Module BUSI42015: MULTINATIONAL FINANCE

Department: Management and Marketing

BUSI42015: MULTINATIONAL FINANCE

Tied To

• L1K209: Accounting and Finance (see Postgraduate Handbook 2011-2012 for details)
• L1K309: Corporate and International Finance (see Postgraduate Handbook 2012-2013 for details)
• N1KL07: Financial Management (see Postgraduate Handbook 2011-2012 for details)
• N2P209: Management (Finance)
• N3K807: Islamic Finance (see Postgraduate Handbook 2014-2015 for details)

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• To provide students with an up to date and advanced understanding of the issues that confront the financial management of multinational companies.

Content

• The International Business Environment
• Currency Risk and Currency Risk Management
• Foreign Direct Investment
• International Capital Budgeting
• Multinational Cost of Capital and Capital Structure
• Country Risk Analysis

Learning Outcomes

• Have an appreciation of the complexity and contradictions of the current academic literature in the field of financial management of multinational companies;
• Have an advanced understanding of risks encountered by multinational companies and the process of managing these risks;
• Have an advanced understanding of complexities and complications in the processes of foreign investment and financing decisions of multinational companies;

• Have the ability to learn and work independently in the area of multinational finance, exercising critical judgement and discrimination in the resolution of complex problematic situations.

• Written Communication
• Planning, Organising and Time Management
• Problem Solving and analysis
• Using initiative
• Adaptability
• Numeracy
• Computer Literacy

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• A combination of lectures, seminars and guided reading will contribute to achieving the aims and learning outcomes of this module. The summative written examination will test students' knowledge and critical understanding of the material covered in the module, their analytical and problem-solving skills.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Work prepared by students for seminars; answers to questions either discussed during a seminar, or posted on DUO; feedback on discussions with teaching staff during consultation hours, or via e-mail.