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1、CHAPTER1GLOBALIZATIONANDTHEMULTINATIONALFIRMANSWERS&SOLUTIONSTOEND-OF-CHAPTERQUESTIONSANDPROBLEMSQUESTIONS1.Whyisitimportanttostudyinternationalfinancialmanagement?Answer:Wearenowlivinginaworldwhereallthemajoreconomicfunctions,i.e.,consumption,production,and
2、investment,arehighlyglobalized.Itisthusessentialforfinancialmanagerstofullyunderstandvitalinternationaldimensionsoffinancialmanagement.Thisglobalshiftisinmarkedcontrasttoasituationthatexistedwhentheauthorsofthisbookwerelearningfinancesometwentyyearsago.Attha
3、ttime,mostprofessorscustomarily(andsafely,tosomeextent)ignoredinternationalaspectsoffinance.Thismodeofoperationhasbecomeuntenablesincethen.2.Howisinternationalfinancialmanagementdifferentfromdomesticfinancialmanagement?Answer:Therearethreemajordimensionsthat
4、setapartinternationalfinancefromdomesticfinance.Theyare:1.foreignexchangeandpoliticalrisks,2.marketimperfections,and3.expandedopportunityset.3.Discussthemajortrendsthathaveprevailedininternationalbusinessduringthelasttwodecades.Answer:The1990sbroughtarapidin
5、tegrationofinternationalcapitalandfinancialmarkets.Impetusforglobalizedfinancialmarketsinitiallycamefromthegovernmentsofmajorcountriesthathadbeguntoderegulatetheirforeignexchangeandcapitalmarkets.Theeconomicintegrationandglobalizationthatbeganintheeightiesis
6、pickingupspeedinthe1990sviaprivatization.Privatizationistheprocessbywhichacountrydivestsitselfoftheownershipandoperationofabusinessventurebyturningitovertothefreemarketsystem.Tradeliberalizationandeconomicintegrationcontinuedtoproceedatboththeregionalandglob
7、allevels.InEurope©2012byMcGraw-HillEducation.Thisisproprietarymaterialsolelyforauthorizedinstructoruse.Notauthorizedforsaleordistributioninanymanner.Thisdocumentmaynotbecopied,scanned,duplicated,forwarded,distributed,orpostedonawebsite,inwholeorpart.,manyEUm
8、embercountrieshaveadoptedthecommoncurrency,euro,thathasbecomethesecondglobalcurrencyaftertheU.S.dollar.4.Howisacountry’seconomicwell-beingenhancedthroughfreeinternationaltradeingoodsandservices?
