Chapter Objective: This chapter discusses various issues associated with foreign direct investments by MNCs, which play a key role in shaping the nature of the emerging global economy

Chapter Objective This chapter discusses various methods available forthe management of transaction exposure facingmultinational firms

Chapter Objectives: This chapter provides a way to measure economic exposure, discusses its determinants, and presents methods for managing and hedging economic exposure

Chapter Objective: This chapter discusses exchange-traded currency futures contracts, options contracts and options on currency futures

Chapter Objective: This chapter discusses both the primary and secondary equity markets throughout the world

Chapter Objective: This chapter continues discussion of international capital markets with a discussion of the structure of the international bond market

Chapter Objective: This chapter serves to introduce the student to the institutional framework within which: International payments are made. The movement of capital is accommodated. Exchange rates are determined

Chapter Objective: This chapter serves to introduce the student to the balance of payments. How it is constructed and how balance of payments data may be interpreted

Multinational Firm Chapter Objectives: Understand why it is important to study international finance.Distinguish international finance from domestic finance

Chapter Objective: This chapter serves to begin our discussion of world financial markets and institutions