BUSS5001 悉尼大学 商科宏观经济课程 代写

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BUSS5001  悉尼大学 商科宏观经济课程 代写


BUSS5001 Firms, Markets and Business Management

Case Analysis 1

Read the following articles and address the brief in the box below.

Paris, C. 2016, ‘Dry-bulk shipping owners get reprieve as rates rebound; China replenishing coal and iron

ore, bumper U.S. grain crop gives ocean-going companies optimism’, Wall Street Journal, 24 November,

viewed 28 March 2017, Factiva, WSJO000020161123ecbn007hh.

Weisz, H., Krausmann, F., Amann, C., Eisenmenger, N., Erb, K., Hubacek, K. and Fischer-Kowalski,

M. 2006, ‘The physical economy of the European Union: Cross-country comparison and determinants

of material consumption’, Ecological Economics, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 676-698. (See especially Section 7.

Note: definitions for acronyms used may appear earlier in the document)

St Thomas Cement Group, incorporated in 1911, is a Canadian cement and construction

material producer headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, with large business interests in the

North American market. The company has participated in a large number of infrastructure,

industrial and residential projects that significantly contributed to the growth and prosperity of

the region for over 100 years. In the early 1970s, the company decided to expand to the United

States, acquiring facilities throughout the southern and western US where the company is now

the market leader in provision of construction materials.

St Thomas Cement Group operates seven cement plants and 14 terminals, strategically

located in order to be able to offer its materials throughout various markets across the United

States and Canada utilising their vast distribution network. All terminals are located near major

cities and the company’s production capacity is currently over six million metric tonnes.

You have been retained by St Thomas Cement Group to advise them on the impact of the

global macroeconomic environment on their industry. Your client’s main concern is the link

between macroeconomic performance and the demand for construction materials. The company’s

CEO, Doug McKenzie-Trudeau, has followed US President Trump’s campaign promises about

infrastructure spending in the United States (Paris 2016) with great interest and wonders how this

is likely to affect the company. Specifically, the firm is concerned about the following questions:

1 With reference to relevant economic concepts and models from the unit, discuss the

relationship between the macroeconomic environment and demand for construction

materials. [2 marks]

2(a) How would you describe the performance of the global macroeconomic environment over the

last 3-5 years? [2 marks]

(b) How has the situation in 2(a) affected the demand for construction materials? [2 marks]

3(a) Assuming the new US administration implements President Trump’s infrastructure renewal

promises, discuss the likely effect on US government spending, the likely short term outlook

for US macroeconomic performance, US interest rates, and the USD-CAD exchange rate.

[4 marks]

(b) Assuming construction materials are traded in USD and considering your responses in 3(a)

what will be the likely effect on your client’s sales volumes? What would be the effect on

your client’s CAD per tonne revenues if the USD-sales price remains unchanged? [2 marks]

To justify your responses to questions 1-3 make sure you use relevant economic models and

concepts, supported by evidence from relevant, quality sources.

The following criteria relate to the entire assignment:

[4 marks] Use of relevant, quality research.

[4 marks] Clarity of expression (including grammar, spelling referencing), presentation,

communication and structure.

Note: Please note that the company named above is fictional.

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BUSS5001 Firms, Markets and Business Management

Case Analysis 1

Address each question separately. The articles mentioned above are to be considered as a starting

point only. You are required to supplement this with application of further relevant, quality research,

including peer-reviewed academic research. Additional research must be conducted in English, and the

submitted document must use appropriate written English. The report should be professionally pre-

sented, but does not require an executive summary. All sources must be appropriately cited. Students

must use either the Business School Referencing Guide, 11 th ed. or the American Psychological Asso-

ciation (APA) 6 th Edition Referencing Style (both available in Academic Integrity on Blackboard), and

must conform to the University of Sydney’s Academic Honesty in Coursework Policy 2015 and other

relevant policies. Your grade will largely be determined by the quality of the application of

relevant economic models, theories, frameworks, &c. from BUSS5001 in your responses.

The assignment is due by 10:00am on Wednesday, 5 April 2017 and should be submitted in .doc

or .docx format via TurnItIn on Blackboard. The assignment should be no longer than 1600 words.

Note that the word count includes in-text referencing and the reference list at the end of the

document.

BUSS5001  悉尼大学 商科宏观经济课程 代写

Standard Business School penalties apply for papers submitted late and/or over the word

limit. It is your responsibility to ensure you are acquainted with these policies. Other relevant details

are in the Unit of Study Outline.

Late penalties

Assessments which are submitted after the assessment deadline will incur a late penalty of 10% per day

or part thereof. This penalty is deducted from the total possible marks for the assessment, up to a

maximum of 100%. Since submission is electronic, for the purpose of calculating penalties, weekends,

public holidays, and ordinary working days ALL count as days.

Word limit

A penalty is applied to papers which exceed the word limit. Where a student exceeds the word length,

the student will lose 10% of the total marks when the submission is 10% above the word length and

10% for each 10% over-length thereafter. Note that the word limit includes in-text referencing and the

reference list at the end of the document.

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