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• BUS 694 Entire Course (Ash)
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• BUS 694 Week 1 Proposed International Business
  Acquisition
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• BUS 694 Week 2 Predicting Exchange Rates
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• BUS 694 Week 3 Designing an exchange management
  program
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• BUS 694 Week 4 Swap Options
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• BUS 694 Week 5 Program Comprehensive Exam

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• BUS 694 Week 1 Proposed International Business
  Acquisition (Ash)
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• Assignments
• 1. Due by Day 7. Proposed International Business
  Acquisition. Review the requirements of the Final
  Assignment in Week Six. This Week One assignment
  is the first step in creating the comprehensive
  Final Proposal that will be due in Week Six.
  Carefully select the three countries you will
  chose to analyze because you will be using these
  countries throughout the course.
• Dorchester, Inc. is a U.S. based conglomerate.
  They have seen a marked trend towards their
  competition expanding operations internationally.
  Dorchester, Inc. is interested in purchasing a
  company that specializes in consumer electronics.
• Research three potential takeover targets that
  are based in three different countries and have
  substantial operations overseas.

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• BUS 694 Week 2 Predicting Exchange Rates (Ash)
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• Assignments
• 1. Due by Day 7. Predicting Exchange
  Rates. Dorchester, Inc has asked you to help
  forecast exchange rates for the three potential
  countries you have selected for your proposal.
• In a three to five page paper (excluding title
  and reference pages), plot the exchange rates
  from the past year in each of the three
  countries. Identify and describe any patterns
  that can be seen. What are the possible
  explanations for these patterns? What exchange
  rates do you predict for 1 year from now?
• In addition to the requirements above, your paper

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• BUS 694 Week 3 Designing an exchange management
  program (Ash)
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• Assignments
• 1. Due by Day 7. Designing an Exchange Management
  Program. Review the Case Application at the end
  of Chapter 9 Exchange Risk Management at Merck.
• Using the 5-step process outlined, develop your
  own 5-step program for managing exchange risk for
  your proposed acquisition. Your proposal must be
  three to five pages (excluding title and
  reference pages) in length.
• In addition to the requirements above, your paper

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• BUS 694 Week 4 Swap Options (Ash)
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• Assignments
• 1. Due by Day 7. Swap Options. InterestRateSwaps.i
  nfo provides a brief description of interest rate
  swaps. Review the ABS swaps link and design a
  swap that could potentially be used in your
  company acquisition.
• Provide an analysis to Dorchester, Inc.
  management advising them of the swap options you
  have selected and why it would be suitable for
  the acquisition. The proposal must be three to
  five pages (excluding title and reference pages)
  in length.
• In addition to the requirements above, your
  paper
• Must be double-spaced and 12 point font.
• Must be formatted according to APA style.

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• BUS 694 Week 5 Program Comprehensive Exam (Ash)
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• Assignments
• Due by Day 7. Program Comprehensive
  Exam. Complete the comprehensive exam, which will
  take approximately one to two hours and will be
  graded based on your score. The full instructions
  for the exam are posted in the classroom. 
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• BUS 694 Week 6 Final Proposal (Ash)
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• Focus of the Final Proposal
• Read the Chapter 18 Mini Case 1 Dorchester, Ltd.
• Using the material developed for Weeks One
  through Five, write a fifteen to twenty page
  proposal to Dorchester, Ltd.s management team.
  In your proposal, advise them of an acquisition
  target based on research previously conducted.
  Your proposal should also include
• An economic assessment of the country chosen,
• A risk mitigation plan,
• A financing plan on how to finance the
  acquisition, and
• A concluding recommendation using supporting
  rationale derived from the above

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