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¶ … L Finance
Firms operating internationally can find themselves dealing with additional regulatory risks that must be taken into consideration when making investments. Starbucks notes in its 2011 Annual Report (p.12) that there are several regulatory issues that can affect financial decisions including those concerning foreign currency exchange rates, intellectual property rights protections, licensing requirements and contract rights. Other measures could include those concerning duties and tariffs, restrictions on the level of foreign ownership and the implementation of policies favoring local competitors. There may be higher costs associated with these requirements.
For Starbucks, addressing these issues can be done primarily through operations, but there are two major types of financial strategies to address such regulatory risks as well. One concerns the discount rate used to evaluate market attractiveness....
For any project that uses a form of discounted cash flow analysis, the discount rate reflects not only the company's weighted average cost of capital but a risk premium. Where there is significant regulatory risk, for example in countries with high levels of corruption and low levels of transparency, the company would adjust the discount rate upward. This could have an effect on the viability of the market entry. For example, a large country like China might be deemed to be worth the risk, but a smaller high-risk country might not have the discounted cash flow to justify the higher risk.
There is also increased regulatory cost in some countries that can affect the decision making. For example, when all of the costs are compiled for a new project or market entry, regulatory costs can diminish the project's expected cash flows considerably. These costs can range from finding ways to mitigate different risks, to…
Works Cited:
Escobales, R. & McVeigh, T. (2012). Starbucks hit by UK Uncut protests as tax row boils over. The Guardian. Retrieved December 8, 2012 from http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/dec/08/starbucks-uk-stores-protests-tax
Starbucks 2011 Annual Report.
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