کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1002402 | 937417 | 2015 | 10 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
This study examines the environmental conditions under which multinational corporations (MNCs) engage in operational hedging behaviors to actualize their operational flexibility within their international network. We analyzed a Korean MNCs' database and found that MNCs engage in operational hedging through global intra-firm trade to counteract volatile and divergent exchange rates across countries. Additionally, we found that the MNCs' utilization of intra-firm trade and flexible responses to volatile and divergent cross-country exchange rates enhances their performance. Our findings support the real options lens perspective of the value of multinational operational flexibility under external uncertainty in an international business setting.
Journal: Journal of World Business - Volume 50, Issue 3, July 2015, Pages 548–557