IFM focuses on decision-making in an international context. Analytical techniques help translate the often vague guidelines used by international financial executives into specific decision criteria. The text and its accompanying learning aids offer a variety of real-life examples, both numerical and institutional, that demonstrate the use of financial analysis and reasoning in solving international financial problems. These examples have been culled from the thousands of applications of corporate practice that we have collected over the years from business periodicals and consulting. Placing the best of these examples throughout the text allows students to see the value of examining real-world decision problems with the aid of a solid theoretical foundation. Seemingly unrelated facts and events can then be interpreted as specific manifestations of more general financial principles.

IFM关注的是国际环境下的决策。分析技术有助于将国际金融管理人员经常使用的模糊准则转化为具体的决策标准。本文及其附带的学习辅助工具提供了各种现实生活中的例子，包括数字和机构，展示了金融分析和推理在解决国际金融问题中的应用。这些例子是从我们多年来从商业期刊和咨询中收集的数千份企业实践应用中挑选出来的。把这些例子最好地放在课文中，让学生看到在坚实的理论基础上审视真实世界的决策问题的价值。看似不相关的事实和事件可以解释为更一般的金融原则的具体表现。