Course Co-ordinator: Professor R Buckland

Pre-requisite(s): AC 2030 Business Finance and PO 2504 Understanding Statistics

Environment and objectives of MNCs
Modes of International Business
4-way equivalence
Exchange rates
Strategy and appraisal
Short term decisions
Mergers and acquisitions
Treasury Management
Currency market developments
Tax and Regulation

The course comprises.
(a) A series of 24 lectures
(b) A series of 6 fortnightly one-hour seminars
(c) A series of 6 fortnightly 2-hour computer classes.

1st Attempt: There are two elements to assessment:
1. Continuous assessment
a. Group presentation (5%)
b. Individual report (25%, maximum 2,500 words)

2. Exam
a. Objective test (during exam period) (20%)
b. A two hour closed book examination (50%).

An objective test and a two hour closed book examination. Previous coursework will be taken into account unless doing so would cause a student who passed the resit exam to fail the course overall, in which case the overall mark will be CAS 9.