Clarify tough topics
· Expanded - The Impossible Trinity’s use as a unifying theoretical link across multiple subjects and chapters.
· New - How the changing structure of the global foreign exchange market is posing challenges for private players and public regulators and overseers.
· Expanded - Translation Exposure, a cross-section of international finance, economics, and accounting, now more effectively covers its wider theoretical and practical applications in industry.
· Expanded - Discussion of subsidiary foreign funding sources and practices includes recent developments and changing access to capital.
· New - The seismic changes introduced by the US effective on January 1, 2018, have been highlighted in exploration of how taxation alters the fundamental financial management activities of global companies.
· Revised - The chapter on foreign direct investment and political risk now reflects the growing use of restrictions on convertibility, transferability, and the possibility of repudiation or expropriation.
Boost critical-thinking skills
· Learning Objectives are included in each chapter and are aligned with MyLab Finance.
· Global Finance in Practice highlights how real firms and real managers deal with the never-ending complexity of executing global business deals in a changing marketplace.
· Expanded - 250 End-of-Chapter Questions and Problems assess students’ understanding of the material.
· Numerous mathematical derivations are placed in appendices for selective use as students/instructors see fit.
Proven pedagogical tools
· A student-friendly writing style, combined with a structured presentation of material -- beginning with learning objectives for each chapter and ending with a summarization of how those learning objectives were realized, is used. Critical elements are also delivered in a shorter framework.
· A wealth of illustrations and exhibits provide a visual parallel to the concepts and content presented.
· A running case on a hypothetical Ireland-based firm, Aidan Corporation, provides a cohesive framework for the multifaceted globalization process, and is reinforced in several end-of-chapter problems.
· New - Seven of the 18 Mini-Cases are completely new to the 15th Edition and explore many of the edgier debates rising between global business, social policy, and corporate social responsibility.
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