This course extends the basic concepts and theories of financial management to a multinational setting. The emphasis is on corporate decision making in an international context. In addition to the traditional international finance topics --such as determinants of exchange rates, parity conditions and currency forecasting,currency risk exposure and management, and political and country risk analysis-- more contemporary issues including global funding, international portfolio investments, multinational capital budgeting, pricing, international performance evaluation, corporate valuation and recapitalization, and international mergers and acquisitions are covered.