MBA intake 10 Strategic Management and Business Policy Submitted by: Rawi El Masry Submitted to: Dr.Sherif Lotfy Case Study Carrefour Table of Content 1. Introduction Carrefour is the famous French multinational retailer headquartered in Boulogne Billancourt‚ France‚ in Paris. Carrefour means "crossroads" and "public square" in French. Carrefour is the market leader for retail business in Europe & number 2 worldwide after Wal-Mart. It’s present in 34 countries
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 2-3 CURRENCY RISK EXPOSURE WITHIN THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 4 COMPANY MANAGEMENT OF CURRENCY RISK EXPOSURE 5 PRIMARY ALTERNATIVES IN MANAGING CURRENCY RISKS 6-8 RECOMMENDATIONS AND BENEFITS 9 CONCLUSION
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ACFI 703 March 27‚ 2013 Hedging Currency Risks at AIF The American Institute of Foreign Studies (AIFS) is a company that organizes student exchange programs worldwide with two main divisions. The College Division arranges academic years and semesters or summer schools. The High School Division organizes 1-4 week educational travels for students and teachers. More than 50‚000 students participate each year in exchange programs of AIFS‚ which leads to annual revenues of around $ 200 million. AIFS
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AFM 322 Hedging Currency Risk at AIFS 1. Case Synopsis Christopher Archer-Lock and Becky Tabaczynski both work for American Institute for Foreign Study (“AIFS”). Archer-Lock is the controller of AIFS and Tabaczynski is the CFO of AIFS’s high school travel division ACIS. AIFS a student exchange organization that organizes educational and cultural exchange programs throughout the world. Founded in the U.S. in 1964‚ AIFS has annual revenues of close to $200 million and sent more than 50‚000 students
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Motivated professionals‚ dedicated to customer service With over 410‚000 employees‚ 110‚000 of them in France‚ the Carrefour group ranks among the top 13 private employers in the world. Wherever it is an employer‚ Carrefour aspires to be seen as a benchmark in human resources management and social responsibility. Attracting‚ training‚ supporting and securing the loyalty of employees: the group makes every effort to support the development of its staff members‚ who are‚ after all‚ its ambassadors
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Background Exposure risk managers can hedge exchange rate risk with either currency futures or currency options. It is generally suggested that hedgers should choose a hedge instrument that matches the risk profile of the underlying currency position as closely as possible. This advice‚ however‚ ignores the possibility that the hedging effectiveness may differ for the alternate risk management tools. This study compares the effectiveness of currency futures and currency options as hedging instruments
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Carrefour In mid-1972 Decisions about speed and direction of future growth‚ and how to finance that growth Company Background • Begun operations in 1960 with a supermarket (650 mts2) in France • In 1963 opened the first hypermarket (2.500 mts2) just outside of Paris‚ France • Between 1965 and 1971 sales grew at an annual rate exceeding 50% (non food products accounted for 40% of that volume). • Corporate assets growth as faster as sales • Starting in 1970‚ new stores called “commercial centers”
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Case Study Essay – Hedging Currency Risks at AIFS The American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS) is offering cultural exchange programs for American students and High School pupils throughout the world. Their customers have the possibility to go abroad while the AIFS organises the whole trip for them. Due to their business model the revenues of the company are denominated only in USD‚ since the offer is for American students who pay in USD. Meanwhile the costs of the company is mostly denominated
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the biggest competitive threat facing Carrefour as it expands in global markets? Carrefour had a concept of been a giant store(hypermarket) but along the line‚ the company faced some challenges which they found difficult to adapt to easily‚ Some of the challenges were due to changing consumer consumption habits and Carrefour could not meet up with this challenge because of the little depths in some of their product categories. Carrefour also pulled out from the American market
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Strategic Management Financial & Political Risk David Warnock-Smith Strategic Management Programme • • • • Introduction to “risk” and “risk management” Sources of risk Risk classification Overview and management of: – Financial risk – Political risk – (Business / operational risk) Strategic Management Risk - Definition “The fact that the results of any action are not certain‚ but may take more than one value. Risk is usually used to describe the form of uncertainty where‚ while
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