1. How could a higher level of inflation in Thailand affect Blades (assume U.S inflation remains constant)? Although the Blades have already a decreasing demand for “Speedos” and the rate of inflation is high relative to U.S inflation rate. It will affect the current account of Thailand which would be expected to decrease and due to this scenario the exports of demand for other countries will also decline. 2. How would Blades be affected relative to competition both from firms in Thailand
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MFI 442 International Finance-Individual Assignments II Name Institution MFI 442 International Finance-Individual Assignments II Over the years, global businesses are increasing rapidly because most countries are attractive and have lucrative policies that attract foreign direct investments (FDIs). Foreign direct investments are simply business entities operated by a corporation in one country (the home country) but with subsidiaries in the foreign markets (the host countries) (Agarwal
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Chapter 17 International Accounting and Financial Management True / False Questions 1. The purpose of all accounting is to provide internal and external decision-makers with the financial data they need to make their decisions. True False 2. There are three points at which operating in a foreign currency raises accounting issues: when transactions are made in foreign currencies, when foreign subsidiaries consolidate their results to the parent company, and when debt is
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(a)3 Transaction exposure 3 Translation exposure 4 Economic exposure 5 Question (b)5 International debt financing6 International equity financing 5 International trade financing5 Part II 4 Question (a)5 Question (b)6 Question (c)5 Question (d)6 References: 4 Part I Question (a): Transaction exposure The firm faces with transaction exposure when the exchange rate movements can affect to the financial results in international transaction after
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1.4 What is political risk? Political risk is the risk that a sovereign host government will unexpectedly change the rules of the game under which businesses operate. 1.5 In what ways do cultural differences impact the conduct of international business? Because they define the rules of the game, national business and popular cultures impact each of the functional disciplines of business from research and development right through to marketing, production, and distribution.
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managed. There is a veritable sea of benefits in international portfolio investment. These include participation in the growth of other countries, hedging against exchange rate exposure to risk, diversification benefits and advantages (abnormal returns) of market segmentation on a global scale. However, we cannot be so overwhelmed by the payoff of international portfolio investment as to overlook the bitter side of it. In an international environment, financial investments are not only subject
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even though Porsche has the largest US exposure among the manufactures. Their hedging strategy has been criticized for being more lucky than thoughtful. Porsche also differ with their extreme anti-debt attitude. Porsche have a strong competitive position and another aspect that is very specific for Porsche’s products is the exchange rate pass-through. They pass through the changes of exchange rate upon the final consumer. Chapter 9 Operating Exposure ( End-of-Chapter Questions 1.
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Types of foreign exchange exposure Transaction exposure: : value of outstanding financial obligations incurred prior to change in exchange rates but not due to be settled until after the exchange rates change(deals with changes in cash flows that result from existing contractual obligation) Ex: when a firm buys a forward exchange rate contract it deliberately creates a transaction exposure. 4 option available to manage the exposure 1. Remain unhedged(might gain or lose) 2. Hedge in the
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FIN 4604: Sample Questions III 1). Assume that the Swiss franc has an annual interest rate of 8% and is expected to depreciate by 6% against the dollar. From a U.S. perspective, the effective financing rate from borrowing francs is: a) 8% b) 14.48% c) 2% d) 1.52% e) 14% 2). Assume that the U.S. interest rate is 11% while the interest rate on euros is 7%. If euros are borrowed by a U.S. firm, they would have to ________ against the dollar by _______ in order
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MFI 442 International Finance-Individual Assignments I Name Institution MFI 442 International Finance-Individual Assignments I Most corporations expand beyond their local boundaries to become multinationals. There are myriad reasons behind this (Wells & Wint, 2000). The biggest of all these reasons is to gain access to international markets and perhaps invest in economic zones that have high investment returns as compared to home countries (Fu, 2000). The trend of globalization has
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