What problems usually arise in the international financial management? Kenichi Watanabe and Takumi Shibata, CEO and COO of Nomura Holdings Inc, one of the leading investment banks in Asia are able to expand their businesses internationally through the acquisition of various parts of Lehman Brothers, the global investment bank insolvent. In evaluating this opportunity, students should consider the complexity of such an extension, including the problems associated with multinational insolvency, merger integration difficulties in cross-border acquisitions, as well as more general issues related to the hedging of foreign exchange and international taxation. "Hide
by C. Fritz Foley, Linnea Meyer Source: Harvard Business School 15 pages. Publication Date: August 25, 2009. Prod. #: 210017-PDF-ENG