Answer to Question #212846 in Management for Zizah

Question

You are the Chief Investment Officer of the Kaufland Hypermarket Chain and has identified Malaysia as the next country to investment.

Answer the following with specific reference to your business plan.

1) Prepare an Executive Summary for the investment in Malaysia (maximum 750 words)

2) Conduct a strategic position analysis related to the investment. Identify five key challenges for your company to start up a company in Malaysia. Critically explain these challenges. Be specific to the planned investment.

3) Identify five strategic capability of your company to be successful in Malaysia. Critically explain three factors. Be specific to the planned investment.

4) Assuming the company requires additional RM200 million to finance its investment in Malaysia. Propose an appropriate financing plan to secure the additional funding. Describe and justify the financing plan of your choice with specific detail.

5) Calculate the cost of equity of the company?

Answer 1

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF REAL HOMES IN MALAYSIA

 The provision of affordable homes remains a major problem facing policymakers around the world, with Malaysia being no exception. Malaysian policy initiatives which focus on ensuring affordable housing have typically involved the transfer of physical or financial resources to low-income households who cannot house themselves adequately. The scarcity of such resources then forces government housing agencies to focus on a small and limited housing agenda and stymies efforts to understand or manage the housing sector as a whole