Students are expected to preview the readings under module and post their understandings, thoughts and/or applications on minimum three concepts per module

Module One Introduction to the International Financial Environment & the Determination of Exchange Rates
Readings: Chapter 1-3
Identify and contrast the major markets that facilitate international business. Describe relationships between exchange rates and economic variables, and explain the forces that influence these relationships. Our focus will be on European Monetary System and the Federal Reserve System.
Case 1: The EURO (understanding about its history, uniqueness, role, strength, challenge and future) https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/01/03/the-euro-still-needs-fixing

Topic: The future of gastro-tourism after the Covid-19 Pandemic

Gastro-tourism refers to "the act of traveling for a taste of place in order to get a sense of place" (World Food Travel Association). Food is an important part of travel and tourism; however, it will be changed forever due to the Pandemic.

1) Explore the rise of gastro-tourism and how it has been developed (40 points).

2) Discuss the influences of the pandemic on gastro-tourism. Define problems and discuss its consequences  (40 points).

3) Discuss how we can change the crisis to an opportunity and suggest solutions/new approaches/ideas to recover or transform the gastro-tourism (70 points).



The paper should  conform to APA formatting guidelines, with a clear heading for each section, a title page, and references. Papers should be a minimum of three pages and a maximum of five pages, excluding the title page, abstract, and references.

Follow these guidelines for

Follow Attached rubric. Assess the impact of news on stocks and bonds. News can affect stock and bond prices in significant ways. This is because news disseminates into the market at different speeds and with different levels of importance. As investors, you need to think about how information flows through market participants and into securities. Surprise news can jolt the market up or down, whereas gradual dissemination can result in a slow buildup or deterioration in prices/yields. Additionally, market participants sometimes build expectations beforehand, and prices react differently than people expected because the news did not meet or exceed expectations. All of these dynamics can supply important information to apply to an investors portfolio decisions.

conduct the research brief, use the following format.



I. Research Objective:

State here what your objectives are for the research you are conducting. Advice: do not make this harder than it is.  All you want to do is find something that interests you and ask questions about it.



II. Data Gathering

State here what type of data you will need to arrive at a conclusion. Be specific, for example, you would want to cite a source like NYSE stock market equity price at the close of trading on a specific date.  Make sure you state why this data is important why it is the type of data that you need.



III. Hypothesis

State here the specific hypothesis or hypotheses that you are examining.  For example, you might want to compare a group of individuals tasting a specific product against the same individuals tasting the same product. A different type of question might be looking at the relationship between the age of

INTERNATIONAL TAX RESEARCH MEMO
Mannring Co., a U.S. corporation, has decided to set up a headquarters subsidiary in Europe. Management has narrowed its location choice to either Spain, or Ireland, or Switzerland. The company has asked you to research some of the income tax implications of setting up a corporation in these three countries. In particular, management wants to know what tax rate will be imposed on corporate income earned in the country and the withholding rates applied to interest, dividends, and royalty payments from the subsidiary to the Mannring Co.
To answer the tax rate question, consult KPMG's Corporate and Indirect Tax Survey included as an attachment to the assignment.
To answer the withholding tax questions, consult the treaties between the United States and Spain, Ireland, and Switzerland, which you can access at www.irs.gov (type in treaties as your search word)

Discuss the one thing you will take away from this course and how you will or think you will use it in the future. DO NOT REGURGITATE a theory from the text book! I want to truly know what you learned from the course. What stood out to you the most? What did you appreciate the most? How will you use it in real life?

Your "essay" should be a minimum of 3 paragraphs. I AM LOOKING FOR QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY in your essay. If there is nothing of quality or you do not provide substantial content, you will NOT receive credit.

Using your knowledge of t-testing. Analyze data set and report on the outcome.
Examples:

Is the daily temperature hotter this year than in previous years? Compare four different months.

Is baseball attendance lower this year than in previous years? Compare four different teams.

Paper:

You will need to submit a paper showing all four t-tests, an explanation of why the data set was used, an explanation of the results, and an explanation of the implications of the results. This needs to be done for each data set, and for the combined results of the data sets.

5 pages,  Cite references.

Presentation:

In addition, create and submit a 5 slide PowerPoint of the research that will be presented. The PowerPoint will include a cover slide (1), and one slide for RQ, Ho, Ha, and Idea (1), one slide per data set (4), one slide for opinion(1),

Select two data sets that are of interest to you, and perform a t-test in Excel to determine if there is a statistically significant difference between the two data sets. Your P value should be less than 0.05 to prove a statistically significant difference. Report your results. Provide a two page report that includes an explanation of the data sets, the results of the t-test, and and the significance of the results.

2 pages, 50 points. Cite references.

The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Tips and Tools. Resources available at http://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/

Murray, N. (2008). Writing up your university assignments and research projects: A practical handbook Open University Press. Chapter 6: What are the different components of a research project?.

In the Module 1 SLP, we will discuss the characteristics of well written papers at the doctoral level.

Review the required readings listed in the Background material.

For example, the following video from the UNC Writing Center covers the topic of Understanding Assignments:

UNCWritingCenter. (2018, June 20). Understanding assignments - UNC Writing Center [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/Oc6kyGkMVzY.

After reading the required background material and finding at least two other resources on your own, write a 3- to 4-page paper (without counting the cover page and the page with references) discus

Each Discussion needs to be 120 words. Please find attached "Can Unions Survive Technology"

Discussion #1

Review the  reading for this week (Can Unions Survive Technology). Provide a response to this article based on what you have learned in this course.

Interact with at least one other student.

Discussion #2

In many organizations, Employee Relations and Labor Relations are the same department. Do some research on your own organization. How is that set up? Who is responsible in your organization for diversity and inclusion? Do you think they are doing a good job? Why or why not?