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                                                     Seminar

             Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management
                                  The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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Title

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Global Production and Tax Planning for a Multinational Firm

　

　

　

Speaker

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Prof. Vernon Hsu

　

　

Dept of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics

　

　

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

　

　

　

Date

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April 16th, 2010 (Friday)

　

　

　

Time

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4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

　

　

　

Venue

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Room 513

　

　

William M.W. Mong Engineering Building

　

　

(Engineering Building Complex Phase 2)

　

　

CUHK

　

　

　

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Abstract:
　

Most countries in the world employ some forms of the worldwide tax system in which a multinational firm’s global incomes are subject to its home country’s tax. To avoid double taxation, some countries such as U.S. permit the use of foreign tax credits (the portion of foreign tax payments that exceed the home country tax liabilities) generated from a subsidiary (located in a high-tax regime) to offset the tax liability from another subsidiary (located in a low-tax regime). In this presentation, we explore various decentralized and centralized control structures which allow the global firm to coordinate supply chain decisions at subsidiaries located in different low and high tax countries to maximize its global after-tax profits.


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Biography:
　

Vernon Hsu is a Professor of Decision Science & Managerial Economics in the Faculty of Business Administration, Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has also held faculty positions at the University of New South Wales, Australia, George Mason University, USA, and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology.

Professor Hsu’s research interests include logistics and supply chain management and the application of optimization theory in Operations Management and Information Systems. Some of his current research projects investigate the integration of international tax planning with global supply chain design. His research has been published in journals such as IIE Transactions, Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Naval Research Logistics, Operations Research and Productions and Operations Management Journal.


************************* ALL ARE WELCOME ************************

　

　

　

Host

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Prof. Zhou Xiang, Sean

Tel

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(852) 2609-8336

Email

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zhoux@se.cuhk.edu.hk

　

　

　

Enquiries

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Prof. Nan Chen or Prof. Sean X. Zhou

　

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Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management

　

　

CUHK

Website

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http://www.se.cuhk.edu.hk/~seg5810

Email

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seg5810@se.cuhk.edu.hk

　

　

　

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