Case Problems in International Finance

Table of Contents Part I Foreign Exchange Markets and Exchange-Rate Determination Managing the U. S. Dollar in the 1980s The Foreign Exchange Market: Background Note and Problem Set The Bank for International Development Note on Fundamental Parity Conditions Part II Capital Budgeting, Investment, and Cross-Border Valuation Note on Cross-Border Valuation MSDI - Alcala de Henares, Spain Ocean Drilling, Inc. Simmons Japan Limited Nippon-WTI, Ltd. Merck-Banyu Note on U. S. Taxation of Foreign-Source Corporate Income Whelan Pharmaceuticals: Tax Factors and Global Site Selection Part III Managing Exchange-Rate Exposures Note on Transaction and Translation Exposure Hintz-Kessels-Kohl A. G. Note on Foreign-Currency Swaps The Walt Disney Company's Yen Financing Gaz de France General Cinema Corporation - 1987 Universal Circuits, Inc. Note on Operating Exposure to Exchange-Rate Changes Jaguar plc, 1984 Part IV Global Financing Alcoa of Australia, Ltd. R. J. Reynolds International Financing International Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Fiat - 1986 Novo Industri A/S - 1981 LSI Logic Corporation The An Tai Bao Coal Mining Project Part V International Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructurings The Distillers Company Plc Minebea Company, Ltd. Note on Corporate Governance Systems: The United States, Japan and Germany Koito Manufacturing, Ltd. Fujiya Co., Ltd. Kyocera/AVX Grupo Industrial Alfa, S.A., 1982 Compagnie Generale d'Electricite Part VI Comprehensive Review and Synthesis Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Incorporated Elders IXL Limited - 1986 Montedison S.p.A. - 1983 Jaguar plc, 1989