UBFF4024 MULTINATIONAL FINANCE (JUNE 2022)

UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN DUO12(A)

Wholly owned by UTAR Education Foundation Co. No. 578227-M
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE

UBFF4024 MULTINATIONAL FINANCE

GROUP ASSIGNMENT

MNE: Exploring the “Unfamiliar” for hidden gem

Multinational enterprise (MNE) constantly seeks out opportunities to achieve greater

diversification and to deliver the highest values to investors, in particularly the foreign
investors. It is a known fact that the performance of MNE is subject to different sets of risks
and returns trade off, both from locally and internationally. Hence, management of MNE is
persistently under pressure to deliver results even under challenging and uncertain
business environments.

Given the dynamic international business environment, economists had commented that
MNE needs to strive to take advantage of imperfections in international markets that
translate into market opportunities. This leads to the needs to explore into ‘unfamiliar’
territories, eg the least developed countries (LDC) that could possibly provide more benefits
than risks. Nonetheless, it is imperative to understand the impact from various factors
governing the foreign country as the decision will affect the performance of your corporation
ultimately.

As the head of the marketing and business development for a MNE, you are approached to
produce a comprehensive performance report on a foreign country from Fourth World
Countries (2022) as listed in https://www.worlddata.info/least-developed-countries.php, to
identify any business opportunities and its corresponding risks.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. This is a group assessment. Each group is required to select and register for ONE (1) of
the Fourth World Countries (2022) as listed in https://www.worlddata.info/least-
developed-countries.php

2. Run a detailed analysis on the following:

- Local factors (ie Balance of Payment and its impacts on currency performance,
government’s policies and regulations, factors of production, industry competitive
advantages, market competitions, etc); and
- International factors (international collaborations, trade agreements, events, issues,
etc),
governing the country you have registered.

(Hint: You are encouraged to use UTAR’s database resources for your data sourcing
and supports)

3. Comment on the future prospects of the registered country.

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UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN DUO12(A)

Wholly owned by UTAR Education Foundation Co. No. 578227-M
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE

General Requirements:

Registration of group members and country

I. Students are required to form a group of a maximum of SIX (6) members and register
their group members with tutor the latest by WEEK 3. The registration template will be
made available online (WBLE and/or Microsoft Teams) to students.

II. Each group is required to register ONE (1) country as stated above with their respective
tutor. Groups from the same tutorial class are not allowed to register for the same
country. Any consequences arising from the delay to register will be borne by the group
members.

Content of report

I. Your report shall not exceed FIFTEEN (15) pages in total (excluding list of references,
and appendices). Additional pages beyond the stated maximum will not be marked and
hence no marks will be awarded.

II. Group members are required to provide at least TWENTY (20) relevant references and
citations to support your views, where applicable. The acceptability of the sources will
be judged based on its relevancy.

III. Overall, the written report should reflect the group’s thoughts and analysis rather than
the work of others. Higher weight of the marks will be given based on depth of analysis,
concrete reasoning, supports, arguments and ability to think “out-of-the-box”.

IV. The report shall be in the following standard format:

 Font: Times New Roman size 12
 Line Spacing: 1.5, Margins: One-inch all side and Text Justify
 Hand-written assignment will not be accepted
 To include Cover Sheet (provided herein) as the cover page of the report
 All pages in the report should be numbered except for the cover page, mark sheet
and table of contents
 WRITE IN YOUR WORDS and cite references by using APA referencing style

V. To include all supporting tables and illustrations in appendices (if any).

Submission of report

I. The report must be submitted in softcopy (pdf format) via WBLE submission link
before the deadline (please read Late Submission Penalty Clause in the Course Plan).

For submission, please name your report as: UBFF4024_[Tutorial Group]_[Industry

in County]

For example, if your tutorial group is T5 and your registered industry and country are
ABCD and WXYZ, your report should be named as: UBFF4024_T5_ABCD in WXYZ.
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UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN DUO12(A)

Wholly owned by UTAR Education Foundation Co. No. 578227-M
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE

II. In the case of plagiarism being suspected, the reports will be uploaded to Turnitin for
similarity check. The overall similarity index is 20% and below. Any assignment reports
that are caught plagiarizing or letting part or whole of their work to be plagiarized will be
penalized, with all the members of both groups involved be awarded ZERO (0) mark for
the group assignment.

III. The deadline for submission of the report of this group assignment is on WEEK 8
(WEDNESDAY, 3 AUGUST 2022 at 12:00pm).
 UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN (UTAR)
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE
BACHELOR OF FINANCE (HONS)
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2022/2023
JUNE 2022 TRIMESTER

UBFF4024 MULTINATIONAL FINANCE

GROUP ASSIGNMENT REPORT COVER SHEET
Assignment Detail

Registered Country:

Group Details

Tutorial Group :

Members’ Details:
No. Student’s ID Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Marks Marks
Assessment Criteria
Allocated Awarded
1. Overview on the registered country 10 marks

2. Discussions on factors affecting the performance of the registered

country from

(i) Local; and 30 marks

(ii) International 40 marks

3. Comments on future prospect of the registered country 15 marks

4. Quality of report and Citation of References 5 marks

Total 100 marks

Due Date : WEDNESDAY, 3 AUGUST 2022 at 12:00pm

Important Note : Submission of this report is the responsibility of the students.

Comments:

Name of Marker & Signature:

Date:
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MARKING RUBRICS FOR REFERENCE

Assignment
Subject Content Awareness of Issues Critical Thinking
Grading

An ability to think
A comprehensive grasp An awareness of
critically is
of subject matter is differing viewpoints
demonstrated in
demonstrated, including is demonstrated and
Excellent the analysis,
in-depth understanding rigorous
(76 – 100) synthesis and
of the relevant concepts assessment is made
evaluation of
and theories related to whichever is
relevant
the topic. relevant.
information.
An awareness of Review made
differing viewpoints beyond the
A thorough grasp of
Satisfactory is demonstrated an analysis, synthesis
the subject matter is
(41 – 75) assessment and evaluation of
demonstrated.
attempted on the relevant
surface view. information.
Accurate
information is
Asserts viewpoints
A basic grasp of delivered by
Poor without
subject matter is incorporating
(0 – 40) acknowledging
demonstrated. directly from
different viewpoints.
sources and
references.
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APPENDIX

Late Submission Penalty Clause

Deadline for submission of assessment item(s) is to be strictly adhered to. NO EXTENSION
of time will be allowed except in extenuating circumstances, e.g. medical reasons. Students
who wish to apply for extension of time for submission of assessment item(s) after the due
date shall put in writing the request together with validated documentary evidence to
support the application to his/her tutor. The tutor may consider and grant such extension of
due date for the assessment item(s) subject to reasonability of the request.

Any assessment item required by the Coursework Assessment which is submitted after the
due date, without an approved extension, will be penalized. A penalty of 10% reduction of
the maximum mark applicable to the assessment item(s) will be levied for each day of late
submission. Weekends and Public Holidays are counted as one (1) day late. Assessment
item(s) submitted more than seven (7) days after the due date will be awarded with ZERO
(0) mark.

Plagiarism
Plagiarism is defined as the submission or presentation of work, in any form, which is not
one's own, without acknowledgment of the sources. If a student obtains information or ideas
from an outside source, that source must be acknowledged. Another rule to follow is that
any direct quotation must be placed in quotation marks and the source immediately cited.

Plagiarism is also defined as copy of all or part of the work of another student(s) of current
or previous batch of this University or another higher learning institution.

The University's degree and other academic awards are given in recognition of the
candidate's personal achievement. Plagiarism is therefore considered as an act of
academic fraudulence and as an offence against University discipline.

Intellectual Property
Copyright must be seriously protected. The University takes a strong stand against any
illegal photocopying of textbooks and any other materials by students. Students are
forewarned of the consequences and the penalty that may be meted out if they are "caught
in the act".

Mode of Referencing
Students are advised to incorporate proper academic modes of referencing. The normally
acceptable mode of academic referencing is the American Psychological Association (APA)
system.