Using the knowledge that you have acquired during the course, you will need to prepare a research paper analyzing a specific corporation, country, investment fund, or foreign government involved in a multinational investment scenario or in a situation involving specific international investment or operational risks. These can include, but are not limited to: sustainability issues, sovereign risk, climate change concerns, energy crises, multinational mergers or acquisitions, etc.
You will need to describe the background of involved parties, provide detailed analysis of the situation, and explain the specifics of the multinational topic/case.
Note that the most important aspect of this project is to demonstrate thorough understanding of the challenges that multinational corporations face, as well as the additional risks of international investments and trade. You need to choose the topic of your paper carefully, analyze the case thoroughly, and offer critical case investigation.
You should surely NOT just present the numbers, formulae, and existing facts.
Your paper MUST include your conclusion regarding the situation and offer an alternative strategy, stating how the described situation could have been prevented, if applicable/possible.
The paper also MUST include a bibliography of information and works cited.
The paper should not exceed 15 double spaced pages.
The paper should be prepared using the APA writing style and guidelines for references’ format. You must provide a bibliography, and all direct quotations and data sources must be properly cited.
The Department uses the APA style as to facilitate both reading the paper and understanding references, without being cumbersome as some of the other styles (such as Chicago or MLA). Students can download the student style guide from the American Psychological Association web site or you can purchase the APA style guide from the book store. The American Psychological Association provides many online resources to help you as you write your paper.
Papers are to be RESEARCH PAPERS. Remember that work that you use from other authors MUST be referenced. Since it is assumed that you are not an authority on the topic that you are writing, it is expected that this paper is an overview of many different sources of information. These must be attributed to the original author using the APA format. This is your paper and not the cut and paste of someone else’s work. The internet has led to a false sense of what research is all about. Those new to research tend to think that it means spending an afternoon surfing the internet and then an afternoon cutting from material available. Keep in mind that the Internet is: (1) not quality oriented as it has good materials and not so good materials, and the Internet does not know the difference; (2) the Internet is NOT a sole source location. In particular, sources such as Wikipedia are the works of individual submitters which are not reviewed. Thus while many entries provide excellent information, some are fundamentally flawed or just plain wrong.
