The assignment would consist of a written report on a specific topic relevant to towards international financial economics issues. Due to the status of the financial crisis
nowadays, it is a must for fresh professionals like MBA graduates to fully understand that
the different scenes between the crisis. This semester’s topic is as follows:
You are recruited by Deutsche Finance Gulf Bank as an economist and your first
task is to showcase your ability to understand the market mechanism in the UAE Property Market. The CFO divides your tasks as follows:
Choose 1 publicly listed company in the UAE, within the real estate sector and analyze
the company’s demand and supply using your managerial economics skills, e.g. use some demand and supply analysis tools.
a. Provide a brief historical background of the company in terms of performance,
benchmarking against industry, and major changes in the past or foreseeable future.
b. Analysis of company using economic tools learnt throughout the course. Knowledge and skills of other fields like finance, management, marketing, accounting among others can also be complemented to your project if you feel it would add value to your recommendations. Your economic analysis should include a minimum of 10 factors which you consider would affect the real estate company. As a starting point, the following 3 factors is provided to you by your Professor:
– The effect of Oil prices on the real estate company
– The effect of a forthcoming GST tax on the real estate company
– The effect of Expo 2020.
c. A simple forecast of what you would expect of the share price to be, based on your
underlying model(s), and other information like microeconomic/ macroeconomic news.
The Project presentation involved will carry a total weight of 10%, while the written report would carry 30% weightage. The project presentation is highly encouraged to promote the communication skills of our MBA students.
Although it’s a take home project, just be aware that plagiarism is a form of cheating. The penalty for plagiarism is a mark of zero and possible expulsion from the unit and/or course of study. You need to submit both a soft copy of your word report to your Professor by the due date.
It is a group assignment with a maximum of 6 students per group.
To add value to your project:
o Provide a conclusion part to your report, including an evaluation what can be improved or considered in the future.
o Provide a minimum of 10-12 references. These references should not include any Wikipedia references but rather you are expected to make use of your Moodle Online resources such as EBSCO Databases.
In-text referencing:
Running text citation should be given properly like Armstrong (2001), (Simon, 2001), Fullan & Scott (2009)
End-text referencing:
Journal Paper Reference
Lovichakorntikul, P. & Walsh, J. (2011). Effective Channels for Establishing an Irlen Centre to Help People with Reading Problems in Thailand. Information Management and Business Review, 2(3), 99-105.
Book Reference
o Reference List (Don’t forget to provide both in text and out text referencing) – use APA referencing style.
Kotler, P. (1997). Marketing Management: Analysis, Planning, Implementation and Control (9th ed), Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall International.
