a senior business manager for a U.S.-based multinational company.

Imagine that you are a senior business manager
for a U.S.-based multinational company. You have been informed by your
supervisor that your Company needs to consider expanding into a new
international market to seek new opportunities.

To get started, you must decide the following:
·
Select a publicly-traded Multinational Corporation (MNC) with
which you are familiar.
·
Select a new international market and a country this company
currently has not explored and should consider.

Write a 6-8 page paper in which you:
1.Analyze how each of the three major dimensions
of international finance can affect your possible venture of your MNC in your
chosen new international market, including potential opportunities and risks
for each dimension.
2.Examine the economic trends and impact of
globalization in the chosen market and determine which of those emerging
factors have potential for disruption that could affect operations.
3.Assess whether the country you have chosen
maintains a fixed or a flexible exchange system and discuss how this monetary
system will affect your MNC. Provide a strong rational for possible
implications and drawbacks of the existing system.
4.Determine how the balance of payments will
support the management of your MNC and explain how deficits and surpluses found
within the country you have chosen can positively or negatively affect
operations of your company.
5.Analyze how the foreign exchange market your
company is considering entering can impact international business operations.
Examine key foreign market participants and provide recommendations of possible
key financing opportunities for your MNC.
6.Use at least three (3) quality references. Note:
Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
·
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12),
with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or
school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional
instructions.
·
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover
page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page
length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated
with this assignment are:
·
Analyze the current trends and impact of globalization on
international financial management.
·
Assess the basic functioning of the current arrangements of
flexible exchange systems that dominate the international monetary system and
explain the impact on business operations.
·
Interpret the balance of payments accounts, and summarize key
information to support financial planning and the strategic management of
international business.
·
Analyze the foreign exchange markets to anticipate fluctuations,
minimize the negative impact on international business operations, and identify
financing opportunities.
·
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
international banking and finance.
·
Write clearly and concisely about international banking and
finance using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on
answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing
skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 300

Assignment 1: Multinational Corporation Expansion

Criteria

Unacceptable
Below 60% F

Meets Minimum Expectations
60-69% D

Fair
70-79% C

Proficient
80-89% B

Exemplary
90-100% A

1. Analyze how each of the three major dimensions of
international finance can affect your possible venture of your MNC in your
chosen new international market, including potential opportunities and risks
for each dimension.
Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely analyzed how each of the three
major dimensions of international finance can affect your possible venture of
your MNC in your chosen new international market, including potential
opportunities and risks for each dimension.

Insufficiently analyzed how each of the three major dimensions
of international finance can affect your possible venture of your MNC in your
chosen new international market, including potential opportunities and risks
for each dimension.

Partially analyzed how each of the three major dimensions of
international finance can affect your possible venture of your MNC in your
chosen new international market, including potential opportunities and risks
for each dimension.

Satisfactorily analyzed how each of the three major dimensions
of international finance can affect your possible venture of your MNC in your
chosen new international market, including potential opportunities and risks
for each dimension.

Thoroughly analyzed how each of the three major dimensions of
international finance can affect your possible venture of your MNC in your
chosen new international market, including potential opportunities and risks
for each dimension.

2. Examine the economic trends and impact of globalization in
the chosen market and determine which of those emerging factors have
potential for disruption that could affect operations
Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely examined the economic trends and
impact of globalization in the chosen market and incompletely determined
which of those emerging factors have potential for disruption that could
affect operations.

Insufficiently examined the economic trends and impact of
globalization in the chosen market and insufficiently determined which of
those emerging factors have potential for disruption that could affect
operations.

Partially examined the economic trends and impact of globalization
in the chosen market and partially determined which of those emerging factors
have potential for disruption that could affect operations.

Satisfactorily examined the economic trends and impact of
globalization in the chosen market and satisfactorily determined which of
those emerging factors have potential for disruption that could affect
operations.

Thoroughly examined the economic trends and impact of
globalization in the chosen market and thoroughly determined which of those
emerging factors have potential for disruption that could affect operations.

3. Assess whether the country you have chosen maintains a fixed
or a flexible exchange system and discuss how this monetary system will
affect your MNC. Provide a strong rational for possible implications and
drawbacks of the existing system.
Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely assessed whether the country you
have chosen maintains a fixed or a flexible exchange system and incompletely
discussed how this monetary system will affect your MNC. Did not provide a
strong rational for possible implications and drawbacks of the existing
system.

Insufficiently assessed whether the country you have chosen
maintains a fixed or a flexible exchange system and insufficiently discussed
how this monetary system will affect your MNC. Did not provide a strong
rational for possible implications and drawbacks of the existing system.

Partially assessed whether the country you have chosen maintains
a fixed or a flexible exchange system and partially discussed how this
monetary system will affect your MNC. Partially provided a strong rational
for possible implications and drawbacks of the existing system.

Satisfactorily assessed whether the country you have chosen
maintains a fixed or a flexible exchange system and satisfactorily discussed
how this monetary system will affect your MNC. Provided a strong rational for
possible implications and drawbacks of the existing system.

Thoroughly assessed whether the country you have chosen
maintains a fixed or a flexible exchange system and thoroughly discussed how
this monetary system will affect your MNC. Provided a strong rational for
possible implications and drawbacks of the existing system.

4. Determine how the balance of payments will support the
management of your MNC and explain how deficits and surpluses found within
the country you have chosen can positively or negatively affect operations of
your company.
Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely determined how the balance of
payments will support the management of your MNC and incompletely explained
how deficits and surpluses found within the country you have chosen can
positively or negatively affect operations of your company.

Insufficiently determined how the balance of payments will
support the management of your MNC and insufficiently explained how deficits
and surpluses found within the country you have chosen can positively or
negatively affect operations of your company.

Partially determined how the balance of payments will support
the management of your MNC and partially explained how deficits and surpluses
found within the country you have chosen can positively or negatively affect
operations of your company.

Satisfactorily determined how the balance of payments will
support the management of your MNC and satisfactorily explained how deficits
and surpluses found within the country you have chosen can positively or
negatively affect operations of your company.

Thoroughly determined how the balance of payments will support
the management of your MNC and thoroughly explained how deficits and
surpluses found within the country you have chosen can positively or
negatively affect operations of your company.

5. Analyze how the foreign exchange market your company is
considering entering can impact international business operations. Examine
key foreign market participants and provide recommendations of possible key
financing opportunities for your MNC.
Weight:: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely analyzed how the foreign exchange
market your company is considering entering can impact international business
operations. Incompletely examined key foreign market participants and
incompletely provided recommendations of possible key financing opportunities
for your MNC.

Insufficiently analyzed how the foreign exchange market your
company is considering entering can impact international business operations.
Insufficiently examined key foreign market participants and insufficiently
provided recommendations of possible key financing opportunities for your
MNC.

Partially analyzed how the foreign exchange market your company
is considering entering can impact international business operations.
Partially examined key foreign market participants and partially provided
recommendations of possible key financing opportunities for your MNC.

Satisfactorily analyzed how the foreign exchange market your
company is considering entering can impact international business operations.
Satisfactorily examined key foreign market participants and satisfactorily
provided recommendations of possible key financing opportunities for your
MNC.

Thoroughly analyzed how the foreign exchange market your company
is considering entering can impact international business operations.
Thoroughly examined key foreign market participants and thoroughly provided
recommendations of possible key financing opportunities for your MNC.

6. Three (3) references
Weight: 5%

No references provided

Does not meet the required number of references; all references
poor quality choices.

Does not meet the required number of references; some references
poor quality choices.

Meets number of required references; all references high quality
choices.

Exceeds number of required references; all references high
quality choices.

7. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements
Weight: 10%

More than 8 errors present

7-8 errors present

5-6 errors present

3-4 errors present

0-2 errors present