BX3031 - Multinational Business Finance

Credit points:	03
Year:	2013
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	School of Business

This subject introduces students to the vital areas of corporate financial management in today's globalised world of business. While the focus will be mostly on the financial management of multinational enterprises, students should be aware that, increasingly, domestically-focussed businesses are exposed to international risk, as they engage in exporting and importing, or borrowing in foreign currencies.

Learning Outcomes

• Evaluate aspects of globalisation and the foreign exchange market;
• Examine the essential features of currency futures and options contracts;
• Discuss the nature of corporate exposure to transaction and translation foreign exchange rate risk and understand the strategies for their management;
• Explain the nature of operating exposure and discuss the strategies for its management;
• Examine the nature of interest rate and currency swaps and their uses in multinational financial risk management; Discuss the principles of global corporate financing including the concepts of integrated and segmented capital markets.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Prerequisites:	CO2601 OR BU2004 OR BX2014
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	CO2602 AND CO3611

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Coord/Lect:	Dr Rafiuddin Ahmed.
Contact hours:	39 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (55%); quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (25%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51
Census Date 21-Mar-2013
Coordinator:	Dr Rafiuddin Ahmed
Contact hours:	36 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (55%); quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (25%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53
Census Date 14-Nov-2013
Coordinator:	Dr Rafiuddin Ahmed
Contact hours:	36 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (55%); quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (25%).
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21
Census Date 18-Apr-2013
Coordinator:	Dr Rafiuddin Ahmed
Contact hours:	39 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (55%); quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (25%).
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23
Census Date 13-Dec-2013
Coordinator:	Dr Rafiuddin Ahmed
Contact hours:	39 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (55%); quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (25%).

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