Introduction to the Course:
International Financial Management
Ing. Jana Šimáková, Ph.D.
simakova@opf.slu.cz

•International Financial Environment
•International Financial Markets
•Foreign Exchange Market and Exchange Rates
•Exchange Rate Risk Management
•International Long-Term Asset and Liabilities Management
•International Short-Term Asset and Liabilities Management
•Country Risk Analysis
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Contents
Introduction to the Course: International Financial Management

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Assessment of the Course
Introduction to the Course: International Financial Management
Activities
% of total
points
Seminar paper
20 %
20 p.
Ongoing test
10 %
10 p.
Discussion
10 %
10 p.
Written exam
60 %
60 p.
∑
100 %
100 p.
A(1) 91-100
B(1,5) 81-90
C(2) 71-80
D(2,5) 61-70
E(3) 51-60
F(4) 0-50

•Date:
•29/3/2021 – during tutorial
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•Topic:
•Discussion of the solutions for companies from the given case studies. Case studies will be
published 2 weeks before discussion.
Discussion (10 points)
Introduction to the Course: International Financial Management

•Date:
•12/4/2021– during tutorial
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•Form:
•Online test in IS (calculations)
Ongoing test (10 points)
Introduction to the Course: International Financial Management

•„Analysis of the International Investments of Selected Company“
•Basic parts of the seminar paper:
•Introduction (selected company and investments, motivation, aim of the paper, etc.)
•Characteristics of selected company (industry, financial characteristics, general involvement in
international economic activities, etc.)
•Characteristics of  selected investments of the company (form/type, organizational structure,
industry, economic and financial characteristics of the host country, investment climate in the
host country, reasons for selection the host country, risks of the investments, financing,
revenues, NPV, etc.)
•SWOT analysis of the investments
•Conclusion (concluding remarks, suggestions, recommendations, outlook)
•References
•Delivery: until 23/5/2021 through IS.
•Seminar paper should be processed in pairs.
•Page limit of the seminar paper:10-15 pages of the core text.
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Seminar paper (20 points)
Introduction to the Course: International Financial Management

Final exam (60 points)
Introduction to the Course: International Financial Management


•PPT presentations and information from lectures and seminars.
•MADURA, J., 2017. International Financial Management. 13th ed. Boston: Cengage Learning. ISBN
978-1-337-09973-8.
•BUTLER, K.C., 2016. Multinational Finance: Evaluating the Opportunities, Costs, and Risks of
Multinational Operations. 6th ed. New Yersey: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-119-21968-2.
•MADURA, J. a R. FOX, 2016. International Financial Management. 4th ed. Hampshire: Cengage
Learning. ISBN 978-1-4737-2550-8.
•SHAPIRO, A.C., 2013. Multinational Financial Management. 10th ed. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-118-57238-2.
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Study materials
Introduction to the Course: International Financial Management

•Ing. Jana Šimáková, Ph.D.
•Room A 338
•simakova@opf.slu.cz, + 420 596 398 309
•Office hours: Monday 13:15 -14:45
Tuesday   8:15 -  9:45
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•MS Teams Class: FIU/NAMFM International Financial Management
• Team code: ypranaj
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Contact information
Introduction to the Course: International Financial Management

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J