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to the airlines: they have to buy the fuel at the agreed upon rate regardless of what happens to the actual market value of fuel. ...
be used for a number of reasons, Corman (1996) notes that there are potential benefits to managing Cash flow for some hedging prac...
paragraph helps the student provide an overview of the issue of fuel hedging. Hedging, as a generality, is a common investment tac...
that the organization can ensure that they continue to purchase fuel at the current rate, even if the actual market value of the c...
reviewing some of the important issues in the literature which have guiding the way that the data was collected and analyzed. Foll...
of market conditions at the times airlines do not need to utilize fuel. Brooks and Carter et al. (2006) observed that hedging pra...
theory with grand theoretical systems, when talking of psychology cites psychoanalysis and behavorism as grand theories. Here ther...
Clark E; Lukas E, (2008, Nov), Hedging mean-reverting commodities, retrieved http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=12...
questions to be addressed with the research is to assess whether or not it is in the interests of the shareholders, assuming they ...
(Howells and Bain, 2007). Forwards Forwards are the oldest and perhaps the simplest type of derivative. The contract consists of ...
The writer looks at potential research designs to assess which would be most appropriate for research into financial performance o...
The writer proposes a research method to collect data from airlines to determine if airlines that hedge are more profitable compa...
one of these concepts represents a total image of the truth of theory. Rather, a synthetic view of theory developed from exploring...
organizational design. From this perspective, organizations are viewed as systems constructed to achieve goals (Freeman, 1999). ...
vary, Morrell and Swann (2006) estimates fuel accounts for 15% of an airlines costs, noting it is not only a major cost, but also ...
The theory of constraints is examined as a suitable theory to be used in an assessment of the value of airline fuel hedging and t...
of hedging and how the airline will fare will depend partly on the type of instrument they use (Flottau & Wall, 2008). This is a g...
airline operating costs. Increasing costs can have a significant impact on the profitability of a firm; this has been particula...
the hedging category for the years in which undertook hedging. The results may be correlated to see if there is a snippet differen...
were gathered and analyzed statistically using Tobins Q ratio approach. The research did not only look at the difference between t...
approach to research. The suitability of any research design may be assessed in terms of the viability, robustness and validity of...
the firm to the relevant stakeholders (Chyssides and Kaler, 1998). When looking at the way airlines in particular operate prote...
flux, with both the supply of the product varying, and the amount of demand also fluctuating due to other related factors. If we c...
in a good position, because it will have hedged for a lower price than the fuel is now actually worth. On the contrary, if the pri...
Mintzberg et al, 1998). Successful and effective risk management may even be the source of a competitive advantage (Rose, 2001, P...
they can enjoy a growth period and their presence may also help stimulate general investment fund purchases. There has been...
price at a set point in time. This takes out the risk as the firm then knows what they are going to pay for the good they need. If...
the company will no longer be exposed to a potential fall ion the exchange rate which would mean that the company would gain less ...
years (if any) has fuel hedging taken place (classified by the maturely date of the hedge tool), and what percentage of fuel was h...
means that even in years where many airlines faced losses and even bankruptcy, Southwest Airlines remained profitable, with hedgin...