international Finance class

1-Name two operational structures a Multi-national Corporation (MNC) may elect to utilize and discuss the merits of each. 2- Explain in your own words how funds flow across nations or economic blocs with regards to international business. 3-Discuss two factors that impact the rate of exchange between two different currencies. Give an example of each factor. 4-What are two differences between a MNC an a business that operates in one country or economic bloc? 5-Disucss how currency is traded and converted in your own words. Provide an example including costs associated with conversion if applicable. LONG FORM ANSWERS (15 POINTS TOTAL) Provide a response in no more than 3 pages to each of the two prompts below ( 6 pages total maximum). It may not require a full 3 page response but must be limited to no more than 3 pages to ensure adequate time to grade all 23 of these, ideal length of 1-2 pages would be ideal. In your answer include any relevant examples, details or points that have been derived from in class discussion or the text. If citing text utilize APA format. 1- Suppose you are a business that is looking to expand in to an international market for the first time. What considerations must be understood in order to determine whether or not the expansion is in the businesses best interest? What internal and external issues must be managed and understood prior to expansion? 2- Explain how MNCs manage different markets in which they do business. Include information on structure, flow of funds and the relevancy of exchange rates in your response. Also include information on external factors. Provide a brief example of how one existing company in the real world manages one of these three concepts (structure, flow of funds, or exchange rates) today in the current environment. This may require use of outside research but is not expected to be a research paper, you may utilize any data source so long as it is cited