Foreign Direct Investment You are the international manager of U.S. business that has just developed a revolutionary new personal computer that can perform the same functions as existing PCs but costs only half as much to manufacture. Several patents protect the unique design of this computer. Your CEO has asked you to formulate a recommendation for how to expand into Southeast Asia. Your options are (a) to export from the United States‚ (b) to license an Asian Firm to manufacture and market
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DIRECT SPEECH INDIRECT SPEECH PRESENT TENSE PRESENT SIMPLE changes into PAST SIMPLE He said‚ “I write a letter” She said‚ “he goes to school daily” They said‚ “we love our country” He said‚ “he does not like computer” He said that he wrote a letter. He said that she went to school daily. They said that they loved their country He said that he did not like computer. PRESENT CONTINUOUS changes into PAST CONTINUOUS He said‚ “he is listening to the music” She said‚ “I am
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will not be altered by exchange rate changes. Firms are not subject to operating exposure. 6. General Motors exports cars to Spain but the strong dollar against the euro hurts sales of GM cars in Spain. In the Spanish market‚ GM faces competition from the Italian and French car makers‚
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Chapter 4 FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FDI is the outcome of Mutual interest of MNC’s and host countries. The FDI refers to the investment of MNC’’ in host countries in the form of creating productive facilities and having ownership and control. On the other hand if MNC or a foreign organization or a foreign individual buys bonds issued by host country it is not FDI‚ as it has no attached management or controlling interest. Such investments are called Portfolio Investments. In developing
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was used for the construction of a regional distribution center. Both the plant and the distribution center occupy a total of 80‚000 square meters. CCAI president director Erich Rey said the company had decided to invest so much in the country in order to enable the company to take advantage of the promising business opportunities in the country. “We believe in Indonesia because this is the country where we will grow. With all the investment‚ we expect growth in all areas [production‚ logistics
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Chapter 3 Systems Design: Job-Order Costing Types of Costing Systems Used to Determine Product Costs Process Costing Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Job-order Costing Many different products are produced each period. Many different products are produced each period. Products are manufactured to order. Products are manufactured to order. Cost are traced or allocated to jobs. Cost are traced or allocated to jobs. Cost records must be maintained for each distinct Cost records must be maintained for
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What means can managers use to assess political risk? What do you think is there lative effectiveness of these different methods? At the time you are reading this‚what countries or areas do you feel have political risk sufficient to discourage you from doing business there? 6. Can political risk be “managed”? If so‚ what methods can be used to manage such risk‚ and how effective are they? Discuss the lengths to which you would go to manage political risk relative to the kinds of returns you would
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equipment and property located within the limits of your post. The exact limits of your post are defined by the special orders. The special orders should also include every place a guard must go to perform your duties. You will investigate every unusual or suspicious occurrence on or near your post provided that you do not have to leave your point of duty to do so. If necessary‚ you or the NCO who is on guard with you will contact the chain of command for instructions. While on guard you will remain at your
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Job Order Cost System There are two main cost accounting systems used: Job order cost systems and Process cost systems. Both have very distinct differences that help each specialize in a certain type of manufacturing company. The job order cost system in particular is used to "provide product costs for each quantity of a product that is manufactured." When a product is called to be manufactured‚ then it is called a job. Once the job is ordered‚ the manufacturing company must go through a flow
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Greetings‚ Robert Burns‚ came under pressure from shareholders to grow Greeting’s stock value. As a consequence of this pressure‚ in 2014 Mr. Burns called for a formal analysis of the company’s options with regard to business opportunities. location was the first issue considered in the analysis. Greetings stores are located in high-traffic malls where rental costs are high. the additional rental cost was justified‚ however‚ by the revenue that resulted from these highly visible locations. In recent
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