Multinational Company Selection

I. Company Overview: Use the company’s website and 10-K report to support responses for this section.

A. Select a company for analyzing an approach to multinational expansion.

B. Describe the company’s background, including its industry and the extent of its multinational reach for identifying expansion factors and corporate
strategies.

II. Economic Environments and Market Conditions

A. Identify international financial markets in which the company operates, such as stock markets, bond markets, and money markets, for
explaining how the company raises capital within these markets.

B. Discuss the effects of the global credit crisis on the company’s ability to raise the capital required to support its expansion and operations, and provide examples to support your claims.

III. Ethical and Legal Considerations: Explain how the company is maximizing shareholders’ value while maintaining ethical and legal practices.

A. Discuss the company’s ethical and legal management during the 2007–2008 crisis for evaluating its impacts on international investing.

B. Analyze the impact of ethical and legal decisions on internal stakeholders, including shareholders, for identifying strengths and areas of
improvement in international expansion strategies. Provide examples to support your claims.

C. Discuss the impact of the company’s ethical and legal decisions on external stakeholders, including the government, culture, and environment into which the company expanded, for identifying strengths and areas of improvement in expansion strategies. Provide examples to support your claims.