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A Radical Shift in Managing Risks: Practical Applications of Complexity Theory
Chichilnisky, Graciela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
Complexity theory is designed to bring order out of a rough-and- tumble world, something close to every insurance professional's or actuary's heart. Whether applied in the laboratory or as part of a mathematical model, it can do wonderful things . But in the real world it's just what its name...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789667
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Corporate Cash Flow and Stock Price Exposures to Foreign Exchange Rate Risk
Bartram, Söhnke M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper estimates the foreign exchange rate exposure of 6,917 U.S. nonfinancial firms on the basis of stock prices and corporate cash flows. The results show that several firms are significantly exposed to at least one of the foreign exchange rates Canadian Dollar, Japanese Yen and Euro, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836323
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Rationales for corporate risk management from stakeholders’ perspective
Klimczak, Karol Marek - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
stakeholder groups’ interests. A study of the use of hedging instruments in 161 Polish non-financial listed companies is then … determine relationships between the hedging decision and financial standing of companies. However, company size is proved to be … the only significant factor for a hedging decision. The implications of these findings and new research questions are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837109
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The Effects of Derivatives on Firm Risk and Value
Bartram, Söhnke M.; Brown, Gregory W.; Conrad, Jennifer - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
could account for the mixed evidence in the literature on the effect of hedging on firm value. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005617030
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Rationales for Corporate Risk Management - A Critical Literature Review
Monda, Barbara; Giorgino, Marco; Modolin, Ileana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper describes theoretical motivations for corporate risk management activities and empirical evidence provided by different scholars on such rationales. These theoretical considerations can be extended also to the new risk management practices such as enterprise risk management. Based on...
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Hedging dynamics with gold futures
Singh, Saurabh; Saharawat, Swati - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
People by and large tend to postpone their present consumption for numerous reasons. This postponement of consumption leaves them with surplus money to invest for future consumption. Amongst the number of alternatives avenues present for such investments, gold too tends to be one of them. People...
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Resolving the Exposure Puzzle: The Many Facets of Exchange Rate Exposure
Bartram, Söhnke M.; Brown, Gregory W.; Minton, Bernadette - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
hedges. For a typical sample firm, pass-through and operational hedging each reduce exposure by 10% to 15%. Financial hedging …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787137
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Supply Chain Disruption Management: Review of Issues and Research Directions
Brown, Adam; Badurdeen, Fazleena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) is an increasingly popular subject of research which emphasizes the goals of achieving improved supply chain robustness through development of design and operational strategies. Disruption management is one aspect of SCRM which examines the ability of the...
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Book Review: Risk analysis for Islamic banks by Hennie Van Greuning and Zamir Iqbal
Abdul Azim, Islahi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This a critical evaluation of the book entitled Risk analysis for Islamic banks by Hennie Van Greuning and Zamir Iqbal. It applies the modern methods of risk avoidance to Islamic banks wherever pertinent, or suggests alternative in cases where they are not applicable to Islamic banks because of...
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Risk Analysis in Investment Appraisal
Savvides, Savvakis C. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1994
The methodology and uses of Monte-Carlo simulation technique are presented as applied to the analysis and assessment of risk in the evaluation of investment projects. The importance of risk analysis in investment appraisal is highlighted and the stages in the process introduced. The results...
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