Multinational Finance (Hardcover)

~ Kirt C. Butler (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Butler is certainly a strong candidate for future adoption. On the whole it’s easy to read and follow and covers most of the important topics in an integrated fashion.

Teaching international parity conditions (IPCs) is tricky. The average textbook presents them in a drab, unconnected manner, leaving the student confused and unaware of their importance in explaining realized currency returns and forming foreign exchange forecasts. Butler does an excellent job in covering this topic and avoids these pitfalls

Chapters 1-17 of the Butler text make it very straight-forward to extend the concepts/results from principles to the multinational setting.

Product Description

MULTINATIONAL FINANCE provides a concise treatment of the investment and financial decisions facing the multinational corporation. The text provides a framework for evaluating the opportunities, costs and risks of multinational operations so readers can see beyond the algebra and terminology to general principles. It is distinguished by its logical organization, superior pedagogy, and clear, non-technical writing style. It includes the traditional international finance topics of foreign exchange, currency and derivatives markets, currency risk (transaction, operating and translation) management, country risk, taxation, capital structure, cost of capital, and international portfolio diversification. It also has unique chapters on multinational treasury management, options on real assets, corporate governance, asset pricing, and international portfolio management.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Hardcover: 688 pages
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub; 3 edition (June 30, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0324177453
• ISBN-13: 978-0324177459
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #480,721 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

  Popular in these categories: (What's this?)

  #24 in	Books > Business & Investing > Accounting > International
  #48 in	Books > Professional & Technical > Accounting & Finance > International > Accounting

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Handy Reference Book for MBA Level, June 24, 2004

By	Simon Tang (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This textbook is used in our MBA International Finance course (1 semester) and we basically covered about 80% of the materials in the class. The book is well organised and, most importantly, the notations are very clear which helps understanding the materials. Each chapter include a list of references so that students who need to do further research (e.g. for their projects) can start from there. There are also extensive references to the current developments in international finance arena including internet links. We used the Conceptual Questions and Problems at the end of each chapter for revision purpose as well. I do not find much numerical errors as other reviewers mentioned in 2nd edition. Overall I find it very well-written and was useful for my learning experience.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, October 17, 2009

By	Huyan Yang - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Multinational Finance (Paperback)

This is a finance book with high value to price ratio. And in addition, what makes the book unique is that key point is summarized beside corresponding paragraph, making it easier for readers to understand.

5.0 out of 5 stars great, September 2, 2008

By	Nes - See all my reviews

This review is from: Multinational Finance (Paperback)

I got a very good price, a great book, and the shipping time was good.