Acer Incorporated: Core Management Principles
The chief financial officer of Acer Incorporated has to decide how to manage the higher level of complexity of the company's exchange risk after their restructuring. This must be done in a way which is consistent with Acer's core principles, one of which is to find simple effective solutions to unavoidable business risks. The case addresses the technical issues of exposure measurement and hedging, the challenge of hedging expected, but not contracted, future foreign currency revenues, and IFRS hedge accounting requirements.
Collection: Ivey Business School (Canada)
Ref: IVEY-9B10N034-E
Format: PDF
Number of pages: 14
Publication Date: Nov 1, 2010
Language: English
Review date: Jul 29, 2011
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The chief financial officer of Acer Incorporated has to decide how to manage the higher level of complexity of the company's exchange risk after their restructuring. This must be done in a way which is consistent with Acer's core principles, one of which is to find simple effective solutions to unavoidable business risks. The case addresses the technical issues of exposure measurement and hedging, the challenge of hedging expected, but not contracted, future foreign currency revenues, and IFRS hedge accounting requirements.
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Year: 2004
Geographic Setting: Taiwan
Industry Setting: Administrative, Support, Waste Management and Remediation Services;
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