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Essay Instructions: Prepare a paper in which you conduct a country risk analysis for your business venture (McDonalds going global to Japan). Analyze the following risks in your paper:
Market risks (4 Ps)
Distribution/supply chain risks
Social/cultural risks
Cyber/technology
Physical environment

Essay Instructions: The aim of the paper is to analyze political and economic situation of the Ukraine in order to give international investors an advice of whether now is a goood time to invest in it. Country risk analysis assesing the Ukraine.

Identify the theoretical underpinnings of different models used in country risk analysis. Different models that various agencies use to assess the specific risks of investing in or lending to governments, locally based corporations and banks.
as a means of assessing a country’s ability to pay its way and be able to explore a system of measuring a country’s ability to finance its official, commercial and trade debt obligations by analysing
the Foreign Debt,
Foreign Debt Service,
Current Account,
Net International Liquidity,
Exchange Rate Stability

Clearly explain problem/issue justifying why this is important to write about.

Provide a clear statement of what the term paper or project seeks to achieve.

Demonstrate knowledge of the relevant literature by identifying key debates, concepts and theories. Clarify how the paper fits into the debate within the literature and how this literature will be used to develop the methodology

use: World Bank Report, Amnesty International, BBC Country Profiles, Economist

Essay Instructions: You are working for McDonald?s Corporation. You want to do a Country Risk Assessment for Iran. Explain how you would proceed. Think about the following questions:
? What Economic and Financial Markets data would you need? Where would you get them?
? Short Term? Long Term? How often to reevaluate?
? How will you use the different data?

Essay Instructions: Brazil, Russia, India, China (BRIC)

Examine each of the BRIC countries to determine their projected economic growth, country business environment and country risk.

Read the rationale behind these ratings and dig deeper by reading other EIU news stories about the political, economic, financial, business and regulatory environments in each country.

Also, take note of the Personal Disposable Income (PDI) available in each country as an indicator of market size. PDI is defined as the income households receive from firms, plus transfer payments received from the government, minus direct taxes paid to the government. It is the income that households have available for spending or saving.

How would you tradeoff the degree of country risk versus the business environment ratings, taking into consideration the market size as expressed by the PDI in 2015?

How would you tradeoff the degree of country risk versus the business environment ratings, taking into consideration the market growth as expressed by the PDI in 2015 versus 2010?

As a result of answering the above two questions, how would you prioritize the BRIC countries in terms of developing a global business strategy?

I will provide the data in a separate Excel spreadsheet.