Assignment 1: Multinational Corporation Expansion
Imagine that you are a senior business manager for a U.S.-based multinational company. You have been informed by your supervisor that your Company needs to consider expanding into a new international market to seek new opportunities.

To get started, you must decide the following:

• Select a publicly-traded Multinational Corporation (MNC) with which you are familiar.
• Select a new international market and a country this company currently has not explored and should consider.

Write a 6-8 page paper in which you:
1. Analyze how each of the three major dimensions of international finance can affect your possible venture of your MNC in your chosen new international market, including potential opportunities and risks for each dimension.
2. Examine the economic trends and impact of globalization in the chosen market and determine which of those emerging factors have potential for disruption that could affect operations.
3. Assess whether the country you have chosen maintains a fixed or a flexible exchange system and discuss how this monetary system will affect your MNC. Provide a strong rational for possible implications and drawbacks of the existing system.
4. Determine how the balance of payments will support the management of your MNC and explain how deficits and surpluses found within the country you have chosen can positively or negatively affect operations of your company.
5. Analyze how the foreign exchange market your company is considering entering can impact international business operations. Examine key foreign market participants and provide recommendations of possible key financing opportunities for your MNC.
6. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources

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:

• Analyze the current trends and impact of globalization on international financial management.

• Assess the basic functioning of the current arrangements of flexible exchange systems that dominate the international monetary system and explain the impact on business operations.
• Interpret the balance of payments accounts, and summarize key information to support financial planning and the strategic management of international business.
• Analyze the foreign exchange markets to anticipate fluctuations, minimize the negative impact on international business operations, and identify financing opportunities.

• Use technology and information resources to research issues in international banking and finance.
• Write clearly and concisely about international banking and 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.
Points: 300 Assignment 1: Multinational Corporation Expansion
Criteria Unacceptable
Below 60% F Meets Minimum Expectations
60-69% D Fair
70-79% C Proficient
80-89% B Exemplary
90-100% A
1. Analyze how each of the three major dimensions of international finance can affect your possible venture of your MNC in your chosen new international market, including potential opportunities and risks for each dimension.
Weight: 20% Did not submit or incompletely analyzed how each of the three major dimensions of international finance can affect your possible venture of your MNC in your chosen new international market, including potential opportunities and risks for each dimension. Insufficiently analyzed how each of the three major dimensions of international finance can affect your possible venture of your MNC in your chosen new international market, including potential opportunities and risks for each dimension. Partially analyzed how each of the three major dimensions of international finance can affect your possible venture of your MNC in your chosen new international market, including potential opportunities and risks for each dimension. Satisfactorily analyzed how each of the three major dimensions of international finance can affect your possible venture of your MNC in your chosen new international market, including potential opportunities and risks for each dimension. Thoroughly analyzed how each of the three major dimensions of international finance can affect your possible venture of your MNC in your chosen new international market, including potential opportunities and risks for each dimension.
2. Examine the economic trends and impact of globalization in the chosen market and determine which of those emerging factors have potential for disruption that could affect operations
Weight: 15% Did not submit or incompletely examined the economic trends and impact of globalization in the chosen market and incompletely determined which of those emerging factors have potential for disruption that could affect operations. Insufficiently examined the economic trends and impact of globalization in the chosen market and insufficiently determined which of those emerging factors have potential for disruption that could affect operations. Partially examined the economic trends and impact of globalization in the chosen market and partially determined which of those emerging factors have potential for disruption that could affect operations. Satisfactorily examined the economic trends and impact of globalization in the chosen market and satisfactorily determined which of those emerging factors have potential for disruption that could affect operations. Thoroughly examined the economic trends and impact of globalization in the chosen market and thoroughly determined which of those emerging factors have potential for disruption that could affect operations.
3. Assess whether the country you have chosen maintains a fixed or a flexible exchange system and discuss how this monetary system will affect your MNC. Provide a strong rational for possible implications and drawbacks of the existing system.
Weight: 15% Did not submit or incompletely assessed whether the country you have chosen maintains a fixed or a flexible exchange system and incompletely discussed how this monetary system will affect your MNC. Did not provide a strong rational for possible implications and drawbacks of the existing system. Insufficiently assessed whether the country you have chosen maintains a fixed or a flexible exchange system and insufficiently discussed how this monetary system will affect your MNC. Did not provide a strong rational for possible implications and drawbacks of the existing system. Partially assessed whether the country you have chosen maintains a fixed or a flexible exchange system and partially discussed how this monetary system will affect your MNC. Partially provided a strong rational for possible implications and drawbacks of the existing system. Satisfactorily assessed whether the country you have chosen maintains a fixed or a flexible exchange system and satisfactorily discussed how this monetary system will affect your MNC. Provided a strong rational for possible implications and drawbacks of the existing system. Thoroughly assessed whether the country you have chosen maintains a fixed or a flexible exchange system and thoroughly discussed how this monetary system will affect your MNC. Provided a strong rational for possible implications and drawbacks of the existing system.
4. Determine how the balance of payments will support the management of your MNC and explain how deficits and surpluses found within the country you have chosen can positively or negatively affect operations of your company.
Weight: 15% Did not submit or incompletely determined how the balance of payments will support the management of your MNC and incompletely explained how deficits and surpluses found within the country you have chosen can positively or negatively affect operations of your company. Insufficiently determined how the balance of payments will support the management of your MNC and insufficiently explained how deficits and surpluses found within the country you have chosen can positively or negatively affect operations of your company. Partially determined how the balance of payments will support the management of your MNC and partially explained how deficits and surpluses found within the country you have chosen can positively or negatively affect operations of your company. Satisfactorily determined how the balance of payments will support the management of your MNC and satisfactorily explained how deficits and surpluses found within the country you have chosen can positively or negatively affect operations of your company. Thoroughly determined how the balance of payments will support the management of your MNC and thoroughly explained how deficits and surpluses found within the country you have chosen can positively or negatively affect operations of your company.
5. Analyze how the foreign exchange market your company is considering entering can impact international business operations. Examine key foreign market participants and provide recommendations of possible key financing opportunities for your MNC.
Weight:: 20% Did not submit or incompletely analyzed how the foreign exchange market your company is considering entering can impact international business operations. Incompletely examined key foreign market participants and incompletely provided recommendations of possible key financing opportunities for your MNC. Insufficiently analyzed how the foreign exchange market your company is considering entering can impact international business operations. Insufficiently examined key foreign market participants and insufficiently provided recommendations of possible key financing opportunities for your MNC. Partially analyzed how the foreign exchange market your company is considering entering can impact international business operations. Partially examined key foreign market participants and partially provided recommendations of possible key financing opportunities for your MNC. Satisfactorily analyzed how the foreign exchange market your company is considering entering can impact international business operations. Satisfactorily examined key foreign market participants and satisfactorily provided recommendations of possible key financing opportunities for your MNC. Thoroughly analyzed how the foreign exchange market your company is considering entering can impact international business operations. Thoroughly examined key foreign market participants and thoroughly provided recommendations of possible key financing opportunities for your MNC.
6. Three (3) references
Weight: 5% No references provided Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices. Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices. Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices. Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.