Multinational Business Finance, Global Edition

David K. Eiteman is Professor Emeritus of Finance at the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA. He has also held teaching or research appointments at the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Showa Academy of Music (Japan), the National University of Singapore, Dalian University (China), the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration (Finland), University of Hawaii at Manoa, University of Bradford (UK), Cranfield School of Management (UK), and IDEA (Argentina). He is a former president of the International Trade and Finance Association, Society for Economics and Management in China, and Western Finance Association. Professor Eiteman received a BBA (Business Administration) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1952); MA (Economics) from the University of California, Berkeley (1956); and a PhD (Finance) from North-western University (1959). He has authored or co-authored 4 books and 29 other publications. His articles have appeared in The Journal of Finance, The International Trade Journal, Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of World Business, Management International, Business Horizons, MSU Business Topics, Public Utilities Fortnightly, and others. Arthur I. Stonehill was a Professor of Finance and International Business, Emeritus, at Oregon State University, where he taught for 24 years (1966 to 1990). During 1991 to 1997 he held a split appointment at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Copenhagen Business School. From 1997 to 2001 he continued as a Visiting Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He has also held teaching or research appointments at the University of California, Berkeley; Cranfield School of Management (UK); and the North European Management Institute (Norway). He was a former president of the Academy of International Business, and was a western director of the Financial Management Association. Professor Stonehill received a BA (History) from Yale University (1953); an MBA from Harvard Business School (1957); and a PhD in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley (1965). He was awarded honorary doctorates from the Aarhus School of Business (Denmark, 1989), the Copenhagen Business School (Denmark, 1992), and Lund University (Sweden, 1998). He authored or co-authored 9 books and 25 other publications. His articles appeared in Financial Management, Journal of International Business Studies, California Management Review, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting, International Business Review, European Management Journal, The Investment Analyst (UK), Nationaløkonomisk Tidskrift (Denmark), Sosialøkonomen (Norway), Journal of Financial Education, and others. Michael H. Moffett is Continental Grain Professor in Finance at the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University, where he has been since 1994. He also has held teaching or research appointments at Oregon State University (1985 to 1993); the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1991 to 1993); the Brookings Institution, Washington, DC; the University of Hawaii at Manoa; the Aarhus School of Business (Den-mark); the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration (Finland), the International Centre for Public Enterprises (Yugoslavia); and the University of Colorado, Boulder. Professor Moffett received a BA (Economics) from the University of Texas at Austin (1977), an MS (Resource Economics) from Colorado State University (1979), an MA (Economics) from the University of Colorado, Boulder (1983), and PhD (Economics) from the University of Colorado, Boulder (1985). He has authored, co-authored, or contributed to a number of books, articles, case studies, and other publications. He has co-authored 2 books with Art Stonehill and David Eiteman, Fundamentals of Multinational Finance, and this book, Multinational Business Finance. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting, Contemporary Policy Issues, Brookings Discussion Papers in International Economics, and others. He has contributed to a number of collected works including the Handbook of Modern Finance, the International Accounting and Finance Handbook, and the Encyclopedia of International Business. He is also co-author of 2 books in multinational business with Michael Czinkota and Ilkka Ronkainen, International Business (7th Edition) and Global Business (4th Edition), and The Global Oil and Gas Industry: Strategy, Finance, and Management, with Andrew Inkpen.

PART I: GLOBAL FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT

1. Multinational Financial Management: Challenges and Opportunities
2. International Monetary System
3. The Balance of Payments
4. Financial Goals, Corporate Governance and the Market for Corporate Control

PART II: FOREIGN EXCHANGE THEORY & MARKETS

5. The Foreign Exchange Market
6. International Parity Conditions
Appendix: An Algebraic Primer to International Parity Conditions
7. Foreign Currency Derivatives: Futures & Options
Appendix: Currency Option Pricing Theory
8. Interest Rate Risk and Swaps
9. Foreign Exchange Rate Determination & Intervention

PART III: FOREIGN EXCHANGE EXPOSURE

10. Transaction Exposure
Appendix A: Complex Option Hedges
Appendix B: The Optimal Hedge Ratio and Hedge Effectiveness
11. Translation Exposure
12. Operating Exposure

PART IV: FINANCING THE GLOBAL FIRM

13. Global Cost and Availability of Capital
14. Funding the Multinational Firm
15. Multinational Tax Management
16. International Trade Finance

PART V: FOREIGN INVESTMENTS AND INVESTMENT ANALYSIS

17. Foreign Direct Investment & Political Risk
18. Multinational Capital Budgeting & Cross-Border Acquisitions
Answers to select end-of-chapter problems