Essays on Baht

Galaxy International operates in a niche market; this is because skiing is only possible in very specific areas, and only a limited number of the population skis regularly anyway. Despite this, the company has performed outstandingly well to be achieving the level of sales with a small staff. This being said, Galaxy International needs to raise capital quickly and in an efficient way to successfully continue expanding to fully capture its full market size. By offering a unique product that is flexible yet tough, Jeremy is likely to continue to increase the volume of his sales and therefore the ...

INVESTMENT ANALYSIS OF VIETNAM

INVESTMENT ANALYSIS OF VIETNAM

Summary

Vietnam has changed in the last thirty years from an agrarian country to a service and manufacture country leader in the world in growth and economic activity. The country has a communist system legally but, in the practice, the country has a liberal policy in the economy signing the Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement but maintaining the political control under the rule of one party. The country offers opportunities and risks for individual and corporation with the intention to invest.

Introduction

Vietnam is known in the world as the country where United States of America lost a ...

Pertaining to the scenario in which the Thai government decided to peg their currency (the Thai Baht) to the U.S. dollar, Thailand could possibly experience inflation due to the artificial valuation of their currency to a more established currency, (Moreno, R., 2000). That being said, the United States would not experience inflation as a result of this agreement. In fact, the United States would benefit because the Thai government would have to invest in the United States stock market and the Thai stock market, which would invariably help the United States economy, (Moreno, M., 2000). Relating to import/exports and ...

Q: Determine the annual effective financing percentage cost of the yen-denominated notes issued in each of the three scenarios in the Blades case for the future value of the yen.

Scenario 1: No change in value of yen Scenario 2: 2% appreciation in the value of yen relative to Baht Scenario 3: 3% appreciation in the value of yen relative to Baht Q: Determine the probability that the financing cost of issuing yen-denominated notes is higher than the cost of issuing baht-denominated notes As we may note from the above spreadsheet table, under all the three scenarios, the annual ...

There are a few ways Blades can advantage from using forecasting methods in looking to expand their operations as Blades is an international roller blades manufacturer. Advantages that include a increase in the rate of return of investment in using the correct forecasting money creates baht-designated money inflows and afterward changes over them to U.S. dollars. Anticipating the conversion scale might permit Blades to settle on a forecasting opportunity that is apparently the most advantageous. Moreover, it is said that Blades might set up an auxiliary in Thailand. If this somehow happened to happen, benefits earned by this auxiliary ...

Introduction

In the contemporary world, the rise of travel and tourism industries has shown a tremendous resilience, which has been among the main contributors to the growth of hotels real estate in various countries. Thailand is among the countries that have been significantly affected by the geopolitical tensions and economic instability. In 2008, Thailand experience violent clashes that resulted in approximately 9 percent decline in average tourist spending. This also resulted in the closure of the international airports, which consequently decreased tourists and investors' confidence. However, over the past few years, the country has experienced tremendous growth in the tourism ...

Introduction

One of the most enigmatic figures of modern times is Hungarian-American business man George Soros. George Soros is the chairman of the Soros Fund Management, an American hedge fund company that was established by George Soros in 1969. The company is headquartered in New York and as of 2010 the company was recorded as the most profitable firm in this particular industry . According to Ahmed (2011), the company’s average rate of return is an astounding 20% per year since the 1980s. The Soros Fund Management is an investment adviser and its primary client is the Quantum Group of ...

In 1960, the Thai Government established the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) to promote tourism in the country. The main objectives of TAT is to provide reliable information about tourism and traveling in Thailand for both the public and the media. Hence, TAT’s purpose is to fuel tourism marketing and promotions for Thailand towards the goal of generating significant revenue from tourism for the government (TAT News, 2013). Although TAT is part of the government, it works with travel partners in the private sector – businesses and companies that offer traveling products and services (Tourism Authority of Thailand: Los ...

International Financial Management

Answer-5) All the money supply in the country is controlled by the Central Bank and it has a number of options to control it. The best of them is Open Market Operations (OMO). It will be used in this particular analysis. Let’s assume that Thailand’s central bank is looking for the ways to prevent the withdrawal of the funds from the country. It is fully controlled by the government and the country. The country may issue government based T-Bills and securities of different maturities like 1 year, 6-Months, 2 years and others. This would help investors ...

Explain the significance of the Asian Economic Crisis of 1997-98 for questions of development

Introduction There is a lot of significance of the Asian economic crisis that almost led to the fall of Asia. The mistakes that caused the crisis can be learnt by other nations so that they do not make the same mistakes. The Asian economic crisis began in 1997 on the most parts of the East Asia. This economic crisis brought about fear in the world economy. There are many theories as to what caused the economic crisis in Asia. The original place where the crisis began was in Thailand when there was the collapse of the Thai baht (Jones, ...

The Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 began with currency speculators dumping the overvalued Thai baht that eventually led to its devaluation. Sensing that other Asian economies were also weak, speculators targeted them as well which led to the crisis spreading to Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philipines and South Korea. What do you think are the main causes of this crisis? Are there factors that are critical in any explanation and which may indicate that a crisis is imminent?

Answer:

The reason of the fall of the Thai Baht and other currencies can easily by using the simple rules of economics. Due ...

International marketing plan

Molson Coors Company needs the expansions of its commodity market. The best way to do it is the entry on the foreign market, because the increase of the amount of selling on the existed market is not rational and effective. The Thai market is interesting and suitable for the Molson’s expansion. In this section we will examine the ways of Molson’s entry on this market and the strategy of that entry. The product which we want to sell on the market is the beer. The type of the beer can be chosen from the production line ...

During the Co-operative Education, I focused on demonstrating competency inn BBUS learning goals. These goals include being self directed and a reflective learner and being knowledgeable in the field of study. In addition, there was need to develop critical enquiries capability and effective problem solving. Further, the aim of the practicum was to make me think ethically on issues that affect my field of study. Furthermore, the practicum attachment had the objective of developing collaboration and my ability to work together with all those in the field. These include bosses, clients, colleagues and other stakeholders in the industry. Lastly, the ...

Environmental regulation level in Thailand and Singapore

For a long time in Thailand, development took place with little concern for the environment. The lack of strict environmental controls was a big incentive to investors, especially industry – based investors. Consequently, Thailand has robust industrial zones (Hookway and Watcharasakwet, 2010). However, this economic growth came at a huge cost, particularly to the environment. The country is grappling with pollution problems, water scarcity, and loss of natural habitats (World Bank Group, 2011). Consequently, the government has adopted strict environmental regulations and standards (International Business Publications, 2011). The severity of this regulation is illustrated by a 2010 court decision suspending a $ 12 billion investment ...

‘Globalization and its discontents’ is a book written with a sharp wit to provoke the reader into keenly reading and analyzing the whole book. The book is written to illuminate the truth about globalization and the major problems brought about by the whole process of globalization and market liberalization. The author of the book has vast experience in dealing with world economics having worked at the US economic control body and the IMF. His book appears to draw most of its contents from personal experience while working at the top positions in the institutions. The main argument of the ...