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Level 7 Diploma in Accounting and Finance

Global Investment Strategy and Environmental Alignment

AF703 · Global Finance and Strategy — Week 11 of 16

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Week11 of 16
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This week’s topics

Global Investment Strategy and Environmental Alignment

  1. Multinational capital budgeting appraisal
  2. Strategic adaptation to geopolitical and macroeconomic shifts
  3. Corporate resilience planning
  4. Synthesis of long-term investment portfolios
  5. Beyond greenwashing: How ESG became a corporate battleground
  6. Currency crossroads: The dollar, the Euro, and the future of global power
  7. Agility, Resilience & Collaboration in Times of Crisis

What you will be able to do

  • 7.1 Analyse the potential investment decisions and strategies available to a named business organisation.
  • 7.2 Assess the global environment decisions and strategies affecting a named business organisation.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the potential investment decisions and strategies available to a named business organisation.

Study materials

Videos

  • Beyond greenwashing: How ESG became a corporate battleground · YouTube · London Business School · 31 min · for registered students
  • Currency crossroads: The dollar, the Euro, and the future of global power · YouTube · London Business School · 37 min · for registered students
  • Agility, Resilience & Collaboration in Times of Crisis · YouTube · Columbia Business School · 92 min · for registered students
  • Science-based Targets, Greenwashing and Brownscraping: Net Zero in the Private Sector - Myles Allen · YouTube · Gresham College · 56 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • World Investment Report 2025: International investment in the digital economy (Overview) · PDF · Un, report; 36 pages · for registered students
  • How Do CFOs Make Capital Budgeting and Capital Structure Decisions? · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
  • Mastering Strategic Management, ch. 8: Selecting Corporate-Level Strategies · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 237–272 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Globalisation Dynamics and International Investment
  • Week 2: The Global Business Environment
  • Week 3: Corporate Value Statements and Organisational Philosophy
  • Week 4: Strategic Value Enhancement Frameworks
  • Week 5: Strategic Decision-Making in Global Markets
  • Week 6: Financial Evaluation of Strategic Choices
  • Week 7: International Sources of Finance and Capital Structure
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Global Financial Risk Profiling and Management Costs
  • Week 10: Financial Risk Mitigation and Execution
  • Week 11: Global Investment Strategy and Environmental Alignment
  • Week 12: Applying Global Finance and Strategy in practice: case stud…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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