Riordan Operations

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses Riordan Manufacturing as it relates to the firm's pending expansion into the Canadian market. It examines the relative international business issues centered on international financial organizations as they function within regional trading blocs. Additionally, the paper discusses the foreign exchange concerns that Riordan and other companies face across markets, regardless of currencies involved. Finally, it examines how to mitigate or manage this volatility in the foreign exchange markets.

Table of Contents:
Abstract
Overview
Financial Organizations
Foreign Exchange Challenges
Exchange Risk Strategy

From the Paper:

"International firms or firms with a great deal of foreign market activity must utilize hard and soft currency strategies in the form of foreign exchanges of currency as a way to reduce risk and Riordan is no exception. That is, there exist several forms of risk for which companies must hedge by utilizing the foreign currency exchanges in a strategic manner to reduce such risk. However, while risk reduction strategies do serve to mitigate risk they cannot fully remove risk from foreign exchange transactions which, due to geopolitical events and other market developments, are somewhat exposed volatility to one degree or another regardless of mitigation strategies deployed by a given firm."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Chinn, M. and Meredith, G. (2004). Monetary policy and long-horizon uncovered interest parity. IMF Staff Papers 51.3, 409+.
• Jha, R. (2003). Macroeconomics for Developing Countries. London: Routledge.
• Mikdashi, Z. (Ed.). (2001). Financial Intermediation in the 21st Century. New York: Palgrave.

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