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Determination and international payments

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What the syllabus expects

  • Exchange rate Determination: Types of Exchange rates, Factors affecting exchange rate- relative inflation rates, interest rates, relative interest rates, relative income levels, government controls, expectations
  • Mode of payment in international trade

Determination and international payments

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: International Business (MGT 251)

Unit 7: International Financial Environment

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

  • Explain the scope and key elements of determination and international payments.
  • Apply the relevant concepts to a defined organizational or venture situation using evidence and stated assumptions.

Curriculum Scope

  • Exchange rate Determination: Types of Exchange rates, Factors affecting exchange rate- relative inflation rates, interest rates, relative interest rates, relative income levels, government controls, expectations
  • Mode of payment in international trade

Detailed Microsyllabus

  1. Rate determination

    1. Explain demand and supply influences on exchange rates.
    2. Assess relative inflation, interest and income levels.
    3. Consider controls, expectations and other interacting factors.

  2. Exchange-rate analysis

    1. Distinguish relevant rate quotations and comparisons.
    2. Use stated assumptions for illustrative changes.
    3. Avoid presenting a single factor as a certain prediction.

  3. International payments

    1. Compare advance payment, open account, collection and documentary-credit arrangements.
    2. Assess buyer and seller risks and documentary requirements.
    3. Verify procedural details with applicable official and contractual materials.

Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 115–117.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.