The company of choice is J.P. Morgan Chase.Assignment Guidelines are attached.  Overview: This milestone will help you complete Sections I, II, and IV of the final project. You will select the multina

FIN 336 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric Company Overview Overview: This milestone will help you complete S ections I, II, and IV of the final project . You will select the multinational corporation you will examine and give rationale for your choice. Prompt: Develop a report that analyzes one company’s approach to multinational expansi on, including financial factors such as economic environments and market conditions, risk mitigation strategies , and ethical and legal practices. Use the Company List document to select a company , or reach out to your instructor early in the module to discuss options if you would like to use a different company. Speci fically, the following critical elements must be addressed: I. Company Overview: Use the company’s website and 10 -K report to support responses for this section. A. Select a company for analyzing an approach to multinational expansion . B. Describe the company’s background , including its industry and extent of its multinational reach for identifying expansion factors and corporate strategies . II. Economic Environments and Market Conditions A. Identify international financial markets in whic h the company operates , such as stock markets, bond markets, and money markets , for explaining how the company rais es capital within these markets. B. Discuss effects of the global credit crisis on the company’s ability to raise capital required to support its expansion and operations, and provi de examples to support your claims. III. Ethical and Legal Considerations: Explain how the company is maximizing shareholders’ value while maintaining ethical and legal practices . A. Discuss the company’s ethical and legal management during the 2007 –2008 crisis for evaluating its impacts on international investing . B. Analyze the impact of ethical and legal decisions on internal stakeholders , including shareholders, for identifying strengths and areas of improvement in international expansion strategies. Pr ovide examples to support your claims . C. Discuss the impact of the company’s ethical and legal decisions on external stakeholders , including the government, culture , and environment into which the company expanded , for identifying strengths and areas of impr ovement in expansion strategies. Provide examples to support your claims . Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 1 - to 2 -page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12 -point Times New Roman font, and one -inch margins. C ite appropriate academic references as necessary. Critical Elements Proficient ( 100 %) Needs Improvement ( 75 %) Not Evident (0%) Value Company Selection Selects a company for analyzing an approach to multinational expansion Selects a company for analyzing an approach to multinational expansion, but response contains errors or is illogical Does not select a company for analyzing an approach to multinational expansion 13 Company Background Describes the company’s background, including its industry and extent of its multinational reach for identifying expansion factors and corporate strategies Describes the company’s background, including its industry and extent of its multinational reach for identifying expansion factors and corporate strategies , but descript ion is cursory or contains inaccuracies Does not describe the company’s background 13 Economic Environments and Market Conditions: International Financial Markets Identifies international financial markets in which the company operates, such as stock markets, bond markets, and money market s, for explaining how the company raises capital within these markets Identifies international financial markets in which the company operates for explaining how the company raises capital within those mark ets, but ex planation is cursory, illogical , or missing key elements Does not identify international financial markets in which the company operates 13 Economic Environments and Market Conditions:

Global Credit Crisis Discusses effects of the global credit crisis on the company’s ability to raise capital required to support its expansion and operations, and provides examples to support claims Discusses effects of the global credit crisis on the company’s ability to rais e capital required to support its expansion and operati ons, but discussion is cursory or contains inaccuracies or examples provided are illogical Does not discuss effects of the global credit crisis on the company’s ability to raise capital required to sup port its expansion and operations 13 Ethical and Legal Considerations:

Ethical and Legal Management Discusses the company’s ethical and legal management during the 2007 –2008 crisis for evaluating its impacts on international investing Discusses the company’s ethical and legal management during the 2007 –2008 crisis for evaluating its impacts on international investing, but discussion is cursory, inaccurate, or missing key elements Does not discuss the company’s ethical and legal management during the 2007 –2008 crisis 13 Ethical and Legal Considerations:

Impact on Internal Stakeholders Analyzes the impact of ethical and legal decisions on internal stakeholders, including shareholders, for identifying strengths and areas of improvement in inter national expansion strategies, and p rovides examples to support claims Analyzes the impact of ethical and legal decisions on internal stakeholders, including shareholders, for identifying strengths and areas of improvement in internation al expansion strategies, and provides examples to support claims, but a nalysis or examples are cursory or illogical Does not analyze the impact of ethical and legal decisions on internal stakeholders 13 Critical Elements Proficient ( 100 %) Needs Improvement ( 75 %) Not Evident (0%) Value Ethical and Legal Considerations:

Impact on External Stakeholders Discusses the impact of the company’s ethical and legal decisions on external stakeholders, including the government, culture , and environment into which the company expanded , for identifying strengths and areas of improvement in expansion strategies, providing example s to support claims Discusses the impact of the company’s ethical and legal decisions on external stakeholders, including the government, culture , and environment into which the company expanded , for identifying strengths and areas of improvement in expansion strategies, and provides examples to support claims, but response or supporting examples are cursory or illogical Does not discuss the impact of the company’s ethical and legal decisions on external stakeholders 13 Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas 9 Total 100%