Foreign 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
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certain employees of Simon Marketing and associates had colluded to defraud the McDonald’s Corporation in excess of $13 million worth of game prizes over the promotion period (Albrecht et al‚ 2012‚ p.210). The Simon Marketing firm was contracted by McDonalds to run their promotional sweepstakes games. The game prizes consisted of cash‚ vehicles‚ vacations and/or food prizes. According to Richard Dent (FBI Special Agent in Charge)‚ the main players involved in the scheme were as follows; Linda L
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structures and the latter definition highlights the creative potential of communication to construct new possibilities for organizing. McDonald´s is a company who developed one of the most successful communication strategies and the first organization which was concentrating on families when constructing the eating facilities. Mission statement of the company McDonald ’s mission is to be the world ’s best quick service restaurant experience. Being the best means providing outstanding quality‚ service
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McDonalds Strategy McDonalds Strategy According to the McDonalds 2010 annual report‚ the company continues to remain in a good position for success because McDonalds applies the “plan to win” strategy (McDonalds‚ 2010-2014). The concept behind the “plan to win” strategy is not for McDonalds to be the biggest fast food chain but for the company to be the best fast food chain (McDonalds‚ 2010-2014). The plan to win strategy focuses on the core drivers of the business. The strategy utilizes the five
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the risk of a potential devaluation to the ARS. In doing so the company had to decide between two options on 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
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Case Study Report McDonald ’s BACKGROUND: Brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald founders of McDonald ’s Corporation grew from a single drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino‚ California in 1948 to the largest food service organization in the world. In 1955 Ray Kroc opened firs McDonald ’s in Des Plaines‚ Illinois and became exclusive franchising agent for the company. By 1991 McDonald ’s owned $13 billion of fast-food industry‚ operating 12‚400 restaurants in 59 countries (Ezine). The company
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ID 310973 Contact Details: Contact Person Address Telephone No. Fax No. Email Mr. Tan Hwa Seong 3 Jalan Datuk Sulaiman 2‚ TTDI‚ 6000 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia +60 122862816 +60 377107300 roysten.tan@gmail.com STRATEGIC BUSINESS ANALYSIS MCDONALD ’S CASE STUDY Table of Contents EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW............................................................................................. I-4 TASK I. 2003 SWOT ANALYSIS....................................................................
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MCDONALDS McDonalds is the world’s leading food service retailer with more than 30‚000 restaurants in 118 countries serving 46 million customers each day. McDonalds is one of the world’s most well-known and valuable brands and holds a leading share in the globally branded quick service restaurant segment of the informal eating-out market in virtually every country in which they do business. Serves the world some of its favorite foods - World Famous French Fries‚ Big Mac
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Aims and objectives of McDonalds • to serve good food in a friendly and fun environment • to be a socially responsible company • to provide good returns to its shareholders • to provide its customers with food of a high standard‚ quick service and value for money McDonalds’ aim is to be ‘the world’s quickest restaurant experience.’ This is also said in the mission statement of McDonalds.’ To get to the aim they need Objectives. Objectives are the long term aim to get to the Aim. Firstly
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customer services‚ and affordable prices in customer deliverance. 1.1 Introduction of Company Background In 1979 McDonald’s opened its first restaurant in Singapore. The world’s highest volume of hamburger was served on October day at Liat Tower. Today McDonalds is the most popular fast food chain in Singapore with over 110 outlets‚ hiring about 7‚000 employees and serving 1.2 million customers every week. Their philosophy has been ‘one world‚ one burger’ which means burgers must be consistent in term of
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