------------------------------------------------- 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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1. INTRODUCTION : Indian automobile industry embarked on a new journey in 1991 with delicensing of the sector and subsequent opening up for 100 percent FDI through automatic route. In view of this‚ the study attempts to estimate the economic performance of Indian automobile industry in terms of capacity utilization at an aggregate level. It estimates econometrically rate of capacity utilization in the industry at aggregate level and analyses its trend during the post liberalization period from
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Customers´ Perceptions 4 Market Perceived Value 5 Customers´ Environment 6 Customer Loyalty 7 The Path to the Customer Centric Company - Company Culture 8 Delivery and Communication of Value References (1) J. Kraigher-Krainer Slide 3 • Belz‚ Christian; Bieger‚ Thomas (2006): Customer value. Kundenvorteile schaffen Unternehmensvorteile. 2.‚ aktualisierte Aufl. St. Gallen: mi; Thexis. • Best‚ Roger J. (2009): Market-Based Management. Strategies for
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industry. The automobile industry in the 21st century is filled with competition‚ innovations and new strategies (operational strategies‚ functional strategies‚ manufacturing strategies etc) which differentiate it from all other leading industries. The collaborations and joint ventures have played an important role in the development of the automobile industry which is further divided into two parts i.e.: (1) the production of parts‚ and (2) the final assembling. This research also shows how the recession
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Automobile Emissions Control Abstract - The Automobile emissions control focus on the different types of technologies that have been introducing from early 1960’s to reduce the air pollution. They describe the different control methods involved in all the devices employed for the purpose of controlling pollution. This paper entails the information of impact of using these control techniques and devices. The detrimental effects of pollutants from automobile emissions on
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Mushtaq Luqmani Article: How to Market in a Downturn by Quelch and Jocz This article focuses on how companies should market in a downturn. The authors suggest that for tailoring a company’s marketing strategies to consumer’s recession psychology they need to asses opportunities‚ plan for the long term and balance their communication budget in order to get the biggest returns from their marketing budgets. Moreover‚ the authors indicate in the article that to market in this downturn‚ firms must
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advantage. Factor endowments distinguishing between basic factors (natural resources‚ climate‚ location‚ and demographics) and advanced factors (communication infrastructure‚ sophisticated and skilled labour‚ research facilities‚ and technological know-how) Demand conditions refers to nature of home demand for the industry’s product or service. The nature of home demand for the industry’s product or service influences the development of capabilities. Porter emphasizes the role home demand plays in upgrading
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Précis 7 – Describe cognitive dissonance and describe how it is influenced by culture. Cognitive Dissonance Theory is a theory of attitude change proposing that inconsistency exists among our attitudes‚ or between our attitudes and behavior‚ we experience an unpleasant state of arousal called cognitive dissonance‚ which we will be motivated to reduce or eliminate. (Bordens & Horowitz 2001) This is a theory‚ which has been transformed over many decades. Cognitive Dissonance varies between
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Automobile industry in Germany The automobile industry in Germany is one of the largest employers in the country‚ with a strong labour force of over 866‚000 (2005) workers in the industry. In addition‚ Germany has the largest share of passenger car production in Europe with over 29% market share‚ followed by France (18%)‚ Spain (13%) and the United Kingdom (9%). Germany is considered to be the birthplace of the automobile since Karl Benz and Nikolaus Otto independently developed four-stroke
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Article Review HOW TO MARKET IN A DOWNTURN The article has been written by John A. Quelch (Senior Associate Dean and the Lincoln Filane Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School) and Katherine E. Jocz‚ a research associate at Harvard Business School in the April 2009 editions of Harvard Business Review Name: KAPIL KALRA Roll No: N-32 (North Campus)
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