International Financial Capital Budgeting How do international factors affect decision making? Although the same basic principles of capital budgeting apply to both foreign and domestic operations, there are some key differences. For example, cash flows must be converted into the parent company's currency, so they are subject to exchange rate risk. In addition, the cost of capital may be different for a foreign project compared with an equivalent domestic project. For this Assignment, complete Problem 19-17, Parts a, b, and c on page 680 of your course text. This case examines the effects of exchange rates on net present values and rates of return.     19-17   FOREIGN CAPITAL BUDGETING Solitaire Machinery is a Swiss multinational manufacturing company. Currently, Solitaire’s financial planners are considering undertaking a 1-year project in the United States. The project’s expected dollar-denominated cash flows consist of an initial investment of $1,000 and a cash inflow the following year of $1,200. Solitaire estimates that its risk-adjusted cost of capital is 12%. Currently, 1 U.S. dollar will buy 0.90 Swiss franc. In addition, 1-year risk-free securities in the United States are yielding 5%, while similar securities in Switzerland are yielding 3.25%.   a. If this project was instead undertaken by a similar U.S.-based company with the same risk-adjusted cost of capital, what would be the net present value and rate of return generated by this project? b. What is the expected forward exchange rate 1 year from now? c. If Solitaire undertakes the project, what is the net present value and rate of return of the project for Solitaire?        In addition to solving for the rates of return from the U.S. and Swiss points of view, write a paragraph that summarizes your key learning points from this case. Be sure to include your calculations as an appendix. Submit your Application (both your Excel and Word files) by Day 7. General Guidance on Assignment Length: Your Assignment, due by Day 7, will typically be 2–3 pages in length as a general expectation/estimate. Refer to the rubric for the Week 7 Assignment for grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use the rubric to assess your work. To submit your Assignment, click on Assignments on the course navigation menu. Locate the Assignment Turnitin – Week 7 link, then click on the View/Complete link, and follow the on-screen instructions for submitting your Assignment.

For informed consent to  occur, there must be a shared  decision-making process between the psychologist  and the person with  whom the psychologist is engaged in a professional  relationship  (whether patient, client, or research subject). The psychologist  must  present adequate information to the other person such that he or she can   understand and then decide whether to participate in that professional   relationship. Three additional conditions must be met in order for  informed  consent to be legally valid:   The information presented  to the client must be easily able to be understood by the client. The client’s agreement to participate has  to be voluntary. The client must be legally  competent to give consent. For this assignment, you  explore informed consent considerations for  populations that need specific  protections. To prepare, select one of  the following  populations to use for this Discussion: minors,  prisoners, inpatients, or  individuals with cognitive impairments. Write the name of the  population you  selected. Describe considerations relevant to this population  that  might affect informed consent. Include specific information you would  and  would not cover when reviewing the limits of confidentiality with a  client from  your chosen population.  

In this assignment, you will write code to parse out the different passages in a work of interactive fiction.