The CFO’s Information Challenge in Managing Macroeconomic Risk

Lars Oxelheim, Clas Wihlborg and Marcus Thorsheim ()
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Marcus Thorsheim: Lund Institute of Economic Research

No 847, Working Paper Series from Research Institute of Industrial Economics

Abstract: In this chapter we examine the role of the CFO in setting risk management strategy with respect to macroeconomic risk, in particular, and we consider the information requirements for setting a strategy that is consistent with corporate objectives. We argue that macroeconomic risk management requires a broad approach encompassing financial, operational and strategic considerations. Furthermore, several interdependent sources of risk in the macroeconomic environment must be taken into account. Once this interdependence among, for example, exchange rates, interest rates and inflation are taken into account macroeconomic risk management can be considered a relatively self-contained aspect of Integrated Risk Management (IRM) provided relevant information is available to management. Financial risk management cannot be considered a self-contained part of macroeconomic risk management, however, since value increasing investments in flexibility of business operations affect corporate exposure and make it uncertain.

Keywords: Risk Management Strategy; Macroeconomic Risk; Integrated Risk Management; Chief Financial Officer; Information Needs; Corporate Strategy; Financial Risk; Real Options (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 G01 G32 G34 M21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2010-08-20
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-bec and nep-rmg
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Forthcoming in The Strategic CFO - Creating Value in a Dynamic Market Environment, Fabich, M., Firnkorn, L., Hommel, U., Schellenberg, E. (eds.), Springer Verlag .

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