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Multinational Business Finance
The rate of return on an investment, also called the yield, is the relationship between the yearly (annual) inflow from the investment and the cost of the investment. For example, a $100 savings
Harold Collins made a down payment of $700 on a car and will pay$230 a month for 48 months. What will be the total cost (including both principal and interest) of the vehicle?
The Maxwell Construction Company had $184,000 in revenue last year. The company expects its revenue to grow 6 percent a year. What will be the company’s revenue two years from now?
A city government spends $228,000 a month on public services. Of that amount, 43 percent is used for fire and police protection.a. How much is spent each month for fire and police protection?b. How
In a city in which there are 90,000 employed workers, 18,000 are public employees. Of this number, 6,000 are employed by the federal government, 8,000 by the state, and 4,000 by the city.a. What
What are benefits and concerns associated with a company buying other companies that become part of its organization?
Which services of JPMorgan Chase might you consider using to assist you with your personal financial planning activities?
Describe various sources and uses of funds for JPMorgan Chase.
What are possible government regulations that may affect the business activities of JPMorgan Chase?
JPMorgan Chase has asked you to (a) identify an area of concern for the company, and (b) suggest actions that might be taken to address this concern.
Identify how and why people buy stock as an investment.
Explain factors a company might consider when planning to issue stock.
Describe financial decisions that individuals, businesses, and government might encounter regarding stocks and stock market activities.
1. Why must personal financial planning begin at an early age?The Public Speaking I event focuses attention on effective speaking skills. Personal finance is an important issue for individuals and
2. What is a major financial downfall for many individuals and families?The Public Speaking I event focuses attention on effective speaking skills. Personal finance is an important issue for
3. How can future goals motivate people to prepare financial plans?The Public Speaking I event focuses attention on effective speaking skills. Personal finance is an important issue for individuals
Why should a speech about “Personal Finance” include examples that are relevant for the audience?The Public Speaking I event focuses attention on effective speaking skills. Personal finance is an
1. What are the similarities and differences between the two events Cam is facing and their effect on his business?Cam had always wanted to own his own business. He wanted the challenge of making the
What alternatives are available to Cam for dealing with rising gas prices and reduced delivery charges?Cam had always wanted to own his own business. He wanted the challenge of making the decisions
Identify specific technologies that have resulted in major changes in the following industries: agriculture, transportation, entertainment.Technology plays a very important role in economics. New
What are some negative economic effects that technologies have had on individuals, businesses, and countries?Technology plays a very important role in economics. New technology can affect the
3. Describe three important principles of economics.
1. What products and services will be produced?There are two levels of economic decisions. Businesses and individuals make decisions about what to produce and what to consume. Businesses must decide
2. How will the needed products and services be produced?There are two levels of economic decisions. Businesses and individuals make decisions about what to produce and what to consume. Businesses
3. For whom will the products and services be produced?There are two levels of economic decisions. Businesses and individuals make decisions about what to produce and what to consume. Businesses must
1. The science of economics is needed becausea. today people have everything they needb. governments must make all economic decisionsc. people have unlimited wants and needs and limited resourcesd.
2. The economic principle that people have more wants and needs than can be satisfied with the available products and services isa. choicec. limited resourcesb. scarcityd. supply and demand
3. The ? of a product or service provides the balance between supply and demand.a. available moneyc. market priceb. resourcesd. unlimited wants
4. True or False? The level of economic decisions related to the choices of individuals and businesses is known as microeconomics.
5. In a ? economy, the government holds the primary influence on economic decisions.a. traditionalc. commandb. marketd. free enterprise
6. Economics List three examples of each type of economic resources.
7. Visual Art The relationship of supply and demand is often pictured as a graph by economists. Use an economics textbook or the Internet to locate a graph illustrating a supply and demand
8. Research Identify three countries each of which provides an example of one of the three types of economic systems. Use the Internet or resources from your school library to gather economic
9. Critical Thinking Briefly describe what each of the principles of free enterprise means to you as an individual.
10. Communication Review recent newspapers and business magazines.Identify and study three articles describing actions taken by federal or state government related to the economy. Prepare a
11. Why should business owners carefully consider the legal form of ownership for their business?
12. Why does the corporate form of ownership offer more likelihood of greater initial financing than either the sole proprietorship or partnership?
1. The form of business ownership determines which type of responsibility of the owner?a. financialc. managerialb. legald. all of the above
1. Each of the creative financing methods is risky. How would you determine if the risk was worth taking to start a new business?Many people think about starting their own business but most do
2. Identify several other innovative ways that a prospective business owner might obtain several thousand dollars to help finance a new business.Many people think about starting their own business
2. Most new businesses fail due to poor ? planning.a. financialc. managerialb. productiond. none of the above
3. A ? is a business owned and managed by two or more people under the conditions of a legal written agreement.a. sole proprietorshipc. corporationb. partnershipd. none of the above
4. True or False? Ownership in a limited liability company (LLC) is controlled through the sale of stock.
5. The major financial disadvantage to the ownership of a corporation isa. each owner is individually liable of all lossesb. corporate tax rates are usually higher than individual ratesc. corporate
5. How is financial risk related to financial return?
6. Technology Prepare a computer presentation of at least three slides describing reasons that business owners should carefully consider the legal form of business ownership and organization.
7. Debate Form two teams and prepare for a debate on the topic“The U.S. federal government should take a more active role in protecting consumers and increasing business competition.” Your
8. Communication Write a one-page persuasive paper discussing the form of business ownership that you would use to start a business.
9. Math Use the Internet to determine the federal tax rates for individual income and corporate income for the most recent year. Calculate the amount of taxes that would be paid by a sole proprietor
10. Math If each of the above incomes is divided between two partners rather than a sole proprietor, how much tax would each partner pay based on the individual tax rates? What is the difference
11. What is the difference between a primary and a secondary offering?
1. The uncertainty that an expected profit will not be achieved is a financial ? .a. marketc. riskb. returnd. investment
2. True or False? The term of an investment is the interest rate to be paid.
3. A typical way for businesses to obtain financing without offering ownership is to ? money from financial institutions.
4. A ? exists to facilitate the exchange of things of value between buyers and sellers.a. stockc. bankb. financial marketd. none of the above
5. True or False? Stock exchanges need to have physical locations where representatives of buyers and sellers actually meet to negotiate for the purchase and sale of stocks.MAKE ACADEMIC CONNECTIONS
6. Research Review a daily newspaper and identify five different opportunities for investing money identified in articles, advertisements, or special features. Describe each of the types of
7. Math Recently the U.S. government offered Series EE Savings Bonds at an interest rate of 3.70 percent. Interest is compounded semiannually, meaning the interest is added to the principal every six
8. Critical Thinking Write a two-page report discussing and comparing the use of ownership and non-ownership financing to expand a small business that is currently organized as a sole proprietorship.
9. Visual Art Prepare a table that identifies 10 different commodities that are publicly traded. Develop a separate column for the type of commodity, the name of the commodity exchange, the city and
10. Communication Prepare a two-minute speech on the risks and rewards of the stock market as a way for individuals to invest some of their money.
1. What are some examples of situations faced by financial managers and individual investors that may require using these ethical guidelines?You are offered a free trip to visit factories in several
2. Describe how business activities might be affected if no ethical guidelines existed.You are offered a free trip to visit factories in several other countries if your company uses the services of a
3. Research an ethical situation that has been in the news. How did this situation affect companies, workers, investors, and others?You are offered a free trip to visit factories in several other
4. List several reasons businesses may want to make multinational business investments.
5. What determines a country’s foreign exchange rate?
1. True or False? A global business is not committed to a single home country.
2. Over the past 20 years, U.S. business investments in other countries have grown to nearlya. $500 billionc. $2.5 trillionb. $1 trilliond. $5 trillion
3. Which of the following is NOT a reason for companies to make international business investments?a. to increase operating efficiency and reduce costsb. to reduce political, legal, and regulatory
4. True or False? The value of a country’s imports and exports has no effect on the exchange rate for its currency.MAKE ACADEMIC CONNECTIONS
5. Research Develop a table that compares the currency exchange rates of four different countries.
6. Economics Use the Internet to identify four multinational companies that produce products you have purchased and used. List each company name, the country in which it began, and its primary
7. Law Use the Internet, magazines, or newspapers to locate information on a company that faces a legal, ethical, or political problem resulting from business activities in another country. Prepare a
8. Critical Thinking Some people are concerned that international business competition hurts U.S. businesses and consumers. Gather information that provides evidence of the benefits of international
9. Careers Identify a multinational company for which you would like to work. Gather information on the company, the countries in which it has operations, and an international job offered by the
1. Uncertainty that an expected profit will not be achieveda. capital marketsb. choicec. commodity marketsd. corporatione. demandf. economics g. exchange rate h. financial market i. financial return
2. Organized exchange of the ownership shares of public corporationsa. capital marketsb. choicec. commodity marketsd. corporatione. demandf. economics g. exchange rate h. financial market i.
3. Company that transcends national boundaries and is not committed to a single home countrya. capital marketsb. choicec. commodity marketsd. corporatione. demandf. economics g. exchange rate h.
4. Science of decision making about the allocation of scarce resourcesa. capital marketsb. choicec. commodity marketsd. corporatione. demandf. economics g. exchange rate h. financial market i.
5. Organized process for the exchange of capital and credita. capital marketsb. choicec. commodity marketsd. corporatione. demandf. economics g. exchange rate h. financial market i. financial return
6. Business owned and managed by two or more people under the conditions of a legal written agreementa. capital marketsb. choicec. commodity marketsd. corporatione. demandf. economics g. exchange
7. Where one currency is exchanged for anothera. capital marketsb. choicec. commodity marketsd. corporatione. demandf. economics g. exchange rate h. financial market i. financial return j. financial
8. Currency of another countrya. capital marketsb. choicec. commodity marketsd. corporatione. demandf. economics g. exchange rate h. financial market i. financial return j. financial risk k. foreign
9. Length of time invested money is controlled by othersa. capital marketsb. choicec. commodity marketsd. corporatione. demandf. economics g. exchange rate h. financial market i. financial return j.
10. Trade raw materials and other basic production resourcesa. capital marketsb. choicec. commodity marketsd. corporatione. demandf. economics g. exchange rate h. financial market i. financial return
11. Which of the following is NOT one of the important decisions that must be made about a country’s economy?a. How much money is needed?b. What products and services will be produced?c. How will
12. Which type of business does not end when the current owner dies or sells his or her ownership in the business?a. sole proprietorshipc. corporationb. partnershipd. none of the above
13. What two things must be balanced when selecting an investment?a. cost and benefitc. income and expensesb. risk and returnd. supply and demand
14. The largest trading market in the world isa. the New York Stock Exchangec. the Chicago Board of Tradeb. NASDAQd. the foreign exchange market
15. Identify five ways that the U.S. economy affects the lives of you, your family, and your community. They can be both positive and negative.
16. Many people start their day with a bowl of breakfast cereal. Consider all of the resources needed to produce a box of cereal. Make a list of the resources you think would be needed and classify
17. Why do most people start new businesses as a sole proprietorship when a corporation offers greater protection for the assets invested?
18. Why is there a need for secondary offerings for stock and bonds as well as a primary offering? Even though the company issuing the stocks and bonds does not benefit directly from secondary
19. The exchange rates for foreign currencies are of great concern to businesses involved in foreign trade. In what ways do those exchange rates affect individual consumers?
20. An electronics company can use its resources to produce either digital cameras or cellular phones. It costs $87 to produce each camera and$58 to produce each phone. In the current market it will
21. In a recent year the federal corporate tax rate was 15 percent on income up to $50,000 and 25 percent for income from $50,000–$75,000. In the same year, the individual income tax rate was 0
22. Allan has a grain farm in Iowa. His cost for raising corn is $2.28 per bushel. He sold his corn crop at three different times on the commodity market. In June after his corn was planted he sold
23. A U.S. manufacturer placed an order with a German company for some specialized production equipment. The final cost of the order was $78,500 EUR. From the time negotiations began until the order
24. How do the economic principles of scarcity, choice, and supply and demand apply to the situation Cam faced when the established parcel delivery companies reduced their prices?
25. Describe how each of the principles of the U.S. free enterprise economy is illustrated in the case. How have those principles benefited Cam?How are they related to the problems he currently faces?
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