Group Project

Oral Presentation
10% of the Total Mark (5% Oral Presentation Skills, 5%
Content)
Your company, headquartered in Germany, is considering making a
major FDI in Ukraine. This planned acquisition will be your
companys first investment in Ukraine. Despite the exciting
potential investment, there are some concerns in the company
regarding differing financial systems, potential agency problems,
and political risks present in Ukraine. Your group is tasked with
answering the following questions in a 15-18 minute (3 minutes per
group member) presentation in your week 11 or week 12 tutorials
(each group member must present 3 minutes):
1. What are the primary mechanisms of corporate governance
in Germany? Are they required by legal mandate or adopted
at the discretion of the company?
2. What are the primary mechanisms of corporate governance
in Ukraine? Are they required by legal mandate or adopted at
the discretion of the company?
3. How would you compare the effectiveness of these
mechanisms? Would it be possible to use some of the
mechanisms of Germany in Ukraine?
4. Given the exchange rate systems of both countries, what
type of exchange risk would this investment face? How
would you recommend hedging this risk?
5. How would you compare the financial development of both
countries? What issues may these differences cause?
Written Assignment
10% of the Total Mark (5% Written Communication Skills, 5%
Content)
As part of the task above, you have also been asked to submit a 1-2
page (A4 paper, double-spaced, 10-12 point font, length not
including reference list) report answering each of the following
questions. These write-ups must be completed individually by each
group member and submitted via Blackboard using Turnitin:
1. How would you compare Germanys and Ukraines corruption
percentage index? What might be driving these differences?
What issues could this create?
2. In general how would you rate the overall political risk of both
countries? Are there any recent examples of political risk?
What are some possible methods, as well as potential
drawbacks, to hedge against such risk?

Group Evaluation
10% of the Total Mark
The group will submit a write-up (A4 paper, double-spaced, 200-250
words) discussing the processes the group used to complete the
project. What they learned from the group assignment? And how
could these group processes be improved in future group work, both
at school and through employment. This is worth 5% of your total
mark. In addition, each student will rate the participation of their
fellow group members on Web PA (the assignment link will be
provided before the group assignment). This is worth a further 5%.
A rubric as well as useful references will be provided for students on
Blackboard in the coming weeks. A quick note, plagiarism of any
sort will not be tolerated. The written assignment must be your
individual work. Information obtained from other sources must be
appropriately cited. If a student has been found plagiarizing work
from 3rd parties or from other group members the student will
receive a 0 mark and proceedings may be taken with the school.