course materials

1. Walmart Case Study and your selected country (New Zealand), you will
complete a
Walmart Case Study and your selected country (New Zealand), you will complete a
comprehensive recommendation to Walmart executives either recommending or forgoing
expansion into your selected country.In your paper,Summarize the culture and financial
climate of the country and why it would be favorable or unfavorable for Walmart to expand
in that region. (This section needs to be heavily researched. I expect a robust analysis of
both culture and the financial climate. Do not tell me that the financial climate is good, and
that Walmart should expand there. What makes it good? What facts or data do you have to
support your analysis? You are starting to build a business case here. A business case is
packed with data and facts properly cited.)Describe your country’s foreign exchange rates
and how those rates could impact Walmart’s future financial performance. Be sure to
address: interest rates, balance of payments, government policies, and other factors such as
taxes and tariffs. (Like above, you need to do some detailed research here. I expect all four
of these criteria will be addressed. Also, I need support for all your facts. Each one of these
needs to be about a paragraph. Don’t tell me “Interest rates are favorable”. Tell me what
they are, trends, and a forecast of where they might be headed in that region of the world.
This will take some time to do it correctly.)Describe how Walmart needs to manage foreign
exchange risk. (This is how you propose how Walmart will manage FX risk. The textbook
will give you some great guidance as to how companies manage FX risk.)Analyze any
potential political risk and its impact to the financials.Propose how Walmart should fund
this new expansion. (How are we going to pay for this? Stock issuance? Bond float? Cash?
Partnership? There are many ways to approach this. Unfortunately, there is no one correct
answer. The best answer is how YOU propose to pay for this, again using your research. And
again, if you say issue debt (bonds), why? Why are bonds the way to go on this expansion?)