Spring 2027

Multinational Business Finance

Multinational Business Finance applies financial theory to multinational operations, covering the international financial environment, capital flows, foreign exchange management, hedging, and multinational capital budgeting.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Mark Laplante3.8/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.14 GPA, 57.1% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.12 GPA, 44.8% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Spring 2026: 2.89 GPA, 29.7% A/AB (n=37 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate the knowledge and technical skills needed to be the treasurer of an international firm

  • Apply methods to measure, manage and analyze the effects posed by exchange rate risk to the income statement and balance sheet of a firm

  • Evaluate foreign investment decisions

  • Articulate the choices and challenges faced by managers when sourcing funds in the global capital markets, and in making complex foreign investment decisions

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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(FINANCE 305, 325, and ECON/​FINANCE 320) or declared in undergraduate Business Exchange program

FINANCE/INTLBUS 445

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Professors

Spring 2027

Mark Laplante

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Raw average: 3.78/5 from 179 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 300
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 480

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.14 GPA, 57.1% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.12 GPA, 44.8% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Spring 2026: 2.89 GPA, 29.7% A/AB (n=37 letter grades).

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Topics

  • International financial environment
  • International portfolio and direct investment capital flows
  • Foreign exchange position management and hedging strategies
  • Evaluation of foreign investment projects and multinational capital budgeting
  • International financial structure decisions
  • Multinational credit institutions and capital markets
  • Taxation of international business

Skills

  • Measure, manage, and analyze exchange rate risk effects on income statements and balance sheets.
  • Manage foreign exchange positions and develop hedging strategies.
  • Evaluate foreign investment decisions and multinational capital budgeting.
  • Demonstrate technical skills required for the role of treasurer of an international firm.

Grades

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1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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FINANCE/INTLBUS 445 · Spring 2027

Multinational Business Finance

Recorded 2026-10-14
FINANCE/INTLBUS 445 · Spring 2027

Multinational Business Finance

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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