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Focusing on the international financial environment, the authors survey the balance of payments analysis, international monetary agreements, the international banking activities of both public and private agencies, the mechanics of trading activities in the foreign exchange and money markets, theories about the determination of spot and forward market relationships, and the movements of spot exchange rates over time. The second part covers cash management, trade financing instrument and analysis, financing options in domestic and Euromarkets, external and internal accounting issues, evaluation and control procedures for a foreign operation, and evaluation of covering activities with multiple divisions and a centralized financial management. The third part discusses foreign investment analysis, determination of cash flows, cost of capital, measurement of risk and intertemporal portfolio budgeting in the multinational firm. ISBN 0-13-472969-2 : $27.95