FIN 442

MULTINATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE

Winter 2013
Lee McClain
Parks Hall 39
(360) 650-3973
Lee.McClain@wwu.edu

OFFICE HOURS: TR 10:00-11:50 and by appointment

PREREQUISITES: FIN 341

REQUIRED MATERIALS:
Moffett, Stonehill, Eiteman; Fundamentals of Multinational Finance, 4th ed. (Prentice Hall, 2012) ISBN: 0132138077.
Access to The Wall Street Journal.

COURSE OBJECTIVES/LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. To expand a student’s knowledge beyond domestic financial management.
2. Understand the international financial environment.
3. Examine exchange rate risk management.
4. Examine foreign investment analysis.
5. Understand options for financing foreign operations.
6. To introduce students to the ethical, global, political, social, legal and regulatory, demographic diversity, environmental, and technological issues as related to an introductory study of multinational corporate finance.

ASSESSMENT OF OBJECTIVES: Accomplishment of objectives/learning outcomes will be assessed on the papers, problem sets, participation, article reviews, and summaries.

FINAL GRADE: BASED UPON A PERCENTAGE OF THE POINTS YOU EARN FROM THE TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE IN THIS COURSE.

TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE: ARTICLE REVIEWS (30 pts each) 120 CASE STUDIES 150 PARTICIPATION 40 PROBLEM SETS 50 FOREIGN EXCHANGE SUMMARY 40 400

PROBLEM SETS: Students may work in groups of three or four. The problems will come from questions at the end of the chapter. Randomly, people will be asked to present the problems on the due date and that presentation will be reflected in their participation grade.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE SUMMARY: A three to four page summary of what happened in the foreign exchange markets over the previous five weeks. Five people will be selected to present their summary to the class and that presentation will