Walmart International Expansion Recommendation

In prior weeks, you learned about finance and financial analysis. This week you will put it all together. Using the Walmart Case Study and your selected country, 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. 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. Describe how Walmart needs to manage foreign exchange risk. Analyze any potential political risk and its impact to the financials. Propose how Walmart should fund this new expansion. The Walmart International Expansion Recommendation Final Paper Must be 10 to 12 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Prior to beginning work on this assignment, Watch the Week 6 Final Paper video above with Dr. Kevin Kuznia, Academic Department Chair. Review the Walmart Case Study interactive below. Review the current financial statements of Walmart. Option 1: Yahoo! Finance (Links to an external site.) web page Enter the stock symbol of Walmart, Inc. (WMT) in the search bar Click on the “Financials” tab Option 2: EDGAR | Company Filings (Links to an external site.) database Enter “Walmart Inc.” in the search barStyle as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) resource. Must include a separate title page with the following: Title of paper Student’s name Course name and number Instructor’s name Date submitted For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.). Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance. Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper. as well as Writing a Thesis Statement Must use at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed, or credible sources in addition to the course text. The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. Must document any information used from sources in APA Style Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style