Group Project

Oral Presentation
10% of the Total Mark (5% Oral Presentation Skills, 5%
Content)
Your company, headquartered in Switzerland, is considering making
a major FDI in Czech Republic. This planned acquisition will be your
companys first investment in Czech Republic. Despite the exciting
potential investment, there are some concerns in the company
regarding differing financial systems, potential agency problems,
and political risks present in Czech Republic. 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 Switzerland? Are they required by legal mandate or
adopted at the discretion of the company?
2. What are the primary mechanisms of corporate governance
in Czech Republic? 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 Switzerland in Czech Republic?
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) 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 Switzerland and Czech Republics
corruption perception 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
5% 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.
A rubric will be provided for students on Blackboard in the coming
weeks. Your written response to the two questions listed under
"Written Assignment" in your group project MUST use 1-2 pages, 1012 point font, and A4 paper with standard margins. Please include a
list of references (not included in the 2 page limit) and ensure that
any statement not cited (and using quotation marks) must be your
original ideas. Paraphrasing counts as a quotation, if you
paraphrase please cite the relevant source. You will be allowed to
resubmit ONCE prior to the deadline. Any assignments submitted
after the deadline will not be marked.