FINS3616 International Business Finance - Week 4 A. Conceptual questions 1. What is a forward exchange rate? 2. If the yen is selling at a premium relative to the euro in the forward market‚ is the forward price of EUR per JPY larger or smaller than the spot price of EUR per JPY? 3. If you are a U.S. firm and owe someone ¥10‚000‚000 in 180 days‚ what is your transaction exchange risk? 4. If the spot exchange rate of the yen relative to the dollar is ¥105.75‚ and the
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Profitability is a measure of the efficiency of a business to use its resources. It is measured by the return on the capital resources it uses which means the combination of debt and equity. This is given by the ratio return on capital employed (ROCE)‚ return on investment or accounting rate of return. This tells investors how successful the business is by analyzing the profitability. The higher ROCE‚ the more liable it is to carry a high return to the investors resulting in higher dividends
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standards of behavior of individual managers in their work. Four Levels of Ethical Questions in Business Societal – At the societal level‚ we ask questions about basic institutions‚ practices and behaviors in a society. For example‚ is racial discrimination right? Is capitalism the just system to allocate resources in a society? Stakeholder – At the level of the stakeholders of a business‚ such as customers‚ shareholders‚ suppliers‚ etc.‚ the ethical issues concern‚ disclosing correct
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* IHRM as a key factor in the success of international business. * An overview of domestic HRM and discussion on what is different in IHRM. * What are the key elements of “best practice” in HRM? * To what extent are the principles of managing people universal and to what extent culture specific? * Inter-cultural or International? * Do we have a strategy for becoming an international firm? * What type of managers will we need to be successful? * How can I find out about
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Value-Chain Analysis to Identify Resources and Capabilities at Under Armour The resource-based view (RBV) of a firm lies primarily in the application of bundle of valuable interchangeable and intangible or tangible resources at the firm’s disposal. For a firm to transform a short-run competitive advantage into a sustained competitive advantage requires these resources be heterogeneous and immobile. This is perhaps the biggest struggle Under Armour faces – the challenge of maintaining a differentiated
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determines which legal system and which jurisdiction apply to a given dispute. The rules typically apply when a legal dispute has a "foreign" element such as a contract agreed to by parties located in different countries‚ although the "foreign" element also exists in multi-jurisdictional countries. The basics principles of any applicable law present in any contract are the jurisdiction which determines whether the forum court has the power to resolve the dispute at hand. The choice of law which is being
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The International Journal of Human Resource Management‚ Vol. 20‚ No. 2‚ February 2009‚ 399–419 Development and performance of self-managing work teams: a theoretical and empirical examination Ben. S. Kuipersa* and Janka I. Stokerb a Faculty of Social Sciences‚ Erasmus University Rotterdam‚ The Netherlands; bFaculty of Economics and Business‚ University of Groningen‚ The Netherlands Several theories have been developed that prescribe the team development of selfmanaging work teams (SMWTs)
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Identify and explain two reasons for an increase in cohabitation [17] One reason is changing social attitudes. Religion regarded cohabitation as ‘living in sin’‚ but today there is less shame attached to it. Barlow et al found increasing acceptance of cohabitation. This shows that the change in religions social attitude‚ cohabitation is accepted more‚ leading to an increase in cohabitation. Some people prefer love that focuses of on intimacy‚ closeness and emotion rather than the duties of marriage
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specifically on fossil fuels combustion (oil‚ coal and gas) issue affect the international business including the arguments. The positive and negative sides it could also be the opportunities and challenges. According to Dinica (2002)‚ energy policy is one of the government packages to reduce fossil fuels combustion. Supply and demand side areas of interventions are being used since supply and demand are the nature side of business sector. However‚ that will be the complex one to elucidate. The simpler
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A Brief Understanding of IBS ‐‐A Case Study of Toyota A Brief Understanding of International Business Strategy --A Case Study of Toyota by Peter LIU‚ peterliu@acculine‐mfg.com MSc International Business P14B45 International Business Strategy Lecturer: Dr Yee Kwan Tang Sponsored by 10 May 2010 Acculine Precision Manufacturing Company Tel: 0086-574-28887315‚ Fax: 0086-574-28875303‚ Web: www.acculine-mfg.com‚ email: info@acculine-mfg.com A Brief Understanding
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