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Managing Global Finance in the Digital Economy » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Francisco Carrada-Bravo
ISBN-13: 9781567205275, ISBN-10: 1567205275
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: June 2003
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Francisco Carrada-Bravo

FRANCISCO CARRADA-BRAVO is Professor of World Business at Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management, in Glendale, Arizona. He has taught at Brandeis University, Harvard Business School, and the University of California at Berkeley, and he is the author of several books on global finance.

Book Synopsis

Delineates the influence of globalization and digital technology on global financial management.

Table of Contents

Illustrationsix
Prefacexiii
Introductionxv
1.The Fundamentals of Value Creation in the Digital Economy1
2.Interpreting and Forecasting Financial Statements25
3.The Foreign Exchange Market41
4.The Fundamentals of Investing Globally55
5.Inflation, Interest Rates, and the Exchange Rate67
6.Global Arbitrage81
Case: SFK in Poland90
7.Globalization and the Balance of Payments95
Case: The U.S. Balance of Payments110
8.Financing Global Trade and Foreign Direct Investment113
Case: Wendy's in Saudi Arabia130
9.Exchange Rate Risk Management147
Case: Grey Goose in the United States161
10.Transaction Risk Management with Futures and Options163
Case AAmerican Thermoplastics in Japan178
Case BDigisolve, Risk Management in South Africa181
11.Managing Economic Risk187
Case: Giant Manufacturing and Economic Risk204
12.Interest and Currency International Swaps211
Case: Sumitomo Bank, Swapping in Asia224
13.Valuing a Foreign Business229
14.Value Creation in the Digital Economy249
Case: Dell Computers in Europe265
Index271

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