The foreign exchange exposure management practices of finnish industrial firms

Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-57

  Hakkarainen, Antti ^a   Joseph, Nathan ^b   Kasanen, Eero ^c   Puttonen, Vesa ^c  

^a Abovo Consulting (Ernst and Young International)   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

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EID: 0002774720     PISSN: 09541314     EISSN: 1467646X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-646X.00029     Document Type: Article

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