EMBA5817 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
| Course Code: | 8375817 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 1 (1.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Executive Master of Business Administration |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Masters |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
- familiarity with the issues that shape today's global markets
- ability to deal with the managerial issues related to international investing, financing, and exchange rate risk management,
Course Content
This course recognizes the importance of global integration of financial markets, a trend that is creating a host of threats and opportunities for individual investors and for firms that consider undertaking foreign projects and raising capital abroad. In this context, the students taking this course should expect to become familiar with the issues that shape today`s global markets and to acquire the skills necessary to tackle managerial problems related to international investing, financing, and exchange rate risk management.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Describe how exchange rates are determined.
- Understand and analyze parity conditions relating exchange rates and other economic indicators.
- Evaluate exchange rate related risk measures and the economic exposure.
- Describe and evaluate the use of currency futures and options to manage the risk of foreign exchange transactions.