978-1337269964 Chapter 1 Lecture Notes

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Chapter 1
Multinational Financial Management: An Overview
Lecture Outline
Managing the MNC
How Business Disciplines Are Used to Manage the MNC
Agency Problems
Management Structure of an MNC
Why Firms Pursue International Business
Theory of Comparative Advantage
Imperfect Markets Theory
Product Cycle Theory
Methods to Conduct International Business
International Trade
Licensing
Franchising
Joint Ventures
Acquisitions of Existing Operations
Establishing New Foreign Subsidiaries
Summary of Methods
Valuation Model for an MNC
Domestic Model
Multinational Model
Uncertainty Surrounding an MNC’s Cash Flows
Summary of International Effects
How Uncertainty Affects the MNC’s Cost of Capital
Organization of the Text
Chapter Theme
This chapter introduces the multinational corporation as having similar goals to the purely domestic
corporation, but a wider variety of opportunities. With additional opportunities come potential increased
returns and other forms of risk to consider. The potential benefits and risks are introduced.
Topics to Stimulate Class Discussion
1. What is the appropriate definition of an MNC?
2. Why does an MNC expand internationally?
3. What are the risks of an MNC which expands internationally?
4. Why must purely domestic firms be concerned about the international environment?

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