International Financial Management

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- V-767-INTF International Finance
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Designed for students taking courses in international finance, international financial management, multinational finance and multinational financial management, International Financial Management offers a variety of real-life examples, both numerical and institutional, that demonstrate the use of financial analysis and reasoning in solving international financial problems. Includes coverage of the emergence of the new international financial system, the rise of the BRICS and the credit crunch.
Complete use of IFRS throughout the chapter on measuring and managing transactions. Contains numerous Asian, Latin American, African and European cases, applications and examples. Provides a truly global context for the study of international financial management. Focuses on decision making in an international context. Contains coverage of all of the traditional areas of corporate finance including: working capital management, capital budgeting, cost of capital and financial structure.
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- Höfundur: Alan C. Shapiro, Peter Moles
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- Útgáfudagur: 2015-08-01
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- Format:ePub
- ISBN 13: 9781118935866
- Print ISBN: 9781118929322
- ISBN 10: 1118935861
Efnisyfirlit
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Preface
- Approach
- Pedagogy
- Additional Resources
- Selected Currencies and Symbols
- Symbols and Acronyms
- PART 1 The Global Financial Management Environment
- 1 Introduction to International Financial Management
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 1.1 The Rise of the International Company
- Mini-Case General Electric Globalizes Its Medical Systems Business
- Evolution of the Multinational Corporation
- FIGURE 1.1 Selected Transnational Corporations
- FIGURE 1.2 Volkswagen’s Brands
- FIGURE 1.3 Location of Volkswagen’s Main Production Facilities
- FIGURE 1.4 Volkswagen Group Sales in 2012
- FIGURE 1.5 The Stock of Worldwide Foreign Direct Investment: 1980–2012
- Search for Raw Materials.
- Market Seeking.
- FIGURE 1.6 Flows of Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries: 1970–2012 (Billions of U.S. Dollars)
- Cost Minimization.
- FIGURE 1.7 Offshoring and Outsourcing—Some Definitions
- Application Honda Builds an Asian Car Factory
- Knowledge Seeking.
- Keeping Domestic Customers.
- Exploiting Financial Market Imperfections.
- The Process of Overseas Expansion by Multinationals
- FIGURE 1.8 Typical Foreign Expansion Sequence
- Exporting.
- Overseas Production.
- Licensing.
- Tradeoffs Between Alternative Modes of Overseas Expansion.
- A Behavioral Definition of the Multinational Corporation
- FIGURE 1.9 How Dell Reduces the Order-to-Delivery Cycle
- Mini-Case Siemens: “Think More Like Visionaries”20
- The Global Manager
- 1.2 The Internationalization of Business and Finance
- Political and Labor Union Concerns about Global Competition
- Application The European Union Pays a Price to Stop Creative Destruction
- FIGURE 1.10A Real GDP Growth United States Versus Core EU-15 1996=100
- FIGURE 1.10B Unemployment Rate: United States Versus EU
- FIGURE 1.10C Labor Productivity Growth United States Versus EU 1995=100
- Application The Asian Tigers Fall Prey to World Financial Markets
- FIGURE 1.11A Currency Devaluations
- FIGURE 1.11B Stock Market Drop
- Application The European Union Pays a Price to Stop Creative Destruction
- Political and Labor Union Concerns about Global Competition
- Consequences of Global Competition
- Application Japanese Competition Affects the U.S. Car Industry
- Application The Myth of a Deindustrializing America
- FIGURE 1.12 Winners and Losers: Percentage Change in Manufacturing Employment From 1995 to 2002
- FIGURE 1.13 How Logitech’s $40 Mouse is Dissected
- FIGURE 1.14 U.S. Unemployment Rates and New Job Creation
- FIGURE 1.15A Real Compensation per Hour and Output per Hour for American Nonfarm Workers: 1959–2007
- FIGURE 1.15B Real Compensation per Hour Various with Output per Hour for American Nonfarm Workers: 1959–2007
- 1 Introduction to International Financial Management
- 1.3 International Financial Management: Theory and Practice
- Criticisms of the International Corporation
- Functions of Financial Management
- Theme of This Text
- Relationship to Domestic Financial Management
- Arbitrage.
- Market Efficiency.
- Capital Asset Pricing.
- The Importance of Total Risk
- The Global Financial Marketplace
- The Role of the Financial Executive in an Efficient Market
- 1.4 Outline of the Text
- The Global Financial Management Environment
- Currency and Derivatives Markets
- Managing Currency Risks
- Financing International Operations
- International Capital Budgeting
- International Management of Working Capital
- QUESTIONS
- WEB RESOURCES
- WEB EXERCISES
- APPENDIX 1A The Origins and Consequences of International Trade
- The Gains from Trade
- Specialized Factors of Production
- Monetary Prices and Exchange Rates
- Tariffs
- QUESTIONS
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 2.1 Setting the Equilibrium Spot Exchange Rate
- Demand for a Currency
- Supply of a Currency
- FIGURE 2.1 Equilibrium Exchange Rates
- Factors that Affect the Equilibrium Exchange Rate
- Relative Inflation Rates.
- FIGURE 2.2 Impact of U.S. Inflation on the Equilibrium Exchange Rate
- Relative Interest Rates.
- Relative Economic Growth Rates.
- Political and Economic Risk.
- Relative Inflation Rates.
- Calculating Exchange Rate Changes
- Application The Ruble is Rubble
- FIGURE 2.3A The Ruble is Rubble
- FIGURE 2.3B The Ruble is Rubble Round Two
- Application Calculating Yen Appreciation Against the U.S. Dollar
- Application Calculating U.S. Dollar Appreciation Against the Thai Baht
- Illustration Calculating Afghani Appreciation Against the Pakistani Rupee
- Application The Ruble is Rubble
- Mini-Case Asian Currencies Sink in 1997
- The Nature of Money and Currency Values
- Application Emerging Market Currency Turmoil Hits India
- FIGURE 2.4 The Indian Rupee Against the U.S. Dollar
- Application Emerging Market Currency Turmoil Hits India
- Price Stability and Central Bank Independence.
- FIGURE 2.5 Central Bank Independence, Inflation, and Economic Growth*
- Application Inflation Dies Down Under
- FIGURE 2.6 Inflation Dies Down Under
- Application The Bank of England Gains Independence
- FIGURE 2.7 British Inflation Expectations Fall as the Bank of England Gains Its Independence
- Mini-Case Argentina’s Bold Currency Experiment and Its Demise
- FIGURE 2.8 Argentina Ends Hyperinflation
- FIGURE 2.9 Dollarization Stabilizes the Sucre
- Application Sudan Devalues Its Pound
- Mini-Case The U.S. Dollar Sells Off
- How Real Exchange Rates Affect Relative Competitiveness
- FIGURE 2.10 Advantages and Disadvantages of a Strong Euro and a Weak Euro
- FIGURE 2.11 The Value of the Euro Versus the U.S. Dollar: 1999–2013
- Foreign Exchange Market Intervention
- Mini-Case A Yen for Yuan
- Mechanics of Intervention.
- Application Switzerland Tries to Protect Its Economy by Capping the Value of Its Currency
- FIGURE 2.12 Swiss Franc Versus the Euro
- Application Switzerland Tries to Protect Its Economy by Capping the Value of Its Currency
- Sterilized Versus Unsterilized Intervention.
- FIGURE 2.13 Bank of Japan Intervention Fails to Stem the Rise in the Yen
- Application Japan Weakens its Currency
- Disequilibrium Theory and Exchange Rate Overshooting
- FIGURE 2.14 Exchange Rate Overshooting According to the Disequilibrium Theory of Exchange Rates
- The Equilibrium Theory of Exchange Rates and Its Implications
- QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- WEB RESOURCES
- WEB EXERCISES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 3.1 Alternative Exchange Rate Systems
- Application Instability Prevails in the International Monetary System
- The Trilemma and Exchange Rate Regime Choice
- FIGURE 3.1 The Trilemma and Exchange Rate Regime Choice
- FIGURE 3.2 Typical Currency Control Measures
- Free Float
- FIGURE 3.3 Supply and Demand Curve Shifts
- FIGURE 3.4A Fluctuating Exchange Rates
- FIGURE 3.4B Actual Changes in the Dollar/Euro Exchange Rate: May 1–9, 2008
- Managed Float
- Target-Zone Arrangement
- Fixed-Rate System
- Mini-Case The BRICs Solve the Trilemma with Different Exchange Rate Regimes
- FIGURE 3.5 BRIC Exchange Rates (Normalized to 2000)
- Mini-Case The BRICs Solve the Trilemma with Different Exchange Rate Regimes
- FIGURE 3.6 Wholesale Price Indices: Pre-World War I
- FIGURE 3.7 Consumer Price Indices (CPI): Post-World War II
- The Classical Gold Standard
- FIGURE 3.8 The Price-Specie-Flow Mechanism
- How the Classical Gold Standard Worked in Practice: 1821–1914
- The Gold Exchange Standard and Its Aftermath: 1925–1944
- Competitive Devaluations.
- Bretton Woods Conference and the Postwar Monetary System.
- Role of the IMF.
- Role of the World Bank.
- Role of the Bank for International Settlements.
- Mini-Case Competitive Devaluations in 2003, Return in 2010
- Lessons and Red Flags from Bretton Woods.
- FIGURE 3.9 Value of the U.S. Dollar in Terms of Euro, Yen, and Pounds: 1973–2014
- FIGURE 3.10 Effects of Government Actions and Statements on the Value of the 1987 Dollar
- Application Global Financial Crisis Boosts the U.S. Dollar
- FIGURE 3.11 U.S. Dollar Rises on Global Financial Crisis
- Increasing Currency Volatility.
- Requirements for Currency Stability.
- The Exchange-Rate Mechanism
- Lessons from the European Monetary System
- The Currency Crisis of September 1992
- The Catalyst.
- FIGURE 3.12 Defending the ERM Required High Interest Rates in Europe
- The High Cost of Intervention.
- The Catalyst.
- The Exchange Rate Mechanism is Abandoned in August 1993
- The Catalyst.
- Governments Surrender to the Market.
- A Postmortem on the EMS.
- FIGURE 3.13 The European Monetary System Forces Convergence Towards Germany’s Inflation Rate
- Maastricht Convergence Criteria.
- Launch of the Euro.
- FIGURE 3.14 Conversion Rates for the Euro
- EMU and the European Welfare State.
- Application Sweden Rejects the Euro
- Consequences of EMU.
- Performance of the Euro.
- FIGURE 3.15 Comparative Statistics for the EMU Countries
- FIGURE 3.16 The Euro Rides a Rollercoaster
- Application The French Say Non to a European Constitution and the Euro Responds
- FIGURE 3.17 The Euro Tumbles in Response to the “No” Vote on the European Constitution in 2005
- Mini-Case The Euro Reacts to New Information
- Cracks in the Eurozone–the Periphery States Fracture.
- FIGURE 3.18 Ten-Year Government Bond Yields
- The Catalyst—Divergences in Prices.
- FIGURE 3.19 Unit Labor Costs
- FIGURE 3.20 Competitiveness Diverges as Real Exchange Rates are Out of Sync
- FIGURE 3.21 Interest Rates Diverge
- Euro Structural Flaws.
- Disparate Growth Rates Heightened Tensions.
- FIGURE 3.22 Government Debt/GDP and Deficit/GDP Ratios for the PIIGS (2011)
- Mini-Case A Greek Tragedy
- FIGURE 3.23 Yields on 10-Year Government Bonds for the PIGS
- Mini-Case A Wounded Celtic Tiger Has Its Paws Out
- Transmission Mechanisms
- Trade Links.
- Financial System.
- Debt Policy.
- Origins of Emerging Market Crises
- Moral Hazard.
- Fundamental Policy Conflict.
- Policy Proposals for Dealing with Emerging Market Crises
- Currency Controls.
- Freely Floating Currency.
- Permanently Fixed Exchange Rate.
- Better Information.
- QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- WEB RESOURCES
- WEB EXERCISES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 4.1 Arbitrage and the Law of One Price
- FIGURE 4.1 Five Key Theoretical Relationships among Spot Rates, Forward Rates, Inflation Rates, and Interest Rates
- Mini-Case Oil Levies and the Law of One Price
- 4.2 Purchasing Power Parity
- FIGURE 4.2 The Big Mac Hamburger Standard as of July 2013
- Application Calculating the PPP Rate for the Swiss Franc
- FIGURE 4.3 Purchasing Power Parity
- The Lesson of Purchasing Power Parity
- Application Calculating the Real Exchange Rate for the Japanese Yen
- Application How Undervalued Is the Chinese Yuan?
- Expected Inflation and Exchange Rate Changes
- The Monetary Approach
- Empirical Evidence
- FIGURE 4.4 Retail Prices for Coca Cola Around the World
- FIGURE 4.5 Purchasing Power Parity Empirical Data, 1993–2006
- FIGURE 4.6 Purchasing Power Party and Actual Exchange Rates
- Application Central Banks’ Low Interest Policies Lead to Negative Real Interest Rates
- FIGURE 4.7 The Fisher Effect
- Empirical Evidence
- FIGURE 4.8 Fisher Effect: Nominal Interest Rate Versus Inflation Rate for 28 Developed and Developing Countries as of November 2013
- FIGURE 4.9 The Distinction Between Capital Market Integration and Capital Market Segmentation
- FIGURE 4.10 Real Interest Rate Versus Nominal Interest Rate for 28 Developed and Developing Countries as of May 2007
- Adding Up Capital Markets Internationally.
- Illustration Using the IFE to Forecast US$ and SFr Rates
- FIGURE 4.11 International Fisher Effect
- Empirical Evidence
- Application The Carry Trade
- Application Iceland’s Economy Heats Up and then Freezes Over
- FIGURE 4.12 An Example of Interest Rate Parity
- Application Covered Interest Arbitrage between London and New York
- FIGURE 4.13 An Example of Covered Interest Arbitrage
- FIGURE 4.14 Interest Rate Parity Theory
- Application Using Interest Rate Parity to Calculate the $/¥ Forward Rate
- Empirical Evidence
- FIGURE 4.15 Uncovered and Covered Interest Rate Differentials (U.S. $ Versus Other Currencies)
- Application Computing the Covered Interest Differential When Transaction Costs Exist
- FIGURE 4.16 Relationship Between the Forward Rate and the Future Spot Rate
- Application Using UFR to Forecast the Future $/€ Spot Rate
- Empirical Evidence
- Requirements for Successful Currency Forecasting
- FIGURE 4.17 Forecasting in a Fixed-Rate System
- Market-Based Forecasts
- Forward Rates.
- Interest Rates.
- Model-Based Forecasts
- Fundamental Analysis.
- Application Using PPP to Forecast the South African Rand’s Future Spot Rate
- Technical Analysis.
- Fundamental Analysis.
- Model Evaluation
- Application The Distinction Between an Accurate Forecast and a Profitable Forecast
- Forecasting Controlled Exchange Rates
- QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- WEB RESOURCES
- INTERNET EXERCISES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 5.1 Balance-of-Payments Categories
- FIGURE 5.1 Eurozone Balance of Payments for 2013 (€ Billions)1
- FIGURE 5.2 Examples of Entries in the Eurozone Balance-of-Payments Accounts
- Current Account
- FIGURE 5.3 Current-Account Balances as a Percentage of GDP (2011)
- Capital Account
- Financial Account
- Balance-of-Payments Measures
- Application Apple’s iPhone is Not Really Made in China
- FIGURE 5.4 Assembled But Not Really “Made in China”
- Application Apple’s iPhone is Not Really Made in China
- The Missing Numbers
- Mini-Case The Bank of Korea Reassesses Its Reserve Policy
- Domestic Saving and Investment and the Financial Account
- The Link between the Current and Financial Accounts
- FIGURE 5.5 The Trade Balance Falls as Spending Rises Relative to GDP
- FIGURE 5.6 Linking National Economic Activity with Balance-of-Payments Accounts: Basic Identities
- FIGURE 5.7 International Investment Position of the United States: 1976–2010
- Government Budget Deficits and Current-Account Deficits
- The Current Situation
- FIGURE 5.8 Global Current-Account Balances: 2000 to 2012
- Application Invasion of the Sovereign Wealth Funds
- Currency Depreciation
- FIGURE 5.9 The Dollar and the Deficit*
- Lagged Effects.
- Application Chinese Exports to the United States Rise along with the Yuan
- FIGURE 5.10 Chinese Exports to the United States Continue to Rise
- Application Chinese Exports to the United States Rise along with the Yuan
- J-Curve Theory.
- FIGURE 5.11 The U.S. Current-Account Balance Versus the U.S. Dollar: 1970–2010
- FIGURE 5.12 The Theoretical J-Curve
- Devaluation and Inflation.
- U.S. Deficits and the Demand for U.S. Assets.
- Mini-Case Yin and Yang of Capital Flow Management
- QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- WEB RESOURCES
- WEB EXERCISES
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 6.1 Measuring Political Risk
- Application Overseas Risks Faced by Convergys
- Political Stability
- Economic Factors
- Subjective Factors
- Application Threats to the Nation-State
- FIGURE 6.1 Ease of Doing Business Rankings 2013
- Political Risk and Uncertain Property Rights.
- Application Komineft Rhymes with Theft
- Capital Flight.
- Application Mr. Yampel Gets Trampled in Ukraine
- Application Political Risk in Venezuela
- FIGURE 6.2 Venezuela’s Per Capita GDP Falls Under Hugo Chavez
- Application Is Russia Too Corrupt for Foreign Investors?
- FIGURE 6.3 Capital Flight from India 1971–1997
- FIGURE 6.4 Private Capital Returns to Latin America
- Culture.
- Fiscal Irresponsibility
- Application Japan as Number One in Fiscal Irresponsibility
- FIGURE 6.5A Gross Government Debt as a Percentage of GDP: 1992, 2001, and 2011
- FIGURE 6.5B Japanese Economic Performance Over the Lost Decade: 1992–2001
- FIGURE 6.5C Japan’s Lost Decade Turns Into a Lost Generation
- Application Japan as Number One in Fiscal Irresponsibility
- Mini-Case Zimbabwe Descends into Chaos
- Why Capitalism Works.
- FIGURE 6.6A Economic Freedom and GDP per Capita
- FIGURE 6.6B Economic Freedom and Prosperity
- Statist Policies Constrain Growth.
- Application India Reforms and Reaps the Benefits
- Application The China Express Derails
- Why Statist Policies Persist.
- Application Lack of Growth in Hungary
- Application The 1948 West German Erhard Reforms
- Market-Oriented Policies Work.
- Market-Oriented Reform in Latin America.
- FIGURE 6.7 Mexico’s Economic Policies: Then and Now
- Application The Potential Gains from Privatization
- FIGURE 6.8 Indian Government Ownership Hurts Productivity
- Application Strategies for Eastern European Economic Success
- The Mathematics of Sovereign Debt Analysis
- Application Spain’s Hard Budget Arithmetic
- Application France Loses Its AAA Rating
- Country Risk and the Terms of Trade
- The Government’s Cost/Benefit Calculus
- Application Swine Flu
- FIGURE 6.9 PIIGS in Trouble
- Application Swine Flu
- Onset of the Crisis.
- Reform Takes Hold.
- Debt Relief.
- The Crisis Ends.
- Lessons from Successful Economic Reform.
- QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- WEB RESOURCES
- WEB EXERCISES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 7 Currency Markets
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 7.1 Organization of the Foreign Exchange Market
- FIGURE 7.1 The Circadian Rhythms of the Foreign Exchange Market
- The Participants
- FIGURE 7.2 Leading Foreign Exchange Traders in 2012
- FIGURE 7.3 Structure of Foreign Exchange Markets
- The Clearing System.
- Electronic Trading.
- Size
- FIGURE 7.4A Daily Foreign Exchange Trading Volume by Financial Center
- FIGURE 7.4B Daily Global Foreign Exchange Trading Volume
- 7.2 The Spot Market
- Spot Quotations
- FIGURE 7.5 Foreign Exchange Rates Wednesday, December 4, 2013
- Transaction Costs.
- Application Banks Battle Pension Funds over Foreign Exchange Pricing
- Cross Rates.
- FIGURE 7.6 Key Currency Cross Rates Wednesday, December 4, 2013
- Application Calculating the Direct Quote for the Brazilian Real in Bangkok
- Currency Arbitrage.
- FIGURE 7.7 An Example of Triangular Currency Arbitrage
- Mini-Case Arbitraging Currency Cross Rates
- Settlement Date.
- Exchange Risk.
- The Mechanics of Spot Transactions
- Spot Quotations
- 7.3 The Forward Market
- FIGURE 7.8 Hedging a Future Payment with a Forward Contract
- Forward Quotations
- Exchange Risk.
- Cross Rates.
- Application Arbitraging Between Currencies and Interest Rates
- Forward Contract Maturities
- QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- WEB RESOURCES
- WEB EXERCISES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 8.1 Futures Contracts
- FIGURE 8.1 Contract Specifications for Foreign Currency Futures*
- FIGURE 8.2 Currency Futures Contracts Available at Different Exchanges
- Forward Contract versus Futures Contract
- FIGURE 8.3 An Example of Daily Settlement with a Futures Contract
- FIGURE 8.4 Basic Differences between Forward and Futures Contracts
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Futures Contracts.
- Application Computing Gains, Losses, and Performance Bond Calls on a Futures Contract
- Arbitrage between the Futures and Forward Markets.
- Application Forward-Futures Arbitrage
- Market Structure
- FIGURE 8.5 Contract Specifications for CME Standardized Currency Option Contracts
- Using Currency Options
- FIGURE 8.6 Profit from Buying a Call Option for Various Spot Prices at Expiration
- FIGURE 8.7 Profit from Selling a Call Option for Various Spot Prices at Expiration
- FIGURE 8.8 Profit from Buying a Put Option for Various Spot Prices at Expiration
- FIGURE 8.9 Profit from Selling a Put Option for Various Spot Prices at Expiration
- Application Speculating with a Japanese Yen Call Option
- Currency Spread.
- FIGURE 8.10 Currency Spreads
- Knockout Options.
- Option Pricing and Valuation
- FIGURE 8.11 The Value of a Call Option before Maturity
- FIGURE 8.12 Currency Option Pricing and Valuation
- Using Forward or Futures Contracts Versus Options Contracts
- FIGURE 8.13 Declining Exchange Rate Scenario
- FIGURE 8.14 Hedging Alternatives: Offsetting a $4,750 Loss Due to a Declining Euro
- FIGURE 8.15 Rising Exchange Rate Scenario
- FIGURE 8.16 Hedging Alternatives: Offsetting a $5,200 Gain Due to a Rising Euro
- Application BioCytex Assesses Its Hedging Options
- Mini-Case Carrier Lumber Evaluates Its Futures
- Futures Options
- Application Exercising a British Pounds Call Futures Option Contract
- Application Exercising a Swiss Franc Put Futures Option Contract
- FIGURE 8.17 Currency Futures and Options Contracts
- FIGURE 8.18 How to Read Futures and Futures Options Quotations
- QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- WEB RESOURCES
- WEB EXERCISES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Application Pricing a Six-Month Swiss Franc European Call Option
- PROBLEMS
- FIGURE 8B.1 Illustration of Put-Call Option Interest Rate Parity
- Application Pricing a December Euro Call Option
- PROBLEMS
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 9.1 Interest Rate and Currency Swaps
- Interest Rate Swaps
- The Classic Swap Transaction.
- FIGURE 9.1 Classic Swap Structure
- Cost Savings Associated with Swaps.
- Application Payments on a Two-Year Fixed-for-Floating Interest Rate Swap
- FIGURE 9.2 Swap Payments Over the Two-Year Life of Thales’ Swap
- Application Payments on a Two-Year Fixed-for-Floating Interest Rate Swap
- The Classic Swap Transaction.
- Interest Rate Swaps
- FIGURE 9.3 Diagram of a Fixed-For-Fixed Currency Swap
- Interest Rate/Currency Swaps.
- Application Dow Chemical Swaps Fixed-for-Fixed with Michelin
- FIGURE 9.4 Example of a Fixed-For-Fixed Euro–U.S. Dollar Currency Swap
- Application Dow Chemical Swaps Fixed-for-Floating with Michelin
- FIGURE 9.5 Example of a Fixed-For-Floating Currency Swap
- Application Kodak’s Zero-Coupon Australian Dollar Interest Rate/Currency Swap
- FIGURE 9.6 Kodak’s A$200 Million Zero-Coupon Eurobond And Currency Swap
- FIGURE 9.7 MLCS Cash Flows–Eastman Kodak Transaction
- Application Dow Chemical Swaps Fixed-for-Fixed with Michelin
- FIGURE 9.8 Cash Flows Associated with Yen Debenture Currency Swap
- Forward Forwards
- Application Telecom Argentina Fixes a Future Loan Rate
- Forward Rate Agreement
- Application Unilever Uses an FRA to Fix the Interest Rate on a Future Loan
- Short-Term Interest Rate Futures
- Application Using a Futures Contract to Hedge a Forward Borrowing Rate
- Inverse Floaters
- Callable Step-Up Note
- Step-Down Coupon Note
- QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- WEB RESOURCES
- WEB EXERCISES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 10 Translation and Transaction Exposure
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 10.1 Alternative Measures of Foreign Exchange Exposure
- FIGURE 10.1 Comparison of Translation, Transaction, and Operating Exposures
- Translation Exposure
- Transaction Exposure
- Operating Exposure
- 10.2 Alternative Currency Translation Methods
- Current/Noncurrent Method
- Monetary/Nonmonetary Method
- Temporal Method
- Current Rate Method
- FIGURE 10.2 Financial Statement Impact of Translation Alternatives (€ Thousands)
- 10.3 Transaction Exposure
- Application Computing Transaction Exposure for Airbus
- 10.4 Designing a Hedging Strategy
- Objectives
- Application Malaysia Gets Mauled by the Currency Markets
- Costs and Benefits of Standard Hedging Techniques
- FIGURE 10.3 Basic Hedging Techniques
- Costs of Hedging.
- FIGURE 10.4 Cost of the Basic Hedging Techniques
- Benefits of Hedging.
- Application Selective Hedging
- Exposure Netting.
- Centralization versus Decentralization
- Managing Risk Management
- Application The Luck of the Irish Eludes Allied Irish Banks
- Accounting for Hedging under IFRS
- Empirical Evidence on Hedging
- Objectives
- 10.5 Managing Translation Exposure
- FIGURE 10.5 Basic Strategy for Hedging Translation Exposure
- Funds Adjustment
- Evaluating Alternative Hedging Mechanisms
- 10.6 Managing Transaction Exposure
- Forward Market Hedge
- FIGURE 10.6 Possible Outcomes of Forward Market Hedge as of December 31
- The True Cost of Hedging.
- Money Market Hedge
- FIGURE 10.7 Possible Outcomes of Money Market Hedge as of December 31
- Application Comparing Hedging Alternatives When There Are Transaction Costs
- Application Saudi Aramco Hedges Its Exposure
- Risk Shifting
- Pricing Decisions
- Exposure Netting
- Application Using Exposure Netting to Manage Transaction Exposure
- Currency Risk Sharing
- FIGURE 10.8 Currency Risk Sharing: Rowad National Plastics Co. and BASF
- Mini-Case Chrysler Shares Its Currency Risk with Mitsubishi
- Currency Collars
- FIGURE 10.9 Currency Range Forward: Rowad National Plastics Co. and BASF
- FIGURE 10.10 Use of a Currency Cylinder to Hedge RNP’s Receivable
- Cross-Hedging
- Application Hedging a Danish Krone Exposure Using Euro Futures
- Foreign Currency Options
- Using Options to Hedge Bids.
- Using Options to Hedge Other Currency Risks.
- Options versus Forward Contracts.
- Mini-Case Help Esprit Cover Up Its Mexican Peso Transaction Exposure
- Forward Market Hedge
- QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- WEB RESOURCES
- WEB EXERCISES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- FIGURE 10A.1 Translation of Sterling Ltd.’s Income Statement under IFRS (Millions)
- FIGURE 10A.2 Translation of Sterling Ltd.’s Statement of Financial Position (Millions)
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 11.1 Foreign Exchange Risk and Economic Exposure
- Application European Manufacturers Suffer When the Euro Soars
- FIGURE 11.1 The Time Pattern of Economic Exposure
- Real Exchange Rate Changes and Exchange Risk
- Application Japanese Yen Appreciation or Depreciation?
- Importance of the Real Exchange Rate
- Inflation and Exchange Risk
- Application Calculating the Effects of Exchange Rate Changes and Inflation on Siemens Philippines
- FIGURE 11.2 The Effects of Nominal Exchange Rate Changes and Inflation on Siemens Philippines
- Application Calculating the Effects of Exchange Rate Changes and Inflation on Siemens Philippines
- Competitive Effects of Real Exchange Rate Changes
- Application Yen Appreciation Harms Japanese TV Producers
- FIGURE 11.3 The Effects of Real Exchange Rate Changes on the Brazilian Shoe Manufacturer
- Transaction Exposure
- Operating Exposure
- Mini-Case Euro Appreciation Hurts Southern European Exports
- FIGURE 11.4 Characteristic Economic Effects of Exchange Rate Changes on International Corporations
- Mini-Case How Rising Gold Prices Hurt Harmony
- Pla Seau Beach Resort
- FIGURE 11.5 Performance of Rupee, Ringgit, and Baht Against U.S. Dollar, 2011 to 2014
- Petróleos Mexicanos
- Toyota Motor Company
- FIGURE 11.6 Key Questions to Ask that Help Identify Exchange Risk
- FIGURE 11.7 Summary of Projected Operations for Spectrum Manufacturing AB: Base Case
- Spectrum’s Accounting Exposure
- FIGURE 11.8 Impact of Krona Devaluation on Spectrum AB’s Financial Statement
- Spectrum’s Economic Exposure
- Scenario 1: All Variables Remain the Same.
- Scenario 2: Krona Sales Prices and All Costs Rise; Volume Remains the Same.
- FIGURE 11.9 Summary of Projected Operations for Spectrum Manufacturing AB: Scenario 2
- Scenario 3: Partial Increases in Prices, Costs, and Volume.
- FIGURE 11.10 Summary of Projected Operations for Spectrum Manufacturing AB: Scenario 3
- Case Analysis.
- FIGURE 11.11 Summary of Economic Exposure Impact of Krona Devaluation on Spectrum Manufacturing AB
- Limitations
- Empirical Results.
- Marketing Management of Exchange Risk
- Market Selection.
- Pricing Strategy.
- Product Strategy.
- Application Hitachi Chemical Moves Overseas
- Input Mix.
- Application Japanese Car Manufacturers Outsource to Cope with a Rising Yen
- Shifting Production Among Plants.
- Plant Location.
- Raising Productivity.
- Application Japanese Car Manufacturers Follow Different Paths to Profitability
- Mini-Case Porsche Revs Up Its Results
- FIGURE 11.12 Statement of Projected Cash Flow
- FIGURE 11.13 Effect of Financial Structure on Net Cash Flow
- Application South Korean Companies and Banks Mismatch Their Currencies
- Application Avon Is Calling in Asia
- QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- WEB RESOURCES
- WEB EXERCISES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 12 International and Domestic Capital Markets
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 12.1 Corporate Sources and Uses of Funds
- Financial Markets versus Financial Intermediaries
- Financial Systems and Corporate Governance
- Globalization of Financial Markets
- Financial Regulation and Deregulation.
- Application Capital Markets Compete for Business
- Application The Basel Rules and Financial Shocks
- Financial Innovation.
- Application The Swedish Export Credit Corporation Innovates
- FIGURE 12.1 Securitization Versus Intermediation
- Financial Regulation and Deregulation.
- FIGURE 12.2 The Role and Consequences of Well-Functioning Financial Markets
- Application Japanese Regulators Press Shinsei Bank to Make Bad Loans
- Mini-Case Beijing Tries to Overhaul Banks Through IPOs
- International Financial Markets
- Foreign Access to Domestic Markets
- The Foreign Bond Market.
- The Foreign Bank Market.
- The Foreign Equity Market.
- FIGURE 12.3 The International Equity offering by Deutsche Telekom
- Application Waste Management Lists Its Stock in Australia
- The World Bank Group
- IBRD.
- IFC.
- IDA.
- Regional and National Development Banks
- Regional Development Banks
- National Development Banks.
- Private Sector Alternatives
- FIGURE 12.4 Investment in Infrastructure Projects with Private Participation in Developing Countries (Billions of U.S. Dollars)
- FIGURE 12.5 Project Finance Expertise and Risk Sharing
- QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- WEB RESOURCES
- WEB EXERCISES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 13.1 The Eurocurrency Market
- Modern Origins
- Eurodollar Creation
- Eurocurrency Loans
- Terms.
- Application Calculating the Effective Annual Cost of a Eurocurrency Loan
- Mini-Case Siemens Negotiates a Eurocurrency Loan
- Multicurrency Clauses.
- Terms.
- Relationship Between Domestic and Eurocurrency Money Markets
- Interest Differentials.
- Eurocurrency Spreads.
- FIGURE 13.1 Interest Rate Relationships Between Domestic And Eurocurrency Credit Markets
- Euromarket Trends
- FIGURE 13.2 Example of Offering Memorandum
- To be confirmed Swaps
- Links Between the Domestic and Eurobond Markets
- Placement.
- Currency Denomination.
- Interest Rates on Fixed-Rate Eurobonds.
- FIGURE 13.3 Comparison of All-In Costs of a Eurobond Issue and a U.S. Dollar Domestic Bond Issue
- Interest Rates on Floating-Rate Eurobonds.
- Eurobond Retirement.
- Ratings.
- Rationale for Existence of Eurobond Market
- Eurobonds versus Eurocurrency Loans
- Note Issuance Facilities versus Eurobonds
- Euro-Medium-Term Notes
- Reasons for Success.
- Costs of a Euro-MTN Program.
- Characteristics.
- Risks.
- Application Steady Safe Isn’t
- QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- WEB RESOURCES
- WEB EXERCISES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 14.1 The Cost of Equity Capital
- 14.2 The Weighted Average Cost of Capital for Foreign Projects
- Application Estimating the Weighted Average Cost of Capital
- Application Estimating a Foreign Project’s Weighted Average Cost of Capital
- 14.3 Discount Rates for Foreign Investments
- Evidence From the Stock Market
- Key Issues in Estimating Foreign Project Discount Rates
- Proxy Companies
- Local Companies.
- Proxy Industry.
- Adjusted U.S. Industry Beta.
- The Relevant Base Portfolio
- The Impact of Globalization on the Cost of Capital.
- Application How Globalization Affected Nestlé’s Cost of Capital
- Empirical Evidence.
- A Recommendation.
- The Impact of Globalization on the Cost of Capital.
- The Relevant Market Risk Premium
- Recommendations
- 14.4 The Cost of Debt Capital
- Annual Exchange Rate Change
- Using Sovereign Risk Spreads
- FIGURE 14.1 Average Sovereign Bond Spreads of New Issues by Developing Countries (20 Countries with Highest and Lowest Bond Spreads)
- Foreign Subsidiary Capital Structure
- FIGURE 14.2 Subsidiary Capital Structure: Debt-to-Equity Ratios
- FIGURE 14.3 Consolidated Parent Balance Sheet: Debt-to-Equity Ratios
- FIGURE 14.4 Subsidiary Capital Structure Depends on What Its Funds are Called
- Political Risk Management.
- Currency Risk Management.
- Leverage and Foreign Tax Credits.
- Leasing and Taxes.
- Cost-Minimizing Approach to Global Capital Structure.
- Joint Ventures
- FIGURE 14.5 Calculating the Value of Nordic Exploration’s Low-cost Loan Arrangement (US$Millions)
- Taxes
- Zero-Coupon Bonds.
- Debt versus Equity Financing.
- Government Credit and Capital Controls
- Government Subsidies and Incentives
- Application Internationalizing the Cost of Capital of Novo Industri
- FIGURE 14.6 Novo’s B Share Prices Compared with Stock Market Indices, 1977–1982
- Application Internationalizing the Cost of Capital of Novo Industri
- QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- WEB RESOURCES
- WEB EXERCISES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 15 International Portfolio Investment
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 15.1 The Risks and Benefits of International Equity Investing
- International Diversification
- FIGURE 15.1 Annualized Monthly Returns and Standard Deviation of Returns, 1988–2012
- Correlations and the Gains from Diversification.
- FIGURE 15.2 How Foreign Markets Were Correlated with the World Index and the U.S. Market, 1970–2012
- FIGURE 15.3 The Potential Gains from International Diversification
- FIGURE 15.4 The U.S. Market Lags Behind the EAFE Index, 1970–2012
- FIGURE 15.5 International Diversification Pushes Out the Efficient Frontier
- Recent Correlations.
- FIGURE 15.6 Correlation of Monthly Returns with the U.S. Market and Developed Country Markets
- FIGURE 15.7 Correlation of U.S. and EAFE Returns (rolling 5-year periods using monthly data from January 1970 to June 2012)
- FIGURE 15.8 No Place to Hide
- FIGURE 15.9 Risk and Return for Various Mixes of U.S. and EAFE Indices, 1970–2012
- International Diversification
- Investing in Emerging Markets
- FIGURE 15.10 Risk and Return for Emerging Markets, 1988–2012
- FIGURE 15.11 Correlation of Monthly Returns with the U.S. Market and Emerging Markets
- FIGURE 15.12 Correlation of U.S. and Emerging Market Returns (rolling 5-year periods using monthly data from January 1989 through June 2012)
- FIGURE 15.13 Risk and Return for Various Mixes of MSCI-World and Emerging Market Indices, 1989–2012
- Application When Latin American Stocks Were Hotter Than Salsa
- FIGURE 15.14 Latin American Stock Markets Take Off on a Bumpy Ride
- Barriers to International Diversification
- Mini-Case Deutsche Bank Lists as a Global Share
- FIGURE 15.15 Efficient Frontiers, 1989 to 2009
- Bonds
- Stocks
- Hedging Currency Risk
- QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- WEB RESOURCES
- WEB EXERCISES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 16.1 Theory of the Multinational Corporation
- Product and Factor Market Imperfections
- Financial Market Imperfections
- 16.2 The Strategy of Multinational Enterprise
- Innovation-Based Multinationals
- The Mature Multinationals
- FIGURE 16.1 Planned Capital Investments for Soda Production and Bottling in Emerging Markets Announced by PepsiCo and Coca-Cola in 1992 and 1993 (US$ Millions)
- Application Fiat’s Strategic Dilemma
- The Senescent Multinationals
- Foreign Direct Investment and Survival
- Application Japan’s Electronics Industry Loses Its Spark
- Cost Reduction.
- Economies of Scale.
- Multiple Sourcing.
- Knowledge Seeking.
- Keeping Domestic Customers.
- Application Bridgestone Buys Firestone
- Awareness of Profitable Investments
- Selecting a Mode of Entry
- Auditing the Effectiveness of Entry Modes
- Using Appropriate Evaluation Criteria
- Estimating the Longevity of a Competitive Advantage
- QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- WEB RESOURCES
- INTERNET EXERCISES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 17.1 Basics of Capital Budgeting
- Net Present Value
- Incremental Cash Flows
- Cannibalization.
- Sales Creation.
- Opportunity Cost.
- Transfer Pricing.
- Fees and Royalties.
- Getting the Base Case Right.
- Accounting for Intangible Benefits.
- Application Intangible Benefits from Investing in Japan
- Alternative Capital-Budgeting Frameworks
- An Adjusted Present Value Approach.
- Application Estimating a Foreign Project’s Cost of Capital
- An Adjusted Present Value Approach.
- Parent versus Project Cash Flows
- A Three-Stage Approach.
- Estimating Incremental Project Cash Flows.
- Tax Factors.
- Political and Economic Risk Analysis
- Adjusting the Discount Rate or Payback Period.
- Adjusting Expected Values.
- Exchange Rate Changes and Inflation
- Application Factoring in Currency Depreciation and Inflation
- Estimation of Project Cash Flows
- Initial Investment Outlay.
- FIGURE 17.1 Initial Investment Outlay in IMT-U.K. ($2 = £1)
- Financing IMT-U.K.
- FIGURE 17.2 Initial Balance sheet of IMT-U.K. ($2 = £1)
- Interest Subsidies.
- Sales and Revenue Forecasts.
- FIGURE 17.3 Present Value of IMT-U.K.: Project Viewpoint
- Production Cost Estimates.
- Projected Net Income.
- Additions to Working Capital.
- Terminal Value.
- Estimated Project Present Value.
- Initial Investment Outlay.
- Estimation of Parent Cash Flows
- Loan Payments.
- Remittances to IMT-TW.
- FIGURE 17.4 Dividends and Fees Royalties Received by IMT-TW (US$ Millions)
- Earnings on Exports to IMT-U.K.
- FIGURE 17.5 Net Cash Flows from Exports to IMT-U.K
- Estimated Present Value of Project to IMT-TW.
- FIGURE 17.6 Present Value of IMT-U.K.: Parent Viewpoint (US$ Millions)
- Lost Sales.
- FIGURE 17.7 Value of Lost Export Sales
- Expropriation
- Application BanaBay Calculates the Consequences of Expropriation
- FIGURE 17.8 BanaBay’s Choices (€ Millions)
- Application BanaBay Calculates the Consequences of Expropriation
- Application Brascan Calculates the Consequences of Currency Controls
- FIGURE 17.9 Cash Flows to Brascan (C$ Millions)
- FIGURE 17.10 The Gold-mine Operating Decision
- FIGURE 17.11 Valuing a Growth Option to Undertake a Follow-Up Project
- QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- WEB RESOURCES
- WEB EXERCISES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Avoidance
- Insurance
- Negotiating the Environment
- Structuring the Investment
- Changing the Benefit/Cost Ratio
- Application Beijing Jeep
- Developing Local Stakeholders
- Adaptation
- 18 International Trade Management
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 18.1 Payment Terms in International Trade
- Cash in Advance
- Documentary Credit
- FIGURE 18.1 Documentary Credit
- FIGURE 18.2 Relationships Among the Three Parties to a Documentary Credit
- FIGURE 18.3 Example of Documentary Credit Financing of Imports into Nigeria
- Online Alternatives.
- Draft
- FIGURE 18.4 Time Draft
- FIGURE 18.5 Banker’s Acceptance
- Consignment
- Open Account
- FIGURE 18.6 International Methods of Payment: Advantages and Disadvantages (Ranked by Risk)
- Banks and Trade Financing
- Collecting Overdue Accounts
- 18.2 Documents in International Trade
- Bill of Lading
- Commercial Invoice
- Insurance Certificate
- Consular Invoice
- 18.3 Financing Techniques in International Trade
- Bankers’ Acceptances
- Creating an Acceptance.
- FIGURE 18.7 Example of Banker’s Acceptance Financing of Imports: Created, Discounted, Sold, and Paid at Maturity
- Terms of Acceptance Financing.
- Evaluating the Cost of Acceptance Financing
- Creating an Acceptance.
- Discounting
- Factoring
- Evaluating the Cost of Factoring.
- Forfaiting
- Bankers’ Acceptances
- 18.4 Government Sources of Export Financing and Credit Insurance
- FIGURE 18.8 Export-Import Agencies
- Export Financing
- FIGURE 18.9 COFACE Country Risk Ratings
- Trends.
- Export-Credit Insurance
- Taking Advantage of Government-Subsidized Export Financing
- Export Financing Strategy.
- Import Financing Strategy.
- FIGURE 18.10 Alternative Sources of Procurement: Hypothetical Copper Mine (US$ Million)
- Application Marc Rich & Co. Recreates the Former Soviet Union’s Supply System
- QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- WEB RESOURCES
- WEB EXERCISES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 19.1 International Cash Management
- Organization
- Collection and Disbursement of Funds
- FIGURE 19.1 How Multinationals Expedite Their Collection of Receivables
- Application How Firms Coped with the Euro Crisis
- Application International Cash Management at National Semiconductor
- FIGURE 19.2 Reviewing Disbursements: Auditing Payment Instruments
- Payments Netting in International Cash Management
- Bilateral and Multilateral Netting
- FIGURE 19.3A Payment Flows before Multilateral Netting
- Information Requirements.
- FIGURE 19.3B Intercompany Payments Matrix (U.S. € Millions)
- FIGURE 19.3C Payment Flows After Multilateral Netting
- Foreign Exchange Controls.
- Analysis.
- Application Cost/Benefit Analysis of an International Cash Management System
- Bilateral and Multilateral Netting
- Management of the Short-Term Investment Portfolio
- FIGURE 19.4 Key Money Market Instruments
- Portfolio Guidelines
- Optimal Worldwide Cash Levels
- Evaluation and Control.
- Cash Planning and Budgeting
- Application An Italian Cash Management System
- Multinational Cash Mobilization.
- FIGURE 19.5 Daily Cash Reports of European Central Cash Pool (US$ Thousands)
- FIGURE 19.6 Aggregate Cash Position of European Central Cash Pool (US$ Thousands)
- FIGURE 19.7 Five-Day Cash Forecast of European Central Cash Pool (US$ Thousands)
- Credit Extension
- Application Evaluating Credit Extension Overseas
- Production Location and Inventory Control
- Advance Inventory Purchases
- Inventory Stockpiling
- Key Factors in Short-Term Financing Strategy
- Short-Term Financing Objectives
- Short-Term Financing Options
- Intercompany Financing.
- Local Currency Financing.
- Bank Loans.
- Forms of Bank Credit
- Interest Rates on Bank Loans
- Commercial Paper.
- Calculating the Costs of Alternative Financing Options
- Case 1: No Taxes.
- Analysis
- Case 2: Taxes.
- Analysis
- Case 1: No Taxes.
- QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- WEB RESOURCES
- WEB EXERCISES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 20.1 The Value of the Multinational Financial System
- FIGURE 20.1 The Multinational Corporate Financial System
- Mode of Transfer
- Timing Flexibility
- Value
- FIGURE 20.2 Market Imperfections that Enhance the Value of Internal Financial Transactions
- Tax Factors
- Transfer Pricing
- Tax Effects.
- FIGURE 20.3 Tax Effect of High Versus Low Transfer Price (US$ Thousands)
- Tariffs
- FIGURE 20.4 Tax-Plus-Tariff Effect of High Versus Low Transfer Price (US$ Thousands)
- Exchange Controls.
- Joint Ventures.
- Disguising Profitability.
- Evaluation and Control.
- Tax Effects.
- Reinvoicing Centers
- Fees and Royalties
- Application Glaxo Gets an Ulcer from the IRS
- Leading and Lagging
- FIGURE 20.5 Fund-Transfer Effects of Leading and Lagging
- Shifting Liquidity.
- Advantages.
- Government Restrictions.
- Intercompany Loans
- Back-to-Back Loans.
- FIGURE 20.6 Structure of a Back-to-Back Loan
- Parallel Loans.
- FIGURE 20.7 Structure of a Parallel Loan
- Back-to-Back Loans.
- Tax Effects.
- FIGURE 20.8 Tax Effects of Dividend Remittances from Abroad
- Financing Requirements.
- Exchange Controls.
- Joint Ventures.
- FIGURE 20.9 Euro Cash Flows Under Debt and Equity Financing
- FIGURE 20.10 Euro Cash Flows Under Debt and Equity Financing
- Prerequisites
- Information Requirements
- Behavioral Consequences
- QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- WEB RESOURCES
- WEB EXERCISES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Glossary
- Index
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