Macroeconomic fluctuations such as interest rate and exchange rate can be considered sources of good or bad “luck” for corporate performance. Incentive effects of performance-based compensation for management may be weakened or biased by macroeconomic influences depending on the ability of...

In this paper we rethink the role of Foreign Exchange Risk Management (FXRM) in corporate management. We believe it is fair to characterize FXRM, on the whole, as a legacy activity rather than something that reflects a realistic cost-benefit analysis at the enterprise-level. The Board of...

Previous research has been inconclusive as regards the effect of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic investments. In this article, we show that this inconclusiveness can be explained at a disaggregated level as a function of the way industries are organized. Based on a simple...

In this paper it is argued that the restructuring following the stiffer competition stemming from increased global integration will trigger a race between countries to attract inward foreign direct investment (FDI). It is further argued that this race consists of last minute efforts and...

Traditional methods for evaluating corporate credit risk rarely consider the impact of the macro economy on corporate value and performance. We argue that lenders and management can obtain valuable information about the need for and approach to restructuring by decomposing default predictions...

Increased integration and growing macroeconomic fluctuations require more attention to be paid to the link between the quot;noisequot; that these fluctuations represent and the company's own development. For many reasons management must weed out the effects of the quot;noisequot; so as to obtain...

Macroeconomic fluctuations affect corporations' performance through demand and cost conditions. Incentive effects of performance-based compensation schemes for management may be weakened or biased by macroeconomic influences if management is unable to forecast macroeconomic fluctuations or...

Preface. 1. Macroeconomic Uncertainty in a Corporate Perspective. 2. Concepts of Macroeconomic Risk and Exposure. 3. Traditional Approaches to Measuring Macroeconomic Exposure. 4. Measuring Macroeconomic Impact on the Firm - a Comprehensive Approach. 5. Measuring Macroeconomic Exposure - The...

"Corporate Foreign Exchange Risk Management offers a highly accessible yet thorough guide to FX exposure management that will appeal to anyone with who is responsible for managing a profit & loss or balance sheet affected by FX fluctuations or who wants to understand how FX fluctuations affect...