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Select one (1) MNC that does not currently do business in China. Next, consider the steps that the company should consider in determining the feasibility of entering the Chinese market and establishing a market for its products or services there.

In addition to your own research, use the following links to conduct a country risk assessment (CRA) on China:

Bureau of Economic Analysis: www.bea.gov
Transparency International Corruptions Perceptions Index: http://www.transparency.org/cpi2013/results
Ranking of Economies-World Bank: http://www.doingbusiness.org/rankings
IMF Home Page: http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm
Country Risk Classification-OECD: http://www.oecd.org/tad/xcred/crc.htm
World Trade Organization Home Page: http://www.wto.org/
“Industry Analysis: Recreation” article: http://www.valueline.com/Stocks/Industries/Industry_Analysis__Recreation.aspx

Focus on the following areas: corruption, political stability, exchange rate stability, regulatory oversight, freedom of the press, and rule of law. Research other factors that you believe you should evaluate. Additionally, consider the importance of culture in evaluating risk.

Then, go to the Hofstede Center’s Country Comparison cultural tool, located at http://geert-hofstede.com/china.html. Compare China to the U.S. on Hofstede’s six (6) key cultural dimensions scale by selecting “United States” from the “Comparison Country” drop-down menu.

Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:

Summarize the business that you have chosen, and provide a two to three (2-3) paragraph justification as to why China would be a viable market for the selected business.
Examine the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar and the Chinese Yuan for the last 24 months. Explain the major overall changes that have occurred and speculate on the key economic variables that most likely have influenced the exchange rate movements. Provide a rationale for your response.
Analyze the major exchange rate risks associated with transaction and translation exposure within the Chinese market. Based on what you have gleaned from your analysis, predict the major changes that you believe will occur in the next 24 months. Justify your response.
Recommend key steps that the chosen MNC could take in order to mitigate or eliminate exchange rate risk. Suggest one (1) method that the MNC in question could use with derivatives in order to mitigate, or eliminate such risks. Provide a rationale for your response.
Recommend one (1) hedging technique geared toward managing the economic, transaction, and translation exposure in the Chinese market. Justify your response.
Conduct a country risk assessment to ascertain whether or not management should support the proposal for your chosen MNC to enter into the Chinese market. Based on Geert Hofstede’s six (6) dimensions of culture, predict three (3) likely problems posed by the cultural differences between the chosen MNC’s culture and the Chinese culture. Provide a rationale for your response.
Use at least six (6) quality references, with at least two (2) from peer reviewed journal articles.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

· Evaluate the major international financial markets to determine effective methods for financing global business operations.

· Analyze the economic variables that influence exchange rate movements and equilibrium price to anticipate fluctuations, and minimize the negative impact on international business operations.

· Formulate strategies to use currency derivatives for foreign exchange risk management and for speculation by multinational corporations.

· Analyze the exchange rate risks associated with transaction, economic, and translation exposure in global markets, and develop risk management strategies to minimize the impact on international business operations.

· Apply a hedging technique to manage the risks of transaction, economic, and translation exposures.

· Use technology and information resources to research issues in international finance.

Write clearly and concisely about international finance using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

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PART I: WRITING APPLICATION

In this homework assignment, you will turn in a document that is one page in length and consists of a paragraph plan and the final draft of that completed paragraph. You may include your prewriting if you wish. Use word processing software, such as Microsoft Word or OpenOffice Writer, to complete the assignment. Remember to use proper APA format. Use the APA Format Guide,

Step 1

Use prewriting strategies to gather as many ideas as you can about: Study habits

Once you choose the topic, create a paragraph plan. You may submit your prewriting if you wish. Start with the topic sentence and then add supporting ideas and details for each supporting idea. You can organize your paragraph plan using bullets or an outline format.

Step 2: As you create your plan, use only the best ideas from your prewriting and decide how you want to organize the paragraph. Will it be organized spatially, emphatically, or chronologically? Explain which choice you made and why.

Step 3: After you have created and organized your paragraph plan, create a final paragraph.

If you do not have enough supporting ideas or details, feel free to add more examples to make your topic sentence stronger before writing the paragraph; just be sure that you add those ideas to the plan and the paragraph.

PART II: READING COMPREHENSION

Step 1: Read “It’s Class, Stupid!” by Richard Rodriguez on page 518 in your textbook. Be sure you continue to use APA formatting to cite your sources even in your short responses.

Step 2: Answer the following questions in complete sentences:

1. What does the word constitute in paragraph 7 mean?

2. According to the author, what prevents many poor people from attending college? Give at least three reasons.

3. According to Rodriquez, who benefits the most from affirmative action?

Step 3: In a well-structured paragraph that is five to eight sentences in length, please respond to the following:

Has your economic, cultural, background ever been the source of a positive experience in the Army? How did the reading affect your thoughts about social inequality?

Note: You may submit the paragraph in the same file, but please use a separate page and ensure that you use APA format. Be sure that you have a Reference section that includes the textbook and specifically reference the reading by Richard Rodriguez

Large companies have been using the power of business analytics for quite a while now. Your company desires to get in on the action; company executives believe that using advanced data analysis will enable the company to make smarter decisions and improve business performance. Business analytics gives companies the ability to look at past realizations and performance as well as set up new expectations and performance goals. Analytics-as-a-Service is a new delivery model that uses cloud technology to provide business insights without enormous infrastructure enhancements. The executive team has heard great things about analytics and cloud technology but is apprehensive because they are unfamiliar with the look and feel of the technology. The executive team is interested in your recommendations and eagerly awaiting your forward-thinking viewpoint.

Section 1: Design Document

1. Write a four to six (4-6) page design document in which you:

· Support the need for the use of analytics and cloud technology within this company.

· Create a workflow diagram to illustrate how analytics and cloud technology could align with the company’s business processes. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length but must be included in the design document appendix.

· Create three to five (3-5) screen layouts that illustrate the interface that organizational users will utilize. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length but must be included in the design document appendix.

· Give one (1) recommendation for solution providers that could help your company secure a firm advantage by using analytics and cloud technology.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

· Include charts or diagrams created in MS Visio or Dia as an appendix of the design document. All references to these diagrams must be included in the body of the design documen

Choose an industrial/organizational (I/O) topic of interest. A nonexhaustive list of research topic suggestions includes leadership, job satisfaction, organizational culture, measuring performance, work–life balance, compensation, selection, recruitment, retention, employee engagement, training, and emotional intelligence.

Once you have selected your topic, you will conduct a literature review on that topic. Locate three scholarly peer-reviewed articles (published within the last five to seven years) that have investigated your research topic:

One of the articles needs to have employed an experimental research design.
One of the articles needs to have employed a quasi-experimental research design.
One of the articles needs to have employed a mixed-methods research design.

Tasks:

Read, summarize, analyze, and critique each of the articles. For each article, your analysis should:

Summarize the results of the study.
Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the research.
Discuss the appropriateness of the research design for the study, the reliability, the validity, sampling methods, and any potential bias.
Identify any ethical or diversity issues.

Having reviewed the same topic from a variety of research design approaches, reflect on what you have learned about the specific industrial/organizational (I/O) topic itself, as well as the impact that the research method employed had on the knowledge gained from the study. Be sure to include these reflections in the conclusion of your paper.

Write a 7- to 9-page paper based on your literature review, utilizing the three scholarly sources you review. Make sure you employ proper grammar and spelling and apply current APA standards for writing style to your work.

Use the following headings to organize your paper:

Research design methods defined:
Experimental
Strengths and limitations
Quasi-experimental
Strengths and limitations
Mixed methods
Strengths and limitations
Industrial/organizational (I/O) topic area of interest
Experimental design study summary:
Results
Experimental design study analysis and critique
Strengths and weaknesses of the study
Ethical, legal, and/or diversity considerations
Quasi-experimental design study summary
Results
Quasi-experimental design study analysis and critique
Strengths and weaknesses of the study
Ethical, legal, and/or diversity considerations
Mixed-methods research design study summary:
Results
Mixed-methods research design study analysis and critique
Strengths and weaknesses of the study
Ethical, legal, and/or diversity considerations
Conclusion
References

Submission Details:

By Wednesday, February 10, 2016, save your paper into a Microsoft Word document as M5_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc and submit it to the M5 Assignment 2 LASA Dropbox.

This LASA is worth 280 points and will be graded according to the following rubric.

Assignment Components

Proficient

Max Points

Summarize the results of the study.

CO: 4

PO: 1, 2, 4

ILO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6

Summary of each article clearly and accurately describes the type of design and overall results of the study.

/48 pts.

Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the research.

CO: 4

PO: 1, 2, 4

ILO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6

Evaluation provides specific examples of advantages and disadvantages of using each research design. Strategies to alleviate disadvantages are suggested.

/60 pts.

Discuss the appropriateness of the research design for the study, the reliability, validity, sampling methods, and potential bias.

CO: 4

PO: 1, 2, 4

ILO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6

Discussion justifies the design used for each article. Explanation of each article’s reliability, validity, sampling methods, and potential bias is clear, and judgment of appropriateness is justified.

/60 pts.

Identify any ethical or diversity issues

CO: 5

PO: 1, 2, 3, 5

ILO: 2, 4, 5, 6

All relevant ethical or diversity issues and/or problems are identified.

/60 pts.

Reflect on what you have learned about the specific I/O topic itself, as well as the impact that the research method employed had on the knowledge gained from the study.

CO: 2

PO: 1, 2, 4

ILO: 1, 2, 3, 6

Reflection provides insight on the impact of the topic to I/O as a whole. Reflection provides judgment of the effect of the method used in each study to knowledge gained in the literature review.

/24 pts.

Academic Writing

Write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources (i.e. APA); and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation

During Module 5, we have studied social stratification and how it influences what goes on in many social interactions among people. After you have read the reading assignment and lecture for this module, please respond to all parts of the discussion by Sunday, February 7, 2016:

What are some of the factors that affect social mobility? Can these be overcome?
Do you believe the structural-functionalist or the social-conflict approach best explains social stratification? Why?
Is it possible for members of a minority group to be racist? Why or why not?
When you think of various groups (race, class, and gender) in society, which ones have the most power and which ones have the least? What and who are some examples? Has this changed over time? Do you think it will change in the future? Why or why not?

Write your responses in two to three paragraphs. Be sure to incorporate terms, concepts, and theory from your readings to support your comments. Remember to respond to the posts of at least two other students in this class

By Sunday, February 7, 2016, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Review and comment on your peers’ responses. Complete your participation for this assignment by Tuesday, February 9, 2016

By Sunday , February 7, 2016, post your results to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox. Your written presentation to the following problem situation should be a formal academic presentation wherein APA guidelines apply.

A study wants to examine the relationship between student anxiety for an exam and the number of hours studied. The data is as follows:
Student Anxiety Scores

Study Hours
5

1
10

6
5

2
11

8
12

5
4

1
3

4
2

6
6

5
1

2

Why is a correlation the most appropriate statistic?
What is the null and alternate hypothesis?
What is the correlation between student anxiety scores and number of study hours? Select alpha and interpret your findings. Make sure to note whether it is significant or not and what the effect size is.
How would you interpret this?
What is the probability of a type I error? What does this mean?
How would you use this same information but set it up in a way that allows you to conduct a t-test? An ANOVA?

Be sure to address all 6 components of this assignment thoroughly. Note that some of the 6 components have more than one question. Don’t leave anything out.

There are a couple of things to look out for in this assignment:

1) Question #4 asks you to interpret the correlation you calculated. You lecture notes for Module 5 contain a chart on page 3 of the Correlations section to use for this.

2) Question #6 is asking you to take the same data you are given in the assignment instructions and modify it in such a way that you can perform a t-test and an ANOVA. The best way to approach this is to jot down the requirements for a t-test and then look at the data and decide what you would have to do to the data to meet those requirements. Be careful with this! Don’t rush through it; think it through carefully. Use the same logic for the ANOVA.

I want to give you a ‘heads up’ about Assignment 1. The very last part of assignment M5 A1 is often confusing for students. What you are required to do is take the data and information provided to you at the beginning of the assignment for the correlation and modify it somewhat so that you can do a t-test and an ANOVA. This is not hard but it is tricky so you need to think about it. You don’t need to add additional variables; you can modify the variables you already have. Think about the requirements for each test and modify how you arrange your data to fit them..

Make sure you read the instructions carefully. This is to be a formal, academic presentation. It does not need to be a typical ‘paper’ but should have a brief introduction and a brief conclusion.

Dr. N.

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Explain why a correlation is the most appropriate statistic.
36
List the null and alternate hypothesis.
20
Compute and correctly present the correlation between student anxiety scores and number of study hours.
36
List the alpha, statistical significance of the results and the effect size. Provide an interpretation of the results.
60
List the probability of a type I error and explain what it means.
36
Explain how the same information would be set up to allow one to conduct a t-test and an ANOVA.
48

Writing Components:

Organization: Introduction, Thesis, Transitions, Conclusion

Usage and Mechanics: Grammar, Spelling, Sentence structure

APA Elements: Attribution, Paraphrasing, Quotations

Style: Audience, Word Choice

Using the Internet or other sources, locate ten of the best-known brands in the world. What do they have in common? How do they differ? What explains their success?

magine you represent a person who claims to have been the victim of a breach of contract. Determine the information that you would need to know to best determine if there was a contract. How would you present a case to a court to show your client was the victim of a breach of contract, and how would you overcome the defenses to the alleged breach? Be sure to use legal terms and concepts from the reading to support your analysis.

respone :

To determine and prove if my client had suffered from breach of contract, I would first need to prove that there was a valid and defensible contract in place. I would show the value that each party had to gain (consideration) as well as the legality of the contract. I would then prove that each party had the legal ability to join into a contract (capacity) and that there was no fraud intended and there were no mistakes or innocent misrepresentation. I would then advise the court whether the contract was in writing and if not, prove that there was no requirement for a written contract.

Next I would provide that strict performance was not enabled and then move to the nature of the breach of contract. I would show the material nature of the breach (how my client was substantially harmed by the breach) and show that we acted within the statute of limitations to file our suit. The statute would depend on the state the case was being tried and would also consider if this was a written or oral contract (3 – 5 years depending on contract type, state, etc.). At this point I feel that I would have proven my client suffered from breach of contract However as an additional step to make sure I could overcome any objections to the alleged breach I’d also need to make sure that impossibility did not apply. This would mean further understanding the reason for the breach and insuring that it did not involve destruction of the subject matter, death of the promisor or that the purpose of the contract still remained legal. If none of these were the case then the contract was not truly impossible and even if the issue was because it had become a financial burden, the court should still award in favor of my client.