Bakrie, an Indonesian conglomerate, is assessing the likely consequences of the rupiah's precipitous decline on its different businesses. These businesses include a telecommunications company that is building a network (using mostly imported equipment) throughout Jakarta to offer wireless service to its residents, a company that sells pipe to the Western firms exploiting Indonesia's oil and gas fields, and a big agricultural business (14% of its revenues are in dollars, compared with 50% of its costs) that owns rubber and palm plantations feeding a large refining and distribution operation.

1. Assess the likely impact of the rupiah's depreciation on Bakrie's three different businesses.