Advanced Financial Management Quiz
Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business Administration
- Course instructor - Dr. Jakob Müllner, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Patricia Plackett - Department of Operations Management (OM)
- Finance
- Globalization, International Business, markets and studies
- Management
- Corporate and Business Strategy
- Understand how exchange rates affect MNEs and SMEs on different levels
- Manage the different exposures using contractual, strategic or financial instruments
- Implement and analyse FX risk management processes in SMEs and MNEs
- Interpret outcomes of different hedging instruments including complex option strategies
- Deal with managerial elements in corporate hedging (exchange rate forecasting, strategic management of different exposures, measurement of foreign exchange exposure, hedging ratio, hedging tenor etc.)
- Read and understand scientific and practical state-of-the-art papers on corporate hedging
Number of mandatory activities: 1
Compulsory assignments (assessed approved/not approved)
Mandatory Mid-term Assignment: An in-class quiz based on the textbook. Topics include exchange rate behavior (Chapters 4; 6-8), types of foreign exchange exposure (Chapters 9-12) and hedging instruments (Chapter 5).
- Allowed calculators
- Allowed dictionaries
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the number of registered candidates for the make-up examination/re-take examination warrants that it may most appropriately be held as an oral examination, the programme office will inform the students that the make-up examination/re-take examination will be held as an oral examination instead.