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Discussion: The Current and
Future State of Global
Corporate Finance
First, introduce yourself to the class. Include your major and
anything you would like to share about yourself. Then address
the prompt below.
In this first discussion, you will get to know your classmates
and share your thoughts on the immediate threats and
opportunities in global corporate finance. You will also discuss
your goals for the course as well as your overall career goals
as they relate to global corporate finance.
After reading the required textbook chapters for this module,
briefly share your thoughts and interests in global corporate
finance. In your initial post, address the following questions:
What do you perceive as an immediate threat (or threats) to
global corporate finance now? What do you perceive as
opportunities?
How do you see the global corporate finance landscape
shifting over the next 10 to 20 years?
What skills and knowledge do you hope to gain in this course
and what are your career goals in global corporate finance?
Support responses by referencing the text and your own
research. Cite your sources.
In responding to your peers, find common ground and/or
remark on any differences of experience, interest, and goals.
Was there anything in their posts that you perhaps had not
considered?
Ariel, glad to meet you. You have3 3posts in week1. Your 3
week1 discussion posts have good information. You have good
information about your perception of immediate threats to
global corporate finance now and perceived opportunities, and
how the global corporate finance landscape may shift over the
next 10 to 20 years and your course expectations. In the
1960s: the U.S. dominated the world economy and the world
trade picture, U.S. multinationals dominated the international
business scene, and about half the world—the centrally
planned economies of the communist world was off limits to
Western international business. The share of world output
generated by developing countries has been steadily
increasing since the 1960s, while developed countries
including the United States, Canada, and several European
countries have seen a relative decline. If current growth
trends continue, China’s economy could be larger than that of
the United States by 2030. China is continuing to move toward
greater free market reforms, and if it stays on its present
track, could become an industrial superpower in the near
