International Investment Forum Part IIi

The Yale Endowment is known in the financial industry as a pioneer in using a combination of innovative asset allocation and active management to produce impressive long-term performance. In fact, the Endowment produced a 17.8% average annual return, net of fees, in the ten-year period ending June 30, 2007.1 This performance is particularly impressive given that, in recent years, the Endowment portfolio has carried less than a 40% weighting in equities. Instead, under the leadership of Chief Investment Officer Dave Swensen, the Yale Investments Office

· What happens when there is a surplus of imports brought into the U.S.? Cite a specific example of a product with an import surplus, and the impact that has on the U.S. businesses and consumers involved. When there is a surplus of imports brought into the U.S. it means that the price of the product(s) will drop. U.S. companies that are competing with the Chinese made products will suffer from price drops of the goods. With consumers it will benefits the consumer with the lower price on goods. Large screen LCD/HDTV is a good example. Since the recession there has been a surplus of large screen HDTV. Not many people can afford or buy them since the prices were high. Now large screen LCD/HDTV is much cheaper than what it was 4 years ago.

Perth, Western Australia (WA), was once a booming rich mining state. According to Vetti Kakulas (2017), during the mid-2000s, the commodities boom resulted in more full-time jobs due to the high salaries offered by mining giants, attracting “FIFO workers”. Due to a huge decline in commodities price over the years, more than 20,000 full time jobs in the mining industry have been cut in the past two. “When the mining industry expands people move over from the eastern states” (Kakulas 2017), which will cause an increase in housing demand. Since the end of the boom, people have been leaving the state at a high rate due to an increasing unemployment

The company has sold several Bombardier Global Express aircraft to customers in Australia, China, Japan, Korea and Malaysia in recent years and the

Our business unit is preparing for global growth, with our first international deal closing in New Zealand. Several of the major challenges we face are balancing ‘business as usual’ with preparing for international expansion (including hiring internationally, sourcing new offices) and preparing staff for potential re-deployment. Although I agree with the approach discussed in (Kramar, et al., 2014), in which finding local nationals is a more viable option.

“Quantitative restrictions on imports and all measures having equivalent effect shall be prohibited between Member States”

In Canada, premium chocolates were growing at 20 percent annually and the Canadian market size for Chocolates was US$ 167 million in 2006. An attractive growth from premium chocolates makes the current player like Rogers Chocolates, Purdys and others are thinking new strategies to expand market. In addition, some big traditional manufacturers like Hersheys and Cadbury are also very interested and keen to enter this segment (Zietsma 2007).

13-5 BFF chose to export because it is cheaper than FDI, it also allows them to have full control. The advantages of exporting are, it could potentially increase sales, diversify their customer base, the product is light and some are non-perishables which are easy to ship. It also spreads their risk and allows them to be less dependant on one market base. The disadvantages they could run into are tariffs or trade barriers, less likely to learn the culture which could hurt sales, and fluctuation of exchange rates. He would also have to understand all documentation required.

1. To qualify as a multinational corporation, a firm must meet all of the following criteria except:

We propose a joint venture, in the emerging markets of Exotica with local companies of Paradiso

Following their strategy in other countries, the company should contract entrepreneurs highly motivated and give them exclusivity in their area and autonomy.

As we all know competition encourages growth and it was part of the things that contributed to the growth of the Company. There are two companies that were, and still major competitors to Associated British Foods PLC. The companies are as follows: Nestle S.A. and TESCO PLC. Nestle S.A. is a swiss multinational and packaged food company that manufactures and markets a wide range of food products. The Company's products include milk, chocolate, bottled water, coffee,

Answer: Based on the case study, Kellogg’s main competitors in the ready-to-eat cereals market are General Mills and Kraft Foods and PepsiCo. In the convenience foods market, the main competitors are Frito-Lay unit of PepsiCo which is the largest maker of salty snacks while the Nabisco unit of Kraft Foods which is the largest maker of cookies and crackers. Except from these competitors, Kellogg also has been facing competition with the new entrants or the improved store brand products which intent to get some shares of these two markets. Also, Kellogg’s brand

So the investor will invest 32.58860806% of the investment budget in the risky asset and 67.41139194% in the risk-free asset.

An investment also known as a security is a pledge of money from an individual, government, or cooperation that is expected to accrue additional wealth on top of its original dollar amount. An investment can be a long-term or short-term obligation depending on the investor’s goals and/or assets they choose to invest in. The investment decision process is a two-step process which is necessary to make a sound trustable and efficient investment. The first step involves an evaluation of the investment you as the investor are interested in committing money towards, including characteristics of the security (i.e. how it acts in the current market, how the current/future market may react to this investment and possible returns on your investment). Finally, the management of your investment portfolio, including how often it should be revised, how the performance of your securities should be measured (how often they should be measured), and other important aspects of your current investments. Investing revolves around one basic concept, improving our future, investors invest money today to improve their welfare in the future which is why understanding what an investment is and the process of decision making before investing is extremely important.