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What the Euro experience has taught us is that even countries which are not vastly different from each other in terms of economic health, can face a phenomenal crisis within just 10 years of the creation of the single union. How then would you expect a global currency encompassing countries with vastly different structures, in vastly different stages of growth and using vastly different means of managing their economies to be stable?

The exchange rate will could work as a benefit to the business this is because if other countries currency is weaker than the US this will mean they will look to sell there for more profit because they will have to pay foreign currency for the product. So if the Euro exchange rate falls this could be seen good because it will mean that countries in the Euro will have to pay more for The business cars, however this can cause more problems for The business because it will mean that some consumers may not be able to afford the companies products. However another advantage is that this would mean that they could have cheaper parts from the suppliers because the exchange rate has fallen.

Despite having an extremely productive American companies are hesitant to open factories in France when they may have to pay workers more than they would in America because of operating cost of after an employee works 35

The financial crisis of 2008 has been described as the worst financial crisis the world has seen since the great depression, but there are now murmurings of the potential for an even greater financial crisis, a currency crisis, caused by the demise of the US Dollar. The Dollar has been the reserve currency of the world since it took over from the Pound at the end of world war two, but we examine if it is about to crash spectacularly?

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In today's international marketplace, it is American consumers who are flush with cash to buy ever-greater amounts of imports. And it is the U.S. economy that is producing the investment opportunities that attract savings from around the world. In contrast, Japan has been plagued for most of the decade by slow growth (if not outright recession), falling demand, rising unemployment, and a bust in asset values. Meanwhile, the major economies of the European Union have struggled with sluggish growth and chronic high unemployment. In fact, advanced nations that ran trade deficits in the 1990s (the United States and Great Britain) grew faster and created more jobs than those that ran trade surpluses (Germany, Italy, and Japan). The result of economic troubles abroad has been a flight of capital to the United States and the stagnation of U.S. export growth-essential ingredients in the rising U.S. trade

In France, there is a form of capitalism that is used with its original Colbertist tradition. This means that along with companies selling items to earn their own profit, there is also the thought of “economic nationalism” where one of the country’s main goals is attempting to empower the nation to a maximum point by keeping economic activity in their own borders. Due to this economic activity, the lower 50 percent of France’s economy has seen an increase in pre-tax-and-transfer of around 32 percent. (Capitalism) The point being made here is that France is another country that compares with the US as it uses capitalism and is performing efficiently on the global scale.

Organic growth is the company make expansion through greenfield. Organic growth involves establishing new venture across the border. The business expands to a foreign country to maximize the extent to which they can apply the existing knowledge. They can transfer the competitive advantage through greenfield. They integrate carefully to move on the next venture. Greenfield is more resources-oriented. It largely depends on building available resources (Davis, n.d).

This is because these stable currency countries have been given an artificially weak currency meaning that their exports are more competitive globally. As well, it has widened these countries market since most of their exports go to the countries who also use the euro, not the entire European Union's free trade places as the euro makes transactions more efficient (it eliminates the foreign exchange risk).

The German economy is the largest in Europe and worldwide Germany has the fifth largest economy (“World fact book”, n.d.). It is clear that the German economy holds a key position in the world marketplace. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth is an important consideration for foreign investment as it speaks to the overall health of an economy. GDP growth can be attributed to spending and investments both on and from imports and exports (“What is GDP”, 2005). In 2014 the reported GDP growth rate in Germany was 1.4%, up .9 % from the prior year (“World fact book” n.d.). The Eurozone was deeply affected by a recession stemming from the US and made worse by poor economic conditions in Greece and Spain, among other countries in

Angel investors are those investors that are particularly interested in investing in companies early stage companies. Their investment capital is generally limited and if relevant, it has been advantageous for them to pool their funds as a group to not only participate in larger deals but also to diversify risk. They invest in exchange for ownership equity or convertible debt.

Deutsche Bank (Karczmar, 2004) suggests that the euro could eventually challenge the dollar as a reserve currency, but the euro is still far behind the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency, representing just 24.2 percent of the world banking reserves in the 2013 third quarter (International Monetary Fund, 2013). Numerous economists endorse the United States’ ability to safely continue its external deficits. Cooper (2001) poses the argument in its simplest form:

Like most wealthy countries, France was affected by the Great Recession; however, France was not “hit” as hard as

Our aim- to engage with SimVenture; a business simulation that allowed us to build and sell computers through our virtual company named ‘Genesis’. The formation and running of our virtual company integrated us with new venture creation and about being an entrepreneur. It reinforced concepts previously presented in our course lectures and engaged us in a competitive and volatile business environment. SimVenture ran for three virtual years with five members on its team- each with a different role in the company.