Multinational Managerial Finance

Catalog description

The course integrates macro (global financial markets) and micro (multinational enterprise-centric) dimensions within a practitioner perspective. Students are given an overview of some of the unique global business risks and opportunities facing multinationals and how these two dimensions impact corporate financial strategies. The focus will be on applying fundamental finance concepts and analytical tools for value creation and risk management applicable as they are to multinational financial management. This course aims to prepare students for a career in multinational corporate financial management in a global setting. It helps students appreciate the strategic motivations, decision processes, and valuation consequences of global financial strategies of multinational corporations. The course facilitates developing the ability among students to plan, implement, and evaluate value adding investing, financing, and risk management strategies in the context of unique opportunities and risks in the global business and financial markets.