Describe the current global strategy and provide evidence about how the firm’s resources and competencies support the pressures regarding costs and local responsiveness. Describe entry modes they have usually used, and whether the modes are appropriate for the given strategy is described below
Explanation:
Global Strategy’ is a shortened term that covers three areas: global, multinational and international strategies. Essentially, these three areas refer to those strategies designed to enable an organisation to achieve its objective of international expansion.
In developing ‘global strategy’, it is useful to distinguish between three forms of international expansion that arise from a company’s resources, capabilities and current international position.
Implications of the three definitions within global strategy:
International strategy: the organisation’s objectives relate primarily to the home market.
Multinational strategy: the organisation is involved in a number of markets beyond its home country. But it needs distinctive strategies for each of these markets because customer demand and, perhaps competition, are different in each country. Importantly, competitive advantage is determined separately for each country.
Global strategy: the organisation treats the world as largely one market and one source of supply with little local variation. Importantly, competitive advantage is developed largely on a global basis.
Answer: over-borrowing.
Explanation:
credit cards function like this: you can "buy" a lot of things with it, including very very expensive things. this is because instead of really buying that product, you borrow money from the bank to buy it. you then have to pay it off in slower amounts of money over time until youve paid off the original cost of the product and more because the bank will most likely charge interest.
sounds great, right?
it is, until you cant afford to pay those smaller amounts of money. then, it starts to build up and if you still cant afford to pay the bank, they will begin to liquidize your physical assets (they take your stuff as payment, really anything, even your house can be taken.)
Answer:
a-1. The present value of Plan 1 = $93.08
a-2. The deal 2 which involves paying immediately adn taking the 10% discount is better.
Explanation:
a-1.
The interest rate of 5% is taken as the discount rate to convert future cash flows into the present value.
The First payment plan with installments has a present value of,
Present Value-Plan 1 = 25 + 25/1.05 + 25/1.05² + 25/1.05³ = $93.08
a-2.
The first plan will cost $93.08 in the present value.
The second plan will involve immediate payment and a discount of 10%vwhch makes the present value of plan 2 as $90 (100 - (100*0.1)).
Thus, the second deal or deal involving immediate payment and taking the discount is better.
Answer:
C) 8.75%
Explanation:
Number of periods = 4 years
Given return rates = 20%, -10%, 20%, and 5%
To obtain the arithmetic average annual return, add the return rates given for all periods and divide the sum by the number of periods.
Over four years, the S&P 500 index delivered an arithmetic average annual return of 8.75%.
Cost of equity is calculated as -
Cost of equity = Risk free return + Beta * (Market risk - Risk free return)
Given,
Risk free return = 5.3 %
Market risk = 12 %
Beta = 1.05
Cost of equity = 5.3 % + (1.05*(12-5.3%))
Cost of equity = 12.335 % or 12.24 %
