A Note on the Macroeconomic Assumptions of International Financial Management

Ian H. Giddy

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 1977, vol. 12, issue 4, 601-605

Abstract: A review of the textbooks and syllabi used in courses on international financial management in several Eastern and Midwestern business schools reveals the existence of a number of common topics but substantial differences in the relative emphasis accorded to issues. Some concentrate on the financial and foreign exchange markets and on exchange rate forecasting; some on the measurement and hedging of exposure; some on the financing of international transactions; some on international accounting and control; and some on portfolio theory and capital market issues. Why do they differ? In part, because the educational objectives of institutions are different, some being much more practiceoriented than others. The M.B.A. students at Chicago, for example, are much more willing to engage in a theoretical discussion than are those at Columbia, who have a stronger decision-making orientation. Other differences arise from the pedagogical approach–the heavy use of cases, for example, tends to require a concentration on applicable techniques.

Date: 1977
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