1. The initial success of Kit Kat in Japan was accidental. Discuss how Kit Kat could adapt the product and market it in other countries to appeal to local cultures of its consumers.

2. In Poland, Kit Kat is often bought and included, along with other confectionery products, in sniegust, a gift of sweets, fruits, money, and clothes given to godchildren at Easter time. In the UK, the product is often consumed with tea during breaks at work. Which cultural traditions and practices could Nestlé relate the consumption of Kit Kat to?

3. Why do you think so many different flavors have been developed for the Japanese market? Why has it not been the case in other countries?

a 15 kg rock slides down a frictionless icy hill of height h= 20.0 m, starting at the top of speed on the ground that offers kinetic v0 = 9m/s. Once it reaches the bottom (Point C) it continues horizontally on the ground that offers kinetic friction with uk=0.2. After traveling a distance = 110m to reach point D, it begins compressing a spring with spring constant 2 N/m

a. what is the speed of the rock when it reaches point C

b. How far will the rock compress the spring till it comes to a stop?

c. Once the spring is fully compressed , will the rock rebound? The coefficient of static friction between the rock and the ground is us = 0.8

Suppose you are advising a firm that operates a copper mine that faces the following types of risks. The firm is asking for your opinion to buy or sell derivatives contracts to hedge its underlying operations or financial risk. For each risk type listed below, recommend a call or put option for the firm. Briefly justify your reasoning.

A. Exposure to interest rates if the firm is planning to borrow $20 million 12 months from today.

B.Exposure to an upcoming purchase from a supplier in the UK, for which the firm is expected to pay £10 million in 12 months from today. The firm's operating costs are denominated in USD.

C.Exposure to global copper prices, which directly determines the firm's earnings.

Five housing policies are described below, based on examples of measures that have been introduced or proposed in the UK, in response to a chronic shortage of affordable houses in many regions.

Drawing on the module material, write an essay that explains, using the ‘demand-and-supply’ model, the likely impact of each policy on the equilibrium quantity and price of houses, and how this might affect the UK’s affordable housing shortage.

• Policy 1

  Advice is given to the government to allocate more land for housing development, simplify procedures for planning permission, take more account of local housing need in deciding on planning applications, and make regulation on land use more effective through giving more freedom for housebuilders to choose the sites to develop.

a. Find information on the trade balance for the US and find the comparable measures for the country you have chosen (UK) for the past three years. Discuss the trend of the balance of trade for each country.

b. For the currency in each country (the dollar in the US and whatever the currency is called in the country you chose), find the exchange rates for the previous three years. For the US, find the exchange rate with the Euro, the Japanese Yen, and the British Pound. For your selected country, find the exchange rate with the US dollar, the Euro, and the Japanese Yen. Describe the trend of exchange rates for each currency over the three-year period — is the currency appreciating or depreciating against the other currencies? Explain how this pattern of the currency can impact the economy.

As a group of managers consider yourself as Global Manager for one of the following Saudi companies: Jarir Bookstore, Baja, Al-Baik, Herfy or Coffee Day. At present the company you’ll choose is planning to do business in the USA and UK. You are required to develop a detail strategy on the following:

• What tools are they using for communications and task management?
• How you will manage the teams in both locations in terms of language, cultural, time, political, and economical differences?
• What are techniques that you will be using in order to create a strong team with a high level of teamwork?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of managing a virtual team?

i chose jarir bookstore, answer with at least 1000 words, put at least 3 references please

Identify whether the following statements are True, False or Uncertain. Explain your answers

(a) From consumption surveys, there is clear evidence that the poor (those living on less than $1.25 a day) spend almost all (around 90%) of their income on food consumption.

(b) Banerjee, Deaton and Duflo (2004) found that villagers could not utilize government health services regularly because the clinics were only open on Thursdays.

(c) If the S-shaped relationship between health tomorrow and health today holds in reality, then interventions providing moderate short-run improvements in health may be even more effective over the long run.

Valuing a Stock with Three-Stage Dividend Discount Model Mocha-Cola In the morning of Tuesday, January 3rd 2004, Robert Smart, a security analyst at Armani Investment was reviewing the 2003 financial statements of Mocha-Cola as requested by one of their most important clients, Mr. Jin Qian. Mr. Jin Qian has accumulated a significant amount of wealth through Armani’s recommendations in the past and now he was interested in investing a sizeable amount of his wealth into Mocha-Cola stocks. Mocha-Cola, the world famous soft drink company, was able to increase its market value consistently over the last several decades. While Mocha-Cola’s growth in the domestic soft drink market has leveled off in the past few years due to aggressive marketing campaigns of its competitors (especially by TipsyCola), the analysts expect that the firm will continue to expand thanks to the introduction of new products and increased demand for Mocha-Cola products by international markets. The initial analyses carried by Robert Smart revealed that Mocha-Cola reported earnings per share of $3.00 in 2003, and paid dividends per share of $0.75. Mr. Smart asked his assistant, Paul Brook, to gather further information on Mocha-Cola as reported by other analysts. Paul’s summary of analyst reports indicated that Mocha-Cola’s earnings would grow at their extraordinary level of 20% at least for the next five years (from 2004 to 2008). While Mr. Smart concurs with this expectation, he thinks that it should decline linearly each year after the high growth period to a stable growth rate of 5% in 2013 due to severe competition in the soft-drink industry. Paul Brook also noted that according to analysts’ reports payout ratio was expected to remain unchanged from 2004 to 2008, after which it would increase each year equally to reach its steady state value of 80% in 2013. By the end of the day, Mr. Smart was already tired and overwhelmed with the amount of information accumulated. He asked Paul to calculate the stock price of MochaCola by using three-stage dividend discount model and assuming a 15% required rate of return. The results were expected to be ready for presentation by 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday. While Paul was very proficient in terms of putting necessary inputs together as he did in this task, he had never actually run the three-stage dividend discount model on his own. He took another sip from his coffee and got ready to prepare a full, fresh pot that he was going to need for the rest of the night.

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