International Financial Environment impacts on Multinational Enterprise

Recent developments affecting chosen Multinational Enterprise

Choose a Multinational Enterprise (MNE) listed on an internationally recognised Stock Exchange (including for example, London, Dublin, New York or Paris).

You are required to:

Critically discuss two recent developments in the international financial environment which appear to have impacted on your chosen company’s recent performance and development. Analyse how these two developments are likely to impact on the company in the near future.

Discuss the following key elements of the MNE’s international financial and/or risk management strategy (and how they appear to have affected the financial performance of your chosen company):

• Sources of finance
• Dividend policy

With reference to your chosen Multinational Enterprise (and using the most recent annual report published), analyse the financial performance (in terms of profitability, liquidity, efficiency and investment) of the company in the two most recent consecutive financial periods using 8 different accounting ratios (prior year comparative figures will be available in the annual report).

Notes:

1. You must advise your tutor of your chosen multinational enterprise to ensure suitability for use and avoid duplication; What you need to do to demonstrate achievement of learning.
2. It is advisable to choose your multinational enterprise and download the most recent annual report by the end of week 1 – this will facilitate your preparation and allow you to effectively participate in weekly class activities;

1) The assignment may take the form of an individual written word-processed briefing report of not more than, including title page, contents page, in-text references and citations, but excluding tables, reference list and appendices.

2) Detailed guidance will be given in the tutorials in weeks 1 and 6 to explore the factors for your chosen case study and provide advice on the use of mediums/technologies for this assessment exercise.

3) This element of coursework accounts for 60% of the overall assessment. Students should refer to the marking criteria attached to provide them with fuller details of marking criteria a for each classification band.