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International Financial Management
10th Edition
by Jeff Madura
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Multinational Financial Management:
An Overview
Chapter Objectives
This chapter will:
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Identify the management goal and organizational structure of the
Multinational Corporation (MNC).
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B.
Describe the key theories that justify international business
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Explain the common methods used to conduct international business
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Provide a model for valuing the MNC
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Multinational Corporation:
Firms that engage in some form of international business
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Facing Agency Problems
1. Agency Problem: conflict of goals between managers
and shareholders.
2. Agency Conflict Reduced by:
a. Parent control of agency problems
b. Corporate control of agency problems
c. Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002
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Management Structure of MNC
1. Centralized
2. Decentralized
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Why Firms Pursue International Business
1. Theory of Competitive Advantage: specialization
increases production efficiency.
2. Imperfect Markets Theory: factors of production are
somewhat immobile providing incentive to seek out
foreign opportunities.
3. Product Cycle Theory: as a firm matures, it
recognizes opportunities outside its domestic market.
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Exhibit 1.2 International Product Life Cycles
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How Firms Engage in International Business
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International trade
Licensing
Franchising
Joint Ventures
Acquisitions of existing operations
Establishing new foreign subsidiaries
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Valuation Model for an MNC:
Domestic Model
 E CF$,t 
V  
t 
t 1  1  k  
n



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where E(CF$,t) represents expected cash flows to be
received at the end of period t,
n represents the number of periods into the future in which
cash flows are received, and
k represents the required rate of return by investors.
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Valuation Model for an MNC:
International Cash Flows


E CF$,t    E CF j ,t  E S j ,t 
m
j 1
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
where CFj,t represents the amount of cash flow denominated
in a particular foreign currency j at the end of period t,
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Sj,t represents the exchange rate at which the foreign
currency (measured in dollars per unit of the foreign
currency) can be converted to dollars at the end of period t.
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Exhibit 1.3 Cash Flow Diagrams for MNCs
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Uncertainty Surrounding MNC Cash Flows
1. Exposure to international economic conditions
2. Exposure to international political risk
3. Exposure to exchange rate risk
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