Fundamentals of International Finance
Survey Questions
1. At what level is your international finance course taught?
a. Undergraduate
b. Graduate
2. What book are you currently using? __________________________________________
What are the chapters, concepts, or features most crucial in evaluating an international
finance course?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
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3. Please review the table of contents. Which chapters would cover in class?
3a.
Is the overall sequence of chapters appropriate for your course?
3b.
From looking at the detailed table of contents please tell us how the sequence and
coverage compares with your current book?
Chapter
1. The Globalization
Process
2. History of Foreign
Exchange Rates
3. The Balance of
Payments
4. International Parity
Conditions
5. Foreign Exchange
Rate Determination
6. Foreign Exchange
Markets
7. Foreign Currency
Derivatives
8. Transaction Exposure
9. Operating Exposure
10. Translation Exposure
11. The Global Cost and
Availability of Capital
12. Sourcing Equity
Globally
13. Financial Structure
Cover
Don’t
Cover
Sequence
and
coverage is
superior to
current
text
Prefer
sequence
and
coverage in
current
text
and International Debt
14. Interest Rate and
Currency Swaps
15. Foreign Direct
Investment Theory
and Strategy
16. Multinational Capital
Budgeting
17. Adjusting for Risk in
Foreign Investment
18. Cross-Border Mergers,
Acquisitions and
Valuation
19. International Portfolio
Theory and
Diversification
20. Multinational Tax
Management
21. Repositioning
Earnings
22. Working Capital
Management
23. International Trade
Finance
4. Do you or would you like to cover the topics listed below? For each of these topics does
the coverage compare favorably or unfavorably with your current book?
Coverage is better
than current text
History of Foreign Exchange
Markets (Chapter 2)
Corporate Governance (Ch. 1, pp
14-15, Ch 5., coverage of the
Asian Crisis, and Chapter 18)
Interest Rates and Currency
Swaps (Chapter 14)
Foreign Direct Investment
Theory (Chapter 15)
International Portfolio Theory
(Chapter 19)
International Taxation (Chapter
20)
Repositioning of Funds (Chapter
21)
Prefer coverage in
current text
5. Please review the pedagogy listed below in Fundamentals of International Finance.
Overall, does the pedagogy compare favorably or unfavorably with your current book?
Pedagogy is superior
to current text
Prefer the pedagogy
in current text
Pedagogical Framework (each
chapter begins with Learning
Objectives and ends with a
Chapter Summary)
Extensive Use of Illustrations
and exhibits in full color
(examples: 124, 154, 255)
Running Case using
hypothetical firm, the Trident
Corporation (example: see page
4 for an explanation of how
Trident will be used. Then see
p. 177 and internet exercise on
193)
Spreadsheet Analysis (example:
Chapter 7 p 148-154)
Mini-case at the end of every
chapter, using a real company
case (examples, p. 20, 62, 136,
282)
Global Finance Perspectives box
(examples: 16, 17, 188, 120,
279)
Internet Exercise at the end of
every chapter
6. Based on your review of the content and pedagogy, how likely would you be to adopt this
text for your international finance class. Please rate on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being
least likely and 10 being most likely.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
7. Name: __________________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________________
Social Security Number:____________________________________________________