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1、CHAPTER1GLOBALIZATIONANDTHEMULTINATIONALFIRMANSWERS&SOLUTIONSTOEND-OF-CHAPTERQUESTIONSANDPROBLEMSQUESTIONS1.Whyisitimportanttostudyinternationalfinancialmanagement?Answer:Wearenowlivinginaworldwhereallthemajoreconomicfunctions,i.e.,consumption,productio
2、n,andinvestment,arehighlyglobalized.Itisthusessentialforfinancialmanagerstofullyunderstandvitalinternationaldimensionsoffinancialmanagement.Thisglobalshiftisinmarkedcontrasttoasituationthatexistedwhentheauthorsofthisbookwerelearningfinancesometwentyyear
3、sago.Atthattime,mostprofessorscustomarily(andsafely,tosomeextent)ignoredinternationalaspectsoffinance.Thismodeofoperationhasbecomeuntenablesincethen.2.Howisinternationalfinancialmanagementdifferentfromdomesticfinancialmanagement?Answer:Therearethreemajo
4、rdimensionsthatsetapartinternationalfinancefromdomesticfinance.Theyare:1.foreignexchangeandpoliticalrisks,2.marketimperfections,and3.expandedopportunityset.3.Discussthemajortrendsthathaveprevailedininternationalbusinessduringthelasttwodecades.Answer:The
5、1990sbroughtarapidintegrationofinternationalcapitalandfinancialmarkets.Impetusforglobalizedfinancialmarketsinitiallycamefromthegovernmentsofmajorcountriesthathadbeguntoderegulatetheirforeignexchangeandcapitalmarkets.Theeconomicintegrationandglobalizatio
6、nthatbeganintheeightiesispickingupspeedinthe1990sviaprivatization.Privatizationistheprocessbywhichacountrydivestsitselfoftheownershipandoperationofabusinessventurebyturningitovertothefreemarketsystem.Tradeliberalizationandeconomicintegrationcontinuedtop
7、roceedatboththeregionalandgloballevels.InEurope?2012byMcGraw-HillEducation.Thisisproprietarymaterialsolelyforauthorizedinstructoruse.Notauthorizedforsaleordistributioninanymanner.Thisdocumentmaynotbecopied,scanned,duplicated,forwarded,distributed,orpost
8、edonawebsite,inwholeorpart.,manyEUmembercountrieshaveadoptedthecommoncurrency,euro,thathasbecomethesecondglobalcurrencyaftertheU.S.dollar.4.Howisacountry’seconomicwell-beingenhancedthroughfreeinternationaltradeingoodsandservices?