Explain macroeconomic and microeconomic concepts and how they relate to the management of a global organization.

Scenario: Acme Automotive is one of the major US producers of automobiles in Mexico. You have been sent to the Acme automotive plant in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico as the new Operations Manager to respond to recent declines in employee morale, productivity, and cost effectiveness at the Nuevo Laredo plant in the past 12 months. Talk of union organizing is of utmost concern to your supervisor in terms of short run and long run costs of production. Your job is to investigate the productivity/cost effectiveness problem and make recommendations to top management for goals and strategies in line with the Acme Vision. Your first day at the job, you receive the following letter from a ... click for more

Funding Alternatives, Swaps: Questions from the book Multinational Business Finance, by David Eiteman

2. Adelaide corporation- Adelaide corporation of Australia seeks to borrow $30,000,000 USD in the Eurodollar market. Funding is needed for two years. Investigation lead to three possibilities: a. Adelaide Corporation could borrow the US$30,000,000 for two years at a fixed 5% rate of interest b. Adelaide Corporation could borrow the US $30,000,000 at LIBOR +1.5% LIBOR is currently at 3.5% and the rate would be reset every six months. c. Adelaide Corporation could borrow the US $30,000,000 for one year only at 4.5% at the end of the first year, Adelaide corporation would have to negotiate for a new one year loan. Compare the alternative and make a recommendation 7. Xavier and Zulu.... click for more

International Trade

Explain the relation between trade and world output. Describe the broad pattern of international trade. If the nations of the world were to suddenly cut off all trade with one another, what products might you no longer be able to obtain in your country? Choose one other country and identify the products it would need to do without.

Business Research for Decision Making

Despite the comments from the steering committee (from your Unit 1 Individual Project), your manager thinks that your proposal thus far is sound, and encourages you to take the next step - conducting research. Using the Cybrary and all other resource materials at your disposal, develop a PowerPoint presentation of your proposal to date. You will need to use both literature review and data, and your sources need to be credible and current, In the speaker notes elaborate on your outline and give references to support your claim. Include information on the following: Introduction to your proposal thus far Definition of the problem a purpose statement Pertinent data that you have gather... click for more

International Montary Fund Understanding

Your cousin's latest interest is The International Monetary Fund, about which you are now chatting online. The IMF was established by the United Nations in 1944 to provide loans to countries in financial distress at a relatively low interest rate. Nations having balance-of-payments problems can borrow from the IMF for short time periods and such loans include economic and financial stipulations on the debtor nation. Typically, such stipulations require that the debtor nation follow an austerity program that limits government spending, domestic consumption, and imports. Your cousin wants to know, what do you think about the goal of the IMF's aid to distressed countries? What has been t... click for more