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3. Legrand Returns (A). Tony Varga is a New York- based investor. He has been following his investment in 100 shares of Legrand, a French firm which went public in March of 2005 very closely. When he
2. Fong's Choices. Alexander Fong, a prominent investor, is evaluating investment alternatives. If he believes an individual equity will rise in price from $62 to $74 in the coming one year period,
1. Suvari Returns. If the share price of Suvari, a Florida-based shipping company, rises from $16.00 to $18.00 over a one year period, what was the rate of return to the shareholder if:a. The company
2. International Management and Strategy Consultan- cies. The management consulting industry has been one of the primary resources utilized by MNEs throughout the world in the 1990s to design and
10. Luzon's Earnings and Global Taxation. All MNEs attempt to minimize their global tax liabilities. Return to the original set of baseline assumptions and answer the following questions regarding
9. Luzon's Earnings and the Fall of the Dollar. The U.S. dollar has experienced significant swings in value against most of the world's currencies in recent years.a. What would be the impact on
8. Luzon's EPS Sensitivity to Exchange Rates (B). Assume a major political crisis wracks Brazil, first affecting the value of the Brazilian reais and, subsequently, inducing an economic recession
7. Luzon's EPS Sensitivity to Exchange Rates (A). Assume a major political crisis wracks Brazil, first affecting the value of the Brazilian reais and, subsequently, inducing an economic recession
6. Luzon Corporation's Consolidated Earnings. Luzon must pay corporate income tax in each country in which it currently has operations.a. After deducting taxes in each country, what are Luzon's
5. Trade at Negotiated Mid-price. The mid-price for exchange between France and China can be calcu- lated as follows:They assume that China and France each have 1,000 production units. With one unit
3. External Debt. The World Bank regularly compiles and analyzes the external debt of all countries glob- ally. As part of their annual publication on World Development Indicators (WDI), they provide
1. International Capital Flows: Public and Pri- vate. Major multinational organizations (some of which follow) attempt to track the relative move- ments and magnitudes of global capital
4. Trade at France's Domestic Price. France's domes tic price is 2 containers of toys equals 7 cases of wine. Assume China produces 10,000 containers of toys and exports 400 containers to France.
3. Trade at China's Domestic Price. China's domestic price is 10 containers of toys equals 7 cases of wine. Assume China produces 10,000 containers of toys and exports 2,000 containers to France.
2. Specialization. Assume complete specialization, where China produces only toys and France pro- duces only wine. What would be the effect on total production? They assume that China and France each
1. Production and Consumption. What is the produc- tion and consumption of China and France without trade?They assume that China and France each have 1,000 production units. With one unit of
10. Financial Globalization. How do the motivations of individuals, both inside and outside the organization or business, define the limits of financial globalization?
9. Trident's Phases. What are the main phases that Trident passed through as it evolved into a truly global firm? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
8. Trident's Advantages. What are the main advan- tages that Trident gains by developing a multina- tional presence?
7. Trident, the MNE. At what point in the globaliza- tion process did Trident become a multinational enterprise (MNE)?
6. Trident's Globalization. After reading the chapter's description of Trident's globalization process, how would you explain the distinctions between international, multinational, and global
5. Limitations of Comparative Advantage. Key to understanding most theories is what they say and what they don't. What are four or five key limitations to the theory of comparative advantage?
4. Theory of Comparative Advantage. Define and explain the theory of comparative advantage.
3. Value Creation and the Concept of Capitalism. How does the concept of capitalism actually apply to the globalization process of a business, as it moves from elemental to multinational stages of
2. Globalization and Value Creation. What does an MNE need in order for it to create value through the globalization process?
1. Globalization and the MNE. The term globalization has become very widely used in recent years. How would you define it?
5 Why have some governments been concerned with the growing importance of multinational corporations?
4 What competitive advantages may be behind the success of a particular industry in international trade?
3 What are the possible implications of adoption of a common currency such as the euro?
2 What is meant by ‘‘shrinkage of economic space?’’
1 In what ways might the following be affected by sudden, unexpected changes in exchange rates?a An American holder of US Treasury bonds b An American holder of GM stock c An American on vacation in
10 What is the difference between a multinational corporation and a transnational corporation?
9 What is ‘‘hot money?’’
8 What are the principal costs of international investment?
7 What are the principal benefits of international investment?
6 What does it mean to ‘‘hedge?’’
5 What is ‘‘country risk?’’
4 What helps provide a ‘‘competitive advantage?’’
3 What is a ‘‘comparative advantage?’’
2 Why has international trade grown more rapidly than domestic trade?
1 How might you measure growth in the relative importance of international trade in recent decades?
Give an example of a function that cannot be differentiated and explain why.
A researcher suggests that the US dollar – British pound exchange rate is a function of US and UK interest rates.(a) Write an equation for this function(b) What signs would we expect for the
(a) Add(b) Subtract(c) Calculate the inverse of(d) Does the inverse of the following matrix exist? Explain your answer
Suppose that we have the following four matrices(a) Which pairs of matrices can be validly multiplied together?For these pairs, perform the multiplications.(b) Calculate 2A, 3B, (c) Calculate Tr(A),
Construct an example not used elsewhere in this book to demonstrate that for two conformable matrices A and B, (AB)−1 =B−1A−1.
Find the minima of the following functions. In each case, state the value of the function at the minimum(a) y = 6x 2 − 10x − 8(b) y = (6x 2 − 8)2
Solve the following using logs and a calculator(a) 4 x = 6(b) 4 2x = 3(c) 3 2x−1 = 8
Use the result that ln(8) is approximately 2.1 to estimate the following (without using a calculator):(a) ln(16)(b) ln(64)(c) ln(4)
Solve the following(a) ln x 4 − ln x 3 = ln 5x − ln 2x(b) ln(x − 1) + ln(x + 1) = 2 ln(x + 2)(c) log10 x = 4
Simplify the following as far as possible(a) ln 27 − ln 9 + ln 81(b) ln 8 − ln 4 + ln 32
Write the following as simply as possible as sums of logs of prime numbers(a) ln 60(b) ln 300
Express the following logarithms using powers(a) ln5 3125 = 5(b)(c) ln0.5 8 = −3
Evaluate the following (without using a calculator)(a) ln10 10,000(b) ln2 16(c) ln10 0.01(d) ln5 125(e) lne e 2
Express the following in logarithmic form(a) 5 3 = 125(b) 11 2 = 121(c) 6 4 = 1296
Factorise the following expressions(a) x 2 − 7x − 8(b) 5x − 2x 2(c) 2x 2 − x − 3(d) 6 + 5x − 4x 2(e) 54 − 15x − 25x 2
Differentiate the following functions partially with respect to x and (separately) partially with respect to y(a) z = 10x 3 + 6y 2 − 7y(b) z = 10xy 2 − 6(c) z = 6x(d) z = 4
Differentiate the following functions twice with respect to x(a) y = 6x(b) y = 3x 2 + 2(c) y = 4x 3 + 10(d)(e) y = x (f) y = 7 (g)(h) y = 3 ln x (i) y = ln(3x 2 )(j)
Write the equations for each of the following lines(a) Gradient = 3, intercept = −1(b) Gradient = −2, intercept = 4(c) crosses y-axis at 3(d) crosses x-axis at 3(e) Intercept 2 and passing
Write out all of the terms in the following and evaluate them(a)(b)(c) with n = 4 and x = 3(d) with x = 2(e)
Solve the following equations(a) 3x − 6 = 6x − 12(b) 2x − 304x + 8 = x + 9 − 3x + 4(c)
Write each of the following as a prime number raised to a power(a) 9(b) 625(c) 125−1
Solve the following(a) 125 1/3(b) 64 1/3(c) 16 1/4 (d) 9 3/2 (e) 9 2/3 (f) 81 1/2 + 64 1/2 + 64 1/3
Simplify the following as much as possible(a) 4x 5 × 6x 3(b) 3x 2 × 4y 2 × 8x 4 × −2y 4(c) (4p 2q 3)3(d) 6x 5 ÷ 3x 2(e) 7y 2 ÷ 2y 5(f)(g) (xy)3 ÷ x 3y 3(h) (xy)3 − x 3y 3
(a) If f (x) = 3x 2 − 4x + 2, find f (0), f (2), f (−1)(b) If f (x) = 4x 2 + 2x − 3, find f (0), f (3), f (a), f (3 + a)(c) Considering your answers to the previous question part, in general
If the matrix is the inverse will be As a check, multiply the two matrices together and it should give the identity matrix – the matrix equivalent of one (analogous to )= I, as required.
Suppose that the demand for an on-line stock brokerage account is given by the following function where q is the number of trades made per month and p is the fee charged per trade. If p =£20,
In economics, utility provides a measure of the satisfaction that a consumer derives from a good or service that they have purchased. In finance, the concept is usually used to measure how
Determine the roots of the following quadratic equations 1.y = x 2 + x − 6 2.y = 9x 2 + 6x + 1 3.y = x 2 − 3x + 1 4.y = x 2 −4x
Are the conclusions drawn appropriate given the results, or has the importance of the results of the paper been overstated?
Have the results been interpreted sensibly? Is the strength of the results exaggerated? Do the results actually obtained relate to the questions posed by the author(s)? Can the results be replicated
Have the techniques been validly applied? Have tests been conducted for possible violations of any assumptions made in the estimation of the model?
Are the data of ‘good quality’? Are they from a reliable source?Is the size of the sample sufficiently large for the model estimation task at hand?
Does the paper involve the development of a theoretical model or is it merely a technique looking for an application so that the motivation for the whole exercise is poor?
Forecasting the correlation between the stock indices of two countries.
Testing whether spot or futures markets react more rapidly to news
Testing the hypothesis that earnings or dividend announcements have no effect on stock prices
Testing technical trading rules to determine which makes the most money
Determining the optimal hedge ratio for a spot position in oil
Modelling long-term relationships between prices and exchange rates
Explaining the determinants of bond credit ratings used by the ratings agencies
Measuring and forecasting the volatility of bond returns
Testing whether the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) or arbitrage pricing theory (APT) represent superior models for the determination of returns on risky assets
Testing whether financial markets are weak-form informationally efficient
Construct and interpret utility functions
Calculate the trace, inverse and eigenvalues of a matrix
Apply rules to differentiate various types functions
Use sigma (Σ) and pi (Π) notation
Plot, interpret and calculate the roots of functions
Work with powers, exponents and logarithms
Describe the key steps involved in building an econometric model
2. Philadelphia Composite. Philadelphia Composite Company (U.S.) is considering investing Rs50,000,000 in India to create a wholly owned tile manufacturing plant to export to the European mar- ket.
2. Boeing and Unilever. An investor is evaluating a two-asset portfolio of the following securities:a. If the two securities have a correlation of +.6, what is the expected risk and return for a
3. Baltic Returns. Assume the U.S. dollar returns (monthly averages) shown below for three Baltic republics. Calculate the Sharpe and Treynor mea- sures of market performance. Mean Standard Risk-Free
4. Berkeley Devices. Berkeley Devices, Inc. designs components for personal computers. Until the pres- ent, manufacturing has been subcontracted to other companies, but for reasons of quality
4. Anglo-American Equity Fund. An investor is eval- uating a two-asset portfolio of the following two securities:a. If the two equity funds have a correlation of +.72, what is the expected risk and
6. Tostadas de Baja, S.A. Tostadas de Baja, S.A., located in the state of Baja California, Mexico, man- ufactures frozen Mexican food, which enjoys a large following in California and Arizona to the
3. Jurgen-Strut of Germany. Jurgen-Strut (JS) is a German-based company that manufactures elec- tronic fuel-injection carburetor assemblies for sev- eral large automobile companies in Germany,
11. Russian-U.S. Equity Portfolio (A). An investor is evaluating a two-asset portfolio that combines a U.S. equity fund with a Russian equity fund. The expected returns, risks, and correlation
1. Pacific Wietz. Giri Iyer is a European analyst and strategist for Tristar Funds, a New York-based mutual fund company. Giri is currently evaluating the recent performance of shares in Pacific

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