Acme and operations in China

Long-term investment projects require a thorough understanding of all attributes of doing business in that country, including import/export restrictions, labor relations, supplier financing, tax rules, depreciation schedules, currency properties and restrictions, and sources of short-term and long-term debt, to name a few. China is currently the focus of investment and market penetration strategies of multinational firms worldwide including Acme. Your supervisor has asked you to gather information on some of these factors that your company or any MNE would want to consider when doing business in China. (This is the primary focus of this assignment.) As you begin your research, you r... click for more

Valuing intellectual property

The late 1990s saw the rise of corporate valuations arising from ownership of various forms of intellectual property, rather than the traditional value arising from production and sale of goods or services. Using internet sources (you might want to start with the following article from SmartPros). Discuss this issue with a team mate and prepare a 6-8 page management brief for Acme's upper management group on the current state of valuing intellectual property. Eiteman, D. K., Stonehill, A. I., Moffett, M. H. (2004). Multinational Business Finance. (Custom edition). Boston MA: Pearson Education Inc --- is the book I am using for this assignment Chapters 19-20

Foreign Investment Decisions Part 2

Acme is also considering the acquisition of a firm in the Czech Republic and would like your opinion on this. It plans to operate the firm for 3 years and then reevaluate the holding. Free Cash flows are estimated as follows: Year 1 - 38.63M Czech Koruna (CZK), Year 2 - 44.33 M CZK, Year 3 - 50.48M CZK The third year terminal value is estimated at 375M CZK. The Czech Koruna's exchange rate is assumed to be .038 USD/CZK for each year. Acme uses a WACC of 13 % for its domestic projects. So, the PV of the FCF's for the firm is 363.78 M CZK or $13.82M. The Czech firm has 1,000,000 shares outstanding and a debt to equity ratio of 1:1. Current market price is 185 CZK per share. A... click for more

Country risk and strategic planning analysis

I am writing a paper in which I need to conduct country risk analysis for a global business venture my team & I have created. The businees is something that we saw on the Travel Channel and thought it to be quite interesting. The business is a club that is geared toward high-level executives from all over the world. They use this venue to discuss major business deals, world events, etc. The interesting part about this is that they still use Geisha Girls to accompany the men and even talk politics and current events with them. However, they come with a high price tag…$64 U.S. dollars every ten minutes. The club will be located in Hong Kong. The risks that I need to analize and need he... click for more

What is the best method of introducing General Motors (GM) vehicles in China?

What is the best method of introducing General Motors (GM) vehicles in China?