3504071: International business finance

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Semester:SS 13
Type:Lecture
Language:English
ECTS-Credits:3.0
Scheduled in semester:2
Semester Hours per Week / Contact Hours:45.0 L / 34.0 h
Self-directed study time:56.0 h

Module coordination/Lecturers

Curricula

Master's degree programme in Banking and Financial Management (01.10.2008)

Description

  • Global Financial Environment
  • International Parity Conditions
  • Foreign Exchange Rate Determination and Forecasting
  • The Foreign Exchange Market and Foreign Currency Derivatives
  • Foreign Exchange Exposure
  • Financing the Global Firm
  • Foreign Investment Decisions
  • International Trade Finance
  • Working Capital Management

Learning Outcomes

  • Having at ones disposal comprehensive and integrated knowledge of the majority of core areas in international business finance
  • Independently solving problems in international business finance by means of acquired concepts
  • Applying procedures and techniques that are specialised and always state-of-the-art
  • Identifying, conceptualising and defining new and abstract issues and problems in international business finance
  • Communicating acquired information comprehensibly to specialists and laities

Qualifications

Lectures Method

Interactive lecture with exercises

Literature

Required reading:

  • Eiteman, D.K. /Stonehill, A. I. /Moffett, M.H. (2007). Multinational Business Finance (11th ed.). Boston: Pearson.
  • Madura, J. (2006). International Financial Management (8th ed.). Cincinnati: South-Western.
  • Sercu, P. /Uppal, R. (1995). International Financial Markets and the Firm. Cincinnati: South-Western.

Materials

Lecture slides and additional literature will be available on moodle

Exam Modalities

  • Written examination 90 minutes editing time
  • Obligatory class participation

Dates

DatumZeitRaum
14.03.201309:00 - 16:30H4
02.05.201309:00 - 16:30H4
17.05.201309:00 - 16:30H4
18.05.201309:00 - 16:30H4