International financial management
Order Description

Week 2 questions

1. Discuss the corporate control of your business. Explain why and how your business is currently exposed to agency problems.

2. Consider the potential expansions of the business in China and Russia – how will each of these possibilities impact the agency issues? Suggest ways to limit the potential agency problems.
Requirements: Read the scenario below. Starting on 5th February, and for the following four weeks, questions for your group to consider and research will be released each Friday in the assessment tab on BB.

Each week your group should research answers to the questions, and put them together in a portfolio. Once you have answered all the questions, you should produce a 1,500-word report summarizing the position of the business, based on your research for the questions. In addition, each member of the group should submit a 500 word individual piece giving conclusions and recommendations for the future of the business.
3. Appendices numbered 1 to 5, which should contain the group’s responses to each week’s questions.
4. One bibliography/reference list, which should be in Harvard format and should cover the whole submission.

The scenario:
You are the board of directors of a manufacturing company, Green Battery Technology Systems (GBTS Plc), based in the United Kingdom. Your company manufactures batteries used in the manufacture of various types of electric cars. You supply a number of major car producers worldwide, exporting to Germany, China, and the United States. In January 2015 (a year ago), GBTS set up a joint venture with Beijing Battery Power Technology (BBPT), a relatively small battery producer in China, to develop a new lighter and faster charging lithium battery. The research and development has been done in a small factory near Beijing, with staff supplied equally from GBTS and BBPT. The new battery is now ready for production, and could be produced in either China or the UK, or both, for sale worldwide. Marketing plans and production facilities are under discussion.

You have also recently been contacted by a Russian government trade official, who has suggested that tax breaks and other incentives could be available for manufacture of electric cars in Russia, and has offered to broker talks with a Russian car manufacturer which might be interested in developing this market. You could either enter into a supplier agreement with the Russian manufacturer, or a joint venture to manufacture batteries actually in Russia, in which case bigger incentives could be available.

Format

All work should be word processed in 12 point font Arial and double spaced.

Please use the following file format: Word.

Please ensure that you provide the following details on the first page of your coursework:
• Student Number
• Module Name and Number
• Word Count

Order Description

500 words for the individual conclusion.
1- Very good – all requirements very competently met- Appropriate conclusions and recommendations made, taking into account position of the business. No new information introduced, but attempts made to consider global issues and tailor recommendations accordingly. Links demonstrated to research in questions and summary.

2- Generally a good piece of work, most requirements met well, with some omissions or areas for further development-Appropriate conclusions and recommendations made, taking into account position of the business. Links demonstrated to research in questions and summary.

3- Some good conclusions and recommendations made, but limited consideration of the broader implications of the business position.

3- Some strong areas, but significant omissions or underdeveloped points- Limited understanding or the requirement displayed, some conclusions drawn, but relevance to business not really clear.

4- Some attempt to address the requirements, but major weaknesses, inaccuracies or omissions- Conclusions and recommendations not really present or plausible, or difficult to follow; new material introduced; no links to summary of questions.

5- – little attempt to address the requirements- Too short, and descriptive with little or no attempt at linking research to conclusions or recommendations

Please check the file that i will upload ,its same that i have in my last order

Format

All work should be word processed in 12 point font Arial and double spaced.

Please use the following file format: Word.

Please ensure that you provide the following details on the first page of your coursework:
• Student Number
• Module Name and Number
• Word Count
Please also ensure that your student number is shown clearly on your individual contribution.
Word Limit Not exceed 500
ord count includes everything in the main body of the text (including headings, tables, citations, quotes, lists, etc.).
• The references, bibliography and footnotes (provided footnotes only include references) are NOT included in the word count.
• There is no direct penalty for exceeding the word count but the marker WILL stop reading once the word limit has been reached and nothing further will be taken into account in the allocation of marks.

Referencing:

Please ensure you adhere to the principles of good academic practice and ensure you use the UWE Harvard system to reference your work. Failure to properly reference your work to original source material can be grounds for the assessment offence of plagiarism and may result in failure of the assessment or have more serious implications.