Questions from Financial Management


Q: Refer to question 7. What are some of the key sources

Refer to question 7. What are some of the key sources of uncertainty in Blore’s valuation of the target? Identify two reasons why the expected cash flows from an Asian subsidiary of a U.S.-based MNC w...

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Q: A crisis in a foreign country commonly causes a substantial reduction in

A crisis in a foreign country commonly causes a substantial reduction in cash flows (and valuations) of an MNC’s subsidiaries based in that country. Explain why the MNC will not necessarily sell its s...

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Q: List some forms of political risk other than a takeover of a

List some forms of political risk other than a takeover of a subsidiary by the host government, and briefly elaborate on how each factor can affect the risk to the MNC. Identify common financial facto...

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Q: Explain some methods of reducing exposure to existing country risk while maintaining

Explain some methods of reducing exposure to existing country risk while maintaining the same amount of business within a particular country.

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Q: Why do some subsidiaries maintain a low profile as to where their

Why do some subsidiaries maintain a low profile as to where their parents are located?

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Q: When NYU Corp. considered establishing a subsidiary in Zenland, it

When NYU Corp. considered establishing a subsidiary in Zenland, it performed a country risk analysis to help make the decision. It first retrieved a country risk analysis performed about one year earl...

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Q: MNCs such as Alcoa, DowDuPont, Kraft Heinz, and IBM

MNCs such as Alcoa, DowDuPont, Kraft Heinz, and IBM have donated products and technology to foreign countries where they had subsidiaries. How could these actions have reduced some forms of country ri...

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Q: Assauer, Inc., would like to assess the country risk of

Assauer, Inc., would like to assess the country risk of Glovanskia. Assauer has identified various political and financial risk factors, as shown in the table. Assauer has assigned overall ratings of...

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Q: Arkansas, Inc., exports to various less developed countries, and

Arkansas, Inc., exports to various less developed countries, and its receivables are denominated in the foreign currencies of the importers. It considers reducing its exchange rate risk by establishin...

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Q: Hoosier, Inc., is planning a project in the United Kingdom

Hoosier, Inc., is planning a project in the United Kingdom. It would lease space for one year in a shopping mall to sell expensive clothes manufactured in the United States. The project would end in o...

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