BS3332 ECONOMICS OF MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE ASSSIGNMENT 2014-15 You have been asked by a government to prepare a short briefing paper for new minister who has responsibility for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) into a country. You have been asked to provide the following: A brief overview of inward FDI flows into the chosen country over (roughly) the last 10 years (20%). A concise discussion of the sources of inward FDI (i.e. which countries it comes from) and the main sectors which
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responsibility – a case study of Deutsch Post DHL Nguyen Thi Van Ha‚ PhD‚ TU Darmstadt‚ Germany Abstract: In recent years‚ there has been a growing concern in sustainable development‚ social responsibility due to the increasing attention to environmental problems. Companies in the world both in developed and developing countries have been trying to take their efforts of following their business strategy with growth and sustainability. With the objectives‚ many companies have been implementing their strategic
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Multinational Capital Budgeting International Financial Management Dr. A. DeMaskey Learning Objectives How does domestic capital budgeting differ from multinational capital budgeting? How do incremental cash flows differ from total project cash flows? What is the difference between foreign project cash flows and parent cash flows? How does APV analysis differ from NPV analysis? How is the capital budgeting analysis adjusted for the additional economic and political risks
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Multinational Tax Management • Tax planning for multinational operations is an extremely complex but important aspect of international business. • To plan effectively‚ MNCs must understand not only the intricacies of their own operations worldwide‚ but also the different structures and interpretations of tax liabilities across countries. • The primary objective of multinational tax planning is the minimization of the firm’s worldwide tax burden. Multinational Tax Management • Taxes have a major
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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR & LEADERSHIP CASE STUDY: DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTINATIONAL PERSONNEL SELECTION SYSTEM ABOUT THE COMPANY: ComInTec AG & Co. is a worldwide leading industrial company that has administration‚ plants‚ and sales offices in various regions across the globe‚ mainly Central‚ Eastern and Western Europe‚ Asia-Pacific region (APAC)‚ North America‚ Central and South America. In 2006 they had 23‚000 employees worldwide and gross revenue of 5.8 billion Euros in sales. They had recovered
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can be vast‚ well known companies or smaller specialist firms. There are three different types of MNE’s which all have different primary motives. Horizontally integrated multinationals produce the same product in each country of operation. The only differentiation is the marketing and promotion of the product to suit the consumers of that particular area. The prime reason for this approach is expansion of the business into new areas. Vertically integrated multinationals operates by having different
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The tortuous Evolution of the Multinational Corporation 3 State of Mind Attitudes • ETHNOCENTRIC - Home Country Attitudes • POLYCNTRIC - Host Country Oriented • GENOCENTRIC - World Oriented 3 State of Mind Attitudes Ethnocentric – Home Oriented – Home Nationals are superior‚ more trust worthy and more reliable than any foreigners in over seas headquarters or subsidiaries – The performance criteria for men and products are “Home made” – Advise/Council flows from headquarters to subsidiaries
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Library Briefing Library of the European Parliament 23/09/2013 Corporate tax avoidance by multinational firms In this briefing: The scale of Member States’ (MS) losses through the increasingly aggressive use of tax-avoidance schemes by multinational companies (MNCs) is difficult to estimate‚ but is considered serious. Press reports have highlighted the low tax paid by well-known‚ very successful companies. The tax reduction methods used by MNCs have been well known for decades. They include transfer
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CHAPTER 17 Capital Budgeting for the Multinational Corporation EASY (definitional) 17.1 The _______ is defined as the present value of future cash flows discounted at the project’s cost of capital minus the initial net cash outlay for the project. a) net present value b) equity-adjusted present value c) cost of capital d) value additive principle Ans: a Section: Net present value Level: Easy 17.2 The most desirable property of the NPV criterion is that it evaluates a) investments
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It is already mentioned above about some factors that caused the decline of Multinational Corporation‚ and here is the explanation of those factors: • Technical-Efficiency Forces The Technical-Efficiency Forces has two possibilities First‚ the decline of the corporation came from its inabilities to achieve and to maintain economic efficiencies in market transactions. When the economic environments no longer support efficient operations of the corporation‚ it can find other ecological slots or reduce
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