Part II: Choose an international company on which to base your discussion. Find a recent online article about your chosen company that discusses international finance, provides real-world examples, and discusses concepts covered in this unit. Briefly summarize the article, and provide a link.

Reflect on the company, the concepts in the article, and the commonly accepted goal of a multinational corporation to maximize shareholder wealth.

Choose two of the prompts below to address in your discussion.

• Do you believe the company is doing a good job of shareholder wealth maximization? Why, or why not?
• Does the company you have chosen to study have any additional goals, besides maximizing shareholder wealth?
• What theory of international expansion did your company most likely have as a rationale for expanding internationally?
• Was the decision to expand internationally likely based on one theory or a combination of theories?
• What method of business does your company use to conduct international business? Why?
• Is there another alternative form of conducting business that might have worked for your company?

Suggested search terms are listed below:

• repatriated foreign earnings,
• country risk,
• direct foreign investment,
• joint venture,
• international licensing,
• multinational corporation,
• finance risk,
• balance of trade,
• international trade,
• outsourcing,
• currency effects,
• international capital flows,
• U.S. exports, and
• U.S. imports.