 57,378 workers. Find the trans-nationality index (TNI) for this multinational corporation.
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A) 48.7 B) 53.2 C) 79.0 D) 87.1
(The following information relates to Questions 2 and 3)
Alternative outputs from one year of labor input are given as below. | CD Players | Computers | Canada (one person working one year) | 40 | 40 | Sweden (one person working one year) |