This module note describes the seventh module in the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. The module focuses on how national and international regulatory regimes influence financial decisions. The module explores how how national regulatory regimes interact, the prospects for...

This module note describes the sixth module in the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. The module explores the issues confronting firms that operate in weak institutional environments. The cases examine situations where investor protections are limited and how firms can...

This module note describes the fifth module in the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. This module explores how segmented capital markets create financing opportunities for firms and the mechanisms that evolve to take advantage of those opportunities. The issues raised in...

This module note describes the third module of the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. The module focuses on the financial and managerial issues that confront managers who make financial decisions within multinational firms: how subsidiaries should be financed and owned, how...

SUBJECT AREAS: Asset allocation, Portfolio choice, Financial management, Institutional investments, Investments, Equity investing, Fixed income investing, Pension funds, Mutual funds, Performance EvaluationThis note provides an overview of the main ideas and structure of a 15-session module on...

This module note describes the fourth module of the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. The module explores how valuation differs in an international context and introduces students to the major issues in cross-border valuations: how to value investments in currencies other...

This module note describes the second module of the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. The module focuses on how firms identify, measure and manage currency exposures. The cases first introduce students to foreign exchange exposures and the tools used to manage currency...

This module note describes the first module of the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. This introductory module focuses on the concepts and skills that students need throughout a course on international finance: a familiarity with exchange rates and associated instruments;...

This overview note describes the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. The note begins by arguing that the forces of globalization have fundamentally changed the scope and activities of firms thereby altering the practice of finance within these firms. As a consequence of an...