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    company over time (e.g.‚ critical incidents) General Motors (GM) was founded in 1908. William C. Durant brought together 25 independent car companies to form one large corporation. Each company held its own identity as GM operated as central administration office for the 25 divisions. Due to high cost in manufacturing of automobiles‚ GM was only able to target wealthy customers who could afford cars. Then Henry Ford‚ owner and founder of Ford Motor Company‚ revolutionizes the production process

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    reducing global greenhouse gas emissions‚ since the full life cycle of the fuel‚ including its transport‚ could lead to higher emissions than conventional petroleum. On the bright side‚ it’s good to see that Mascoma‚ a company partly owned by General Motors‚ that it would help to build a plant in Kinross‚ Mich.‚ that is supposed to make fuel alcohol from wood

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    Eun & Resnick 4e CHAPTER 9 Management of Economic Exposure How to Measure Economic Exposure International Finance in Practice: U.S. Firms Feel the Pain of Peso’s Plunge Operating Exposure: Definition Illustration of Operating Exposure Determinants of Operating Exposure Managing Operating Exposure Selecting Low-Cost Production Sites International Finance in Practice: The Strong Yen and Toyota’s Choice Flexible Sourcing Policy Diversification of the Market R&D Efforts and Product

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    Transaction‚ Operating‚ & Accounting (Translation) Exposures Foreign Exchange Exposure – measures the potential for a firm’s profitability‚ net cash flow‚ and market value to alter because of a change in exchange rates. Q: What are the three main foreign exchange exposures? A: 1) Transaction Exposure 2) Operating Exposure 3) Accounting Exposure Transaction Exposure – measures changes in the value of outstanding financial obligations incurred prior to a change in exchange rates.

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    GM and Risk Murat Memic Analyzing various global risks that General Motors faces and the respective solutions that have been taken by GM in order to neutralize the effects of these risks. Global Corporate Finance 6313 Global Risk Term Project Dr John. R. Savarese 7/26/2012 In the fast moving business world‚ companies and firms are increasingly confronted with risk‚ risks that are complex and global. Emergence of new technology has made it possible for organizations and consumers

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    of the largest automakers in the world‚ General Motors (GM) undertakes its manufacturing operations in over 30 countries with vehicles being sold in over 200 countries. Through undertaking its international operations it also subjects itself to various types of foreign exchange exposures due to fluctuations in the values of currencies; to manage this problem it has adopted a passive hedging policy and aims to reduce the impact of foreign exchange exposures on the business. The first part of this

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    Toyota’s European Operating Exposure 1. Why do you think Toyota had waited so long to move much of its manufacturing for European sales to Europe? Toyota‚ like most manufacturers‚ wished to continue to enjoy the benefits of scale and scope economies in manufacturing as long as possible‚ and had resisted the movement of more and more of its manufacturing into the local and regional markets. 2. If the British pound were to join the European Monetary Union would the problem be resolved? How likely

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    1. What factors accounted for GM’s return to profitability? Explain and provide a rationale for the prospects of continuing this rise. The first thing GM did to help them return to profitability was the revamping of product development. GM had too much focus on the engineering process of development. This led to the difficulty of getting a bold design off the drawing board and through the lengthy development process. Under the lead of CTO John Lauckner‚ GM came up with a streamlined process that

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    General  Motors  Case   General  Motors  had  a  faulty  management  strategy  causing  the  firm  to  go  into   bankruptcy.  One  of  the  key  components  that  led  to  failure  was  neglecting  to   collaborate  between  global  divisions.  As  a  multinational  corporation‚  General   Motors  operated  did  not  have  sufficient  collaboration  between  divisions

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    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY General Motors is primarily engaged in automotive production and marketing and financing and insurance operations. GM designs‚ manufactures‚ and markets vehicles worldwide‚ have its largest operating presence in North America. The core competence of General Motors is innovation. This is the driving force behind its $190 above turnover. General Motors has been utilizing innovation in service ad technology to secure itself a dominant position in the automobile industry‚ since 1908

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