NOTES- INTERNATIONAL FINANCE TOPIC 1: INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCE Learning objectives After reading this topic you should be able to: • • • • • • Understand the background of international finance Define international finance Explain the reason for studying international finance Explain the roles of international financial manager Understand the background of multinational corporations Distinguish between international finance and domestic finance 1.1 BACKGROUND TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
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Background to HRM at General Motors Corporation General Motors Corporation (NYE: GM) is the leading American automaker in the world with its operations spanning in 157 countries. The car manufacturer was established in 1908 in Michigan and today it is headquartered in Detroit‚ the United States of America. Besides the domestic industry of the United States of America‚ General Motors manufactures cars and trucks in other 30 countries around the world. Among its brand products are Cadillac
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General Motors Corporation S B Davenport University I often wonder if in 1982 when R.E olds first converted his father’s naval and industrial engine factory into the Olds Motor Vehicle Company to build horseless carriages‚ did he know he was making way to for the largest full-line vehicle manufacturer and marketer (General Motors Corporation. 2011). The beginning of General Motors (GM) Corporation all begin from the minds of just a four innovative engineers and good businessman. When R.E.
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General Motors Analysis I. Executive Summary II. Company Overview and History III. Analysis of External Environment a. Analysis of the General Environment b. Analysis of the Competitive Environment i. Dominant Economic Characteristics of the Industry Environment 1. Market size and growth rate 2. Number and sizes of competitors 3. Stage in the industry life cycle ii. Strategic Group Analysis
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1. INTRODUCTION General Motors is a motor vehicle company in the United States that started manufacturing in 1915. The purpose of this report is to examine the decisions that were made within the company‚ in the lead up to their financial crisis in 1991. In the years preceding this downfall‚ the CEO Robert Smith made several decisions that contributed to the declining financial status of General Motors. Consequently‚ when Smith retired‚ the Black Swan Event of America’s recession left the next
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pounds per dollar under this fixed exchange regime was A) £4.8665/$. B) £0.2055/$. C) always changing because the price of gold was always changing. D) unknown because there is not enough information to answer this question 3. The post WWII international monetary agreement that was developed in 1944 is known as the ________. A) United Nations. B) League of Nations. C) Yalta Agreement. D) Bretton Woods Agreement. 4. Which of the following led to the eventual demise of the fixed currency exchange
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INTERNATIONAL FINNACE: International Finance is an area of financial economics that deals with monetary interactions between two or more countries‚ concerning itself with topics such as currency exchange rates‚ international monetary systems‚ foreign direct investment‚ and issues of international financial management including political risk and foreign exchange risk inherent in managing multinational corporations. OR International finance is the branch of economics that studies the dynamics of
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History of General Motors The Renaissance Center in Detroit‚ Michigan‚ is General Motors ’ world headquarters. General Motors Corporation‚ also known as GM or GMC‚ is the world ’s second largest car manufacturer based on annual sales. Founded in 1908‚ in Flint‚ Michigan‚ GM employs approximately 284‚000 people around the world. With global headquarters at the Renaissance Center in Detroit‚ Michigan‚ USA‚ GM manufactures its cars and trucks in 33 countries. Their European headquarters is based
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brand portfolio. Some nameplates like Pontiac‚ Oldsmobile‚ Saturn‚ Hummer‚ and service brands like Goodwrench were discontinued. Others‚ like SAAB‚ were sold. Main brands: - Chevrolet - Cadillac - GMC - Buick A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Today‚ General Motors is the world’s largest automotive company – with operations in more than 120 countries worldwide. In 2011 we sold 9.0 million vehicles. Our business is diversified across products and geographic markets. We meet the local sales and service needs
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In H. Kent Baker and Leigh A. Riddick (eds.) Survey of International Finance‚ Oxford University Press‚ 2012 2 A Primer on Exchange Rate Behavior JAMES R. LOTHIAN Distinguished Professor of Finance‚ Fordham University M A R K P. T A Y L O R Dean‚ Warwick Business School; Professor of Finance‚ University of Warwick Introduction An exchange rate is the relative price of one country’s money in terms of another. What is being exchanged as money has varied over time with the particular
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