Axetem, business and finance homework help

Apa format for citation and refernces

At least 2 references

5 -6  paragraph

Axetem, Inc. wants to explore the
possibility of establishing a factory and a customer service center in a
developing nation to take advantage of a less expensive labor force. The first
step in a series of various feasibility studies is a political risk analysis.
You have been asked to put together a team to start the process.

Compose a memo to your team that
includes the following:

• To what does the term political risk refer?
• Give at least 3 examples of sources of political risk.
• Explain what distributive and catastrophic
  political risks entail, and explain which type is more likely to be a more
  significant factor in a developing country.

Assignment objectives:

Discuss implications of international politics for
strategic financial management.

Analyze ethical issues in financial
management for multinational enterprises.

Thanks

Part  b: 2 or more
pages

Research the following: Francois Buisson is the controlling shareholder of
Groupe Industrielle Internationale (GII), a major importer of sporting goods in
the European Union. GII is aiming for a major expansion project within the next
5 years. One of the objectives of this expansion is to form a major alliance
with Axetem as its main running shoe supplier. In short, GII’s expansion plans will
entail huge sales revenues for Axetem. To gain additional investors, GII wants
to list its company’s stock on the NYSE.

Brian Tobias, Axetem’s CEO, has mandated the creation of a special team at
Axetem, Inc. with the aim of helping GII get started on its task of getting
listed on the NYSE. Your team is to conduct initial research about the
requirements for a non-U.S. firm to obtain an NYSE listing and how a non-U.S.
firm can maintain its NYSE listing.

Hint: Start by visiting http://www.nyse.com/, and look for various listing
requirements.

research the top listing and continuation requirements
mandated by the NYSE.

Complete the following for paper

• Currently, GII’s capital structure is 75% equity based
  and 25% debt based. GII is in the 25% marginal tax bracket in France and
  has a cost of equity of 18% and an average debt cost of 7%. Calculate
  GII’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC). 
• What is the main advantage of the divisional cost of
  capital approach over the WACC approach?

Use the available resources to
research the NYSE and the divisional cost of capital approach to complete this
assignment.

Part c: 6 paragraph

· 
Why do the top listing and continuation requirements of the NYSE exist?

· 
How do these requirements affect the capital structure of a multinational
firm?

·  What elements make
up the optimal capital structure for a multinational enterprise

Three dfferent
sections