RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Neumann, Jan Christoph
T1 Hedging Currency Risks? An Evaluation of SMEs in Northern Germany
JF European Journal of Business Science and Technology
YR 2019
VO 5
IS 2
SP 129
OP 142
DO 10.11118/ejobsat.v5i2.177
UL https://ejobsat.cz/artkey/ejo-201902-0001.php
AB One of the important issues for companies is liquidity from domestic and foreign trade. The market is classically defined by the number of available markets. Globalization and free trade zones set up the foreign market, which becomes increasingly important - even for SMEs. This paper analyzed approx. 60,000 bank transactions with foreign reference of Northern German SMEs by using Chi-square test and correlation analysis. The analysis proofs that an increasing number of foreign transfers increases the number of foreign currency accounts per company. The results also show that despite the existence of currency hedging tools, a significant proportion of SMEs continues to expose themselves to currency risk. The willingness to manage currency risks increases with the increase in value per transaction. Transactions with a value of less than EUR 10,000 are often transferred abroad in EUR instead of in foreign currency.