Jazz is a high-end handbag manufacturing firm based in Italy. It has achieved peak sales and profits in the home-country market. Jazz now wants to cater to the different fashion sensibilities of women across the world. The firm sets up facilities for production, marketing, and sales in the United States, India, and Japan. Which of the following is most likely the reason for Jazz's global expansion? a. Diversifying its customer base
b. Accessing a deeper, more diverse talent pool of skilled managers
c. Obtaining investment capital for increased production
d. Accessing better raw materials

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The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u.s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht.a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?

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