Caterpillar Case Study 1. As one of America’s major exporters‚ Caterpillar has been under the microscope of the American dollar in terms of the company’s profitability. In the 1980s‚ Caterpillar suffered at the hands of Komatsu‚ a Japanese company who was able to undercut the American company’s prices. Because of the status of the U.S. dollar in the 1980s in comparison to the Japanese yen‚ Komatsu was able to capture the market share in the United States and the U.S.’s clients. The decline of Caterpillar’s
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ALL ANSWERS ASSUME A TAX RATE OF 35% Even though the tax rate appears to be 1720 / 6725 = 25.57% In answering the following questions‚ please refer to the financial statements of Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) and the relevant Notes to these statements at the end of this write-up. 1. What could be the cause(s) for the shift in LIFO-based inventory from 70% at December 31‚ 2010 to 65% at December 31‚ 2011? A decrease in the replacement cost for Cat’s inventories‚ or an increase
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Caterpillar 1. What were some of the key steps that led to Caterpillar’s becoming the industry leader in earth-moving machinery? Caterpillar produced over 300 different kind of machinery for sales around the world. Its products give solution to eight industries such as residential‚ nonresidential‚ industrial‚ infrastructure‚ mining and quarrying‚ energy‚ waste and also forestry. Besides that‚ the use of Caterpillar’s trademark farm treads on the Army tank in World War 1 and World War 2. The
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Fourth AIMS International Conference on Management December 28-31‚ 2006 1 Practical Considerations in the Application of Delta Neutral Hedging Paper Reference No: A553 T.V.Venkatarathna‚ Senior Consultant‚ Polaris Software Lab Limited‚ Survey No.203/Part‚ Manikonda IT Park‚ Hyderabad 500 019 venkat.tv@polaris.co.in Many financial institutions hold derivative instruments in their portfolio whose value changes in response to a change in the value of the underlying security. The option-pricing
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MNCs will normally compare the cash flows that could be expected from each hedging technique before determining which technique to apply. A futures hedge involves the use of currency futures. To hedge future payables‚ the firm may purchase a currency futures contract for the currency that it will be required. A forward hedge differs from a futures hedge in that forward contracts are used instead of futures contract to lock in the future exchange rate at which the firm will buy or sell a currency
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------------------------------------------------- FE Hedging Strategies at GM Should MNCs hedge foreign exchange rate risk? Multinational firms hedge foreign exchange risk in order to ensure operational and financial functionality. A MNC should hedge foreign exchange risk so it can prevent cash flow effects of the foreign firm and the decline in value of the equity holder because of the movements in exchange rates. It will also help them to reduce transaction costs when obligated to make payments
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APPLICATION OF HEDGING STRATEGIES FOR FUTUER” FROM INDIABULLS HYDERABAD A PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED TO HYDERABAD IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE IN MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SUBMITED PRASHANT MAHESHWARI ICBM-SBE (HYDERABAD) 2011-2013 DECLARATION I PRASHANT MAHESHWARI student of ICBM-SBE COLLEGE have completed the project on “DERIVATIVES MARKET OPERATIONS AND APPLICATION OF HEDGING STRATEGIES FOR FUTUER” with
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Case Study 4: Caterpillar Tractor Group 8: |Bùi Thanh Nam | |Lê Minh Ngân | |Phạm Phương Ngọc | |Đinh Vũ Công Nguyên | |Nguyễn Thu Phương
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http://angelinajao.wordpress.com/2002/10/29/caterpillar-vs-komatsu-four-decades-of-global-competition/ http://www.doc88.com/p-844510545043.html For more than 75 years‚ Caterpillar Inc. has been building the world’s infrastructure‚ and in partnership with Caterpillar dealers‚ has allowed for positive and sustainable change on every continent. A Fortune 100 company‚ Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment‚ diesel and natural gas engines‚ and industrial
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Fuel Hedging A Strategy for Air Carriers to Combat Fuel Hike Index Jet Fuel – The Nemesis of Airlines In the year 2008‚ the growth of global aviation industry received a major bolt from the fear of global economic slowdown and the rise in crude oil prices. Though the global economic uncertainties impacted the business of airlines‚ but the steep surge in crude prices has changed the financial equations of the airline across the world‚ with India being no exception. In fact over the previous
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