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    Caterpillar Sales and Marketing in Japan Caterpillar should concentrate more resources and efforts to expand the sales and marketing in Japan. Caterpillar has a good opportunity to expand Japan market share and to achieve more profits because that the Japanese government demand huge number of heavy construction equipments to rebuild the damaged infrastructure caused by earthquake and tsunami. Though Komatsu is a strong competitor against Caterpillar and has a bigger market share‚ Caterpillar’s

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    ............................................................................ 1! Background ....................................................................................................................................................2! Caterpillar Inc. Overview ......................................................................................................................... 2! Strategic Overview .....................................................................................

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    cycle‚ and before it knew exactly how much foreign currency it needed. * A key feature was that AIFS guaranteed that its prices would not change before the next catalog‚ even if world events altered AIFS’ cost base. * According to AIFS’s hedging policies‚ it has to predict the exchange rate fluctuation‚ the number of customers‚ which may be different with the final exchange rate and the volume when selling currencies‚ so the currency exposure happens. The actions of AIFS’s competitors may

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    MGMT 479 - STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Case Study #1: "The Comeback of Caterpillar‚ 1985-2002." Synopsis: In the early 1900 ’s the heavy steam tractors of farmers of the delta in the San Joaquin Valley‚ California‚ consistently sunk into the moist soil. Their attempts at bigger wheel to solve the problem proved futile. Benjamin Holt‚ a combine maker‚ replaced the tractor wheels with tracks‚ distributing the tractor ’s weight more evenly over a broader surface that gave the tractors more traction

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    Caterpillar being global leading producer of construction and mining equipment operates in Energy‚ Transportation‚ Construction and Resource Industries (*SRG 2014). It is over ninety years Caterpillar Inc. put efforts to develop ambitious sustainability goals to make encouraging impact in every region they operate. With revenues of over $47 billion achieved in 2015 Caterpillar made interested their customers to stimulate infrastructure‚ energy and natural resource development through acceptance

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    Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Transactional and Translational Exposure Problem Statement In September of 2001 General Motors (GM) was faced with a billion dollar exposure to the Canadian dollar. At the time‚ North America represented approximately three-quarters of GM’s total sales and this large exposure to the CAD could significantly affect GM’s financial results. GM had a passive strategy of hedging 50% of its exposure; this paper explores the impact of hedging 75%

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    how to proceed; was it worth the costs to increase the size of GM’s hedge position beyond the standard policy or should GM Argentina rely on other approaches to cope with the expected devaluation? Appraisal of GM’s Passive Hedging Strategy GM’s passive hedging strategy is reflective of its policy to focus on its underlying business rather than speculate on the movements of foreign currency. There are two main types of currency exposure. The first being economic risk. This deals with the impact

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    Role: New Higher at Caterpillar Tractor Co. Question: Morgan asks you: What Cat’s Sustainable Distinguishable Competitive Edge is? Answer: Our Sustainable Distinguishable Competitive edge is our chain of distribution‚ which through our large geographic base allows us to be independent of any domestic business cycle. Centered Argument: Through keen managerial strategy our company was able to establish business overseas before our competitors. Pioneering the overseas market allowed us to be able

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    Review of Caterpillars’ Code of Ethics Caterpillar Incorporated (Caterpillar) is the world’s top in manufacturer of construction and mining equipment‚ diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. In 2008‚ Caterpillar reported sales revenue of $51.3 billion dollars from domestic and worldwide operations (Caterpillar‚ 2008). As reported in Caterpillar’s 2008 Annual Report‚ Caterpillar is a worldwide company with 67% of their sales from outside of the United States (Caterpillar‚ 2008)

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    firm manage foreign exchange exposures? The case examines transactional and translational exposures and alternative responses to these exposures by analyzing two specific hedging decisions by General Motors. Describes General Motors’ corporate hedging policies‚ its risk management structure‚ and how accounting rules impact hedging decisions. The company is considering deviations from prescribed policies because of two significant exposures: an exposure to the Canadian dollar with adverse accounting

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