This course focuses on the financial issues that managers confront in an international setting and develops a framework for evaluating the many opportunities, costs, and risks associated with multinational operations. The course employs cases extensively to provide students with a detailed and analytic look at investment and financial decisions undertaken by multinational firms. Topics covered include: Determination of exchange rates; Foreign exchange market; Relationships among inflation rates, interest rates & exchange rates; Currency futures, options & swaps; International investing; Foreign exchange exposure; Hedging exchange risk; Cross-border valuation
This course focuses on the financial issues that managers confront in an international setting and develops a framework for evaluating the many opportunities, costs, and risks associated with multinational operations. The course employs cases extensively to provide students with a detailed and analytic look at investment and financial decisions undertaken by multinational firms. Topics covered include: Determination of exchange rates; Foreign exchange market; Relationships among inflation rates, interest rates & exchange rates; Currency futures, options & swaps; International investing; Foreign exchange exposure; Hedging exchange risk; Cross-border valuation
