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You will bring your finance and economics knowledge to bear by preparing an external capital funding proposal fora major international investment at a publicly traded corporation. In order to secure the support of potential financial backers, your proposal will need to lay out what the proposed investment opportunity is, how it fits within the companys broader mission and goals, its financial impact, and the amount being requested and why (including alternative funding mechanisms considered). In addition, it will also need to include information on the organizations context, risk factors,and microeconomic assumptions that could affect the success of the investment.

-Internal. What are the companys most significant internal risks and opportunities related to the project? How might they affect your financial estimates and how will you address them? Support your response with specific examples.

-External. How will you address significant qualitative risks outside the company that might affect project success? Give specific examples. For example ,how might culture or politics in the target country affect the proposed investments financial success? Natural disasters? How have you planned for these risks?

-Microeconomic. Assess the microeconomics factors that might affect decisions about the proposed investment. Support your response with specific examples. For example, how competitive is the market you will be entering? How elastic is the price for your product or service?

-Alternate financial scenarios. Use this section to discuss the sensitivity of your financial projections to different scenarios. Be sure to address:

a. How would your projected financial performance change if sales fall 20% short of or are 20% higher than your base assumption? What does your analysis of these two scenarios imply for the proposed investment? Justify your response.

b. What do the net present value, internal rate of return, and payback values from your base scenario and the sales variation scenarios above imply for the proposed investment? Be sure to explain how the time value of money affects your calculations and analysis.

-Rubric

10 pages in length (excluding any tables, other exhibits, and list of references as necessary).

-12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins

- APA format for references and citations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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