BNU5013 – International Management Strategies Post-Module Assignment for Prof. Minyuan Zhao The topic for our team presentation was the expansion of Global Franchise Architects (GFA) into Kenya. The group selected this company as we had just completed a communication strategy for them on how to expand in India‚ and one of our colleagues who is from Kenya thought that it might be a viable option for GFA to expand into Kenya. This paper will attempt not to repeat any facts stated already
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of irrationally pessimistic investors immediately. Arbitrage The last assumption is that investors will scramble for any arbitrage chance which means “buy low sell high”. When a piece of information is announced‚ all investors will adjust the expected stock price at the same level and immediately buy the “underpriced” stock or sell the “overpriced stock” to maximize their earnings. Although there are some irrational investors‚ the arbitrage mechanism helps driving out any mispricing caused by
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Strategic Management & Business Analysis “The Critical Assessment of the Resource-Based View of Strategic Management: The Source of Heterogeneity of the firm” Tokuda Akio Ritsumeikan International Affairs Vol.3‚ pp125-150 (2005) Paper Review Introduction: The paper in hand is discussing the resource based view (RBV) while highlighting the entrepreneurial view point as a competitive advantage. It also formulize the conceptual framework of the resource based view
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value of a put option at expiration is Max[E – S‚0]. By definition‚ the intrinsic value of an option is its value at expiration‚ so Max[E – S‚0] is the intrinsic value of a put option. 5. The call is selling for less than its intrinsic value; an arbitrage opportunity exists. Buy the call for $10‚ exercise the call by paying $35 in return for a share of stock‚ and sell the stock for $50. You’ve made a riskless $5 profit. 6. The prices of both the call and the put option should increase. The higher
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1 India: SWOT Analysis For Indians who have access to western education and possess english speaking skills‚ times couldn’t have been better. A generation ago‚ no one could have imagined the plethora of job options available today – IT‚ BPO‚ media‚ finance‚ insurance. Even traditional professions like journalism provide many more opportunities than they did a couple of decades ago. Economic upliftment can be seen clearly in most parts of urban India. Perhaps‚ the concept of middle class values
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Section A Personal investment in the UK – is it a science or a matter of good fortune? Good morning ladies and gentlemen‚ My names Moaweya Alksibati and my student ID: u1268623 Today I am going to talk about the personal investment in the UK and whether the success of this investment can be attributed to Luck of Science. I would like to welcome Lord Nigel Lawson‚ DR. John Hughman and Justin Urquhart for attending today and I hope you enjoy the topic I am talking about. I will try
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frequencies: • Continuously compounded rate: 2.00% annualized rate • Continuously compounded return on maturity: 3.00% • Annually compounded rate: 2.10% annualized rate • Semi-annually compounded rate: 2.01% annualized rate You want to find an arbitrage opportunity among these rates. Is there any one that seems to be mispriced? Answer: This exercise tests your knowledge of dealing with interest rates with different compounding frequency. Given the interest rates‚ we can compute the discount factors
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It wasn’t until the 18th century that the American colonies showed promise to be a single‚ unified nation. When the colonies started to become more established‚ more people in England began to migrate to America. Encouraging factors for America’s survival include the effect of the Great Awakening and varied interpretations of this movement. However‚ factors that held them back were the American colonies continued reliance on England for survival. Religion had a greater impact on English colonization
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which are owned by a business house‚ ABC Ltd. One of them‚ A‚ is profit making (and has to pay a heavy tax) and the other‚ B‚ is located in an SEZ and therefore enjoys a tax holiday. Companies such as A & B very often take advantage of the tax arbitrage by initiating a transaction between A and B which is not at a fair‚ market rate‚ but is grossly under invoiced or over invoiced. In such a manner‚ the profit making company‚ A‚ is able to disguise its taxable income and ‘park’ its profits in Company
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The role of trans-Atlantic trade and Great Britain’s mercantilist policies in the economic development of the British North American colonies in the period from 1650 to 1750 was to create the colonies into self-sufficient areas of living. Triangular trade within the United States‚ Great Britain‚ the West Indies‚ and Africa helped to distribute and/or import and export essential factors. The theory of mercantilism is “that a state should be as economically self-sufficient as possible” and it stipulates
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