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Reference no. 9-296-027
Subject category: Finance, Accounting and Control
Authors: Peter Tufano (Harvard Business School); Cameron Poetzscher (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1996
Version: 18 July 1996
Length: 19 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Start-up; Exchange rates; Investments; Risk assessment; Risk management; Applications; Hedging
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Abstract

The chief financial officer of a rapidly-growing US-based software firm that sells its process-control software to industrial users around the globe must review the goals, strategies, and policies of the firm's currency hedging program. This review is prompted by changes in the firm's business, notably its acquisition of a United Kingdom subsidiary, other growing overseas expenses, and its recent initial public offering.
Locations:
United States; United Kingdom
Industries:
Software publishing; Information technology consulting services
Size:
USD57 million revenues, 417 employees
Other setting(s):
1995
Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-298-091
Subject category: Finance, Accounting and Control
Authors: Peter Tufano (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 1998
Length: 14 pages
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Reference no. 9-203-S14
Spanish language
Subject category: Finance, Accounting and Control
Authors: Peter Tufano (Harvard Business School); Cameron Poetzscher (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1996
Version: 18 July 1996
Length: 19 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Start-up; Exchange rates; Investments; Risk assessment; Risk management; Applications; Hedging
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Abstract

The chief financial officer of a rapidly-growing US-based software firm that sells its process-control software to industrial users around the globe must review the goals, strategies, and policies of the firm's currency hedging program. This review is prompted by changes in the firm's business, notably its acquisition of a United Kingdom subsidiary, other growing overseas expenses, and its recent initial public offering.

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Locations:
United States; United Kingdom
Industries:
Software publishing; Information technology consulting services
Size:
USD57 million revenues, 417 employees
Other setting(s):
1995

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Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-298-091
Subject category: Finance, Accounting and Control
Authors: Peter Tufano (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 1998
Length: 14 pages
View full details
Case
-
Reference no. 9-203-S14
Spanish language
Subject category: Finance, Accounting and Control
Authors: Peter Tufano (Harvard Business School); Cameron Poetzscher (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1996
Version: 18 July 1996
Length: 19 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Start-up; Exchange rates; Investments; Risk assessment; Risk management; Applications; Hedging
View full details
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