Specific guidelines for making financial decisions in an international context Learn how to make sound financial decisions in the multinational firm with Alan Shapiro's Eighth Edition of Multinational Financial Management. Shapiro provides a clear conceptual framework for analyzing key financial decisions in multinational firms-a framework that you can rely on throughout your career. Keep up with current financial events around the globe. The new Eighth Edition is thoroughly updated with enhanced discussions of the impact of China on the international financial system, current issues facing the euro, the debate over outsourcing, the political considerations underlying the debate over protectionism, the competitive devaluations during 2003, and more.