Module Short Paper Assignment: Funding Global Expansion
Overview: For this task, you will explore the different types of funding available to foreign corporations in the global market. This task is designed to inform Final Project Milestone Three: Global Expansion Funding, due in Module Seven.
Prompt: First, review the module resources (including the optional resources which may also be useful in completing this task). In addition, do a bit of research on your own regarding global financing options. Large global banks, such as HBSC or Bank of America-ones that have extensive experience with foreign lending policies-detail their global loan procedures on their websites.
Next, address the following critical elements:
• Funding Options: Identify and describe the possible options of financing available for your selected company as it expands globally, for example, debt-issuing bonds, taking a loan, equity, issuing a new stock, etc. Briefly explain why these options are a good fit for your company.
• Requirements, Rules, and Regulations: Identify and discuss the requirements, rules, and regulations of the banking system in the selected global market in regards to lending to foreign companies.
• Impact: How will these requirements, rules, and regulations impact your company's financing decisions?
• Mode of Entry: What mode of entry would be most beneficial for your selected company (for example, merger, greenfield investment of just exporting)? Why?