As multinational companies analyze and manage currency risks arising from the competitive effects? General Motors has a significant competitive impact on the Japanese yen. Although the risks of GM threatens yen depreciation widely recognized corporate policy of hedging the company does not provide any guidelines for the management of such a competitive impact. Eric Feldstein, Treasurer and Vice President of Finance, has a yen quantitative impact of GM and GM recommend ways to manage the risks arising from its competitive exposure. Students should analyze the impact of the yen depreciation GM sales and profits. Rewritten version of the previous case. "Hide
by Mihir A. Desai, Mark F. Veblen Source: Harvard Business School 9 pages. Publication Date: Mar 09, 2005. Prod. #: 205096-PDF-ENG