TY - BOOK AU - O'Brien,Thomas J. TI - Applied international finance: Thomas J.O'Brien T2 - The finance and financial management collection SN - 9781606497340 U1 - 332.042 22 PY - 2014/// CY - New York : PB - Business Expert Press KW - Capital budget KW - BUEsh KW - Foreign exchange KW - International business enterprises KW - Business enterprises KW - Finance KW - BUSADM KW - December2016 N1 - Index : p. [255]-258; Bibliography : p. 249-253 N2 - Annotation; This text is designed for use in a course in an applied international corporate finance for managers and executives. Instead of the encyclopedic approach, the text focuses on the two main issues of interest to managers who deal with overseas operations. The first main issue is how uncertain foreign exchange (FX) rate changes affect a firm's ongoing cash flows and equity value, and what can be done about that risk. The second main issue is the estimation of the cost of capital for international operations and the evaluation of overseas investment proposals. Numerous examples of real world companies are used ER -