Module FINN42115: Multi-National Finance

Department: Finance

FINN42115: Multi-National Finance

Tied To

• M1KK09: Law and Finance
• N2PC09: Management and Finance
• N3K109: Finance
• N3K209: Finance (Accounting and Finance)
• N3K309: Finance (Corporate and International Finance)
• N3K409: Finance (Finance and Investment)
• N3K709: Finance (Economics and Finance)
• N3KC09: Finance (Financial Technology and Banking)

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.
• The Formative assessment is by means of an online test which provides students with the opportunity to develop their understanding and skills, and provides them with feedback on their learning progress.

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 Blackboard; feedback on discussions with teaching staff during consultation hours, or via e-mail.