MSc Global Strategy: Challenges and Choices (September 2014 starts) January 2015 exam Some general comments 1. A REMINDER THAT YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO ANSWER a) TWO questions from FOUR in section A b) BOTH questions in section B 2. Students are allowed to bring in 4 pages (2 pages double sided) of notes to the exam. The notes must be headed with student’s matriculation number‚ typed in Arial 12 and contain a reference list (Harvard style). Notes must be pinned to the exam script 3. Remember
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Chapter The Global Financial Crisis The global financial crisis had widespread effects. Out of work like many‚ marketing executive Chuck Bridges 138 wears a variation of the “will work for food” sign. M07_PAYN4592_04_SE_C07.indd 138 06/01/12 6:11 PM Chapter 7 The Global Financial Crisis 139 IntroduCtIon Financial crises and accompanying economic recessions have occurred throughout history. Periodic crises appear to be part of financial systems of dominant or global powers. The
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Bombay‚ In Hong Kong in Buenos Aires. We have to send our best and brightest overseas and make sure they have the training that will allow them to be global leaders who will make GE flourish in the future.” Jack Welch Discuss the challenges facing Multinational Corporation in the management of global talent. In a highly competitive global economy where the other factors of production- capital‚ technology‚ raw materials and information‚ are increasingly able to be duplicated “the calibre of
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GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISES AND THE FUTURE OF SECURITIZATION Contents 1. Introduction……………………………………………………………………...3 2. Overview………………………………………………………………………...3 3. Structured-finance securitization ………………………………………………..5 4. Key segments of the securitization market………………………………………6 5. Rating Agencies Deficiencies....................………………………………………8 6. Future of Structured-finance securitization……………………………..……...10 7. Conclusion................................................…………………………………...…11
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Answers to Text Discussion Questions 7-1. Cash and marketable securities are generally used to meet the transaction needs of the firm and for contingency purposes. Because the funds must be available when needed‚ the primary concern should be with safety and liquidity rather than the maximum profits. 7-2. Liquidity is the quality of converting an asset to cash quickly and at fair market value. 7-3. The treasury manager is most concerned with daily cash flows of a corporation as it is the
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Introduction The financial crisis that began in 2007 spread and gathered intensity in 2008‚ despite the efforts of central banks and regulators to restore calm. By early 2009‚ the financial system and the global economy appeared to be locked in a descending spiral‚ and the primary focus of policy became the prevention of a prolonged downturn on the order of the Great Depression. The volume and variety of negative financial news‚ and the seeming impotence of policy responses‚ has raised new
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What are the main characteristics of ‘emerging markets’? Introduction During the changing of world economy‚ it is increasingly common to hear the term ‘emerging markets’ and from news and report. In the mid-1980s‚ the term ‘emerging markets’ was created by the World Bank‚ and has significant influence on the global business world nowadays (Gwynne‚ Klak and Shaw 2003). To raise investor’s attention to those developing countries‚ there are numerous characteristics springing up which are given by
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WHAT IS MANAGEMENT Management has been alive since older times because the need to develop it aroused. The subject of management is a science in its own ambit‚ it is such a thorough and detailed subject that its effects in any other subject and disciplines cannot be negated and ignored. Harold Koontz‚Dec 1961.the Management Theory Jungle‚ University of California‚ explains in his book that the art of management is reflected by perspective writers who have illuminated many years of their experience
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ratio of the estimated accounting profit of a project to its average investment. It is an investment appraisal technique. ARR ignores the time value of money. * Accounting rate of return‚ also known as the Average rate of return. or ARR is a financial ratio used in capital budgeting. The ratio does not take into account the concept of time value of money. ARR calculates the return‚ generated from net income of the proposed capital investment. The ARR is a percentage return. Say‚ if ARR = 7%‚
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Global Transportation Management Market 2014-2018 A Transportation Management System is used to plan freight movements. It helps the customer plan and execute transportation across the supply chain. It offers a number of important tools such as strategic planning and optimization‚ freight consolidation‚ and freight audit and payment‚ which helps maximize efficiency and reduce freight costs associated with product shipments. Three solutions‚ TMS planning and execution solutions‚ fleet management
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