During the course, students 

• acquire theoretical and conceptual knowledge on international financial management, 
• learn about corporate valuation techniques, 
• gain a systematic understanding of financial risk management techniques,  
• understand key alliances and their business implications, 
• become knowledgeable about hedging instruments, and
• understand strategic financial management in an international context. 

No attendance is required. 

Course design

This course is designed as a modular online (1478) and face-to-face (1479) course. The online unit is taught entirely via learn@wu. Students in both the online and the face-to-face course are expected to complete ALL weekly learning components:

• Pre-session mandatory readings
• Online assignments and learning extensions (videos & podcasts), and
• Recorded lecture casts (asynchronous) – Online unit only.

The course comes to an end with a written online exam (additional information below). The course is supported online through student forums.

• Online exercise              30% 
• Final exam                     70% 

Please log in with your WU account to use all functionalities of read!t. For off-campus access to our licensed electronic resources, remember to activate your VPN connection connection. In case you encounter any technical problems or have questions regarding read!t, please feel free to contact the library at readinglists@wu.ac.at.

Isabelle Boileau: isabelle.boileau@wu.ac.at
Tel.: +43-1-313 36-6682

Jakob Muellner: jakob.muellner@wu.ac.at 
Tel.: +43-1-313 36-4374

Open office hours upon prior appointment 

Course language: 

• Teaching language is English. 
• Course materials and student deliverables must be in English.