EXPLAIN THE EXTERNAL SOURCES OF FINANCE AVAILABLE TO A RETAIL BUSINESS External sources of finance are funds that come from outside the business. It involves the business getting loans from individuals or institutions. External sources of finance can be divided into two parts; short term and long term. Long term has two main branches; share capital & loan capital which will be divided further below. Short term has one main branch‚ which is divided into bank overdraft‚ hire purchase‚ trade credit
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Seminar Topic: Business Finance 1. What is the primary goal of financial management? A. B. C. D. E. Increased earnings Maximizing cash flow Maximizing shareholder wealth Minimizing risk of the firm all of these 2. In the past‚ the study of finance has included A. B. C. D. E. mergers raising capital. bankruptcy. acquisitions. all of these. 3. Professor Merton Miller received the Nobel prize in economics for his work on A. B. C. D. E. dividend policy. investment
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Sources of Long-term Finance 19.1 Introduction As you are aware finance is the life blood of business. It is of vital significance for modern business which requires huge capital. Funds required for a business may be classified as long term and short term. You have learnt about short term finance in the previous lesson. Finance is required for a long period also. It is required for purchasing fixed assets like land and building‚ machinery etc. Even a portion of working capital‚ which is required
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2007 and 2008 resulting in cash flow problems for most business organizations hence cash management challenges to corporate financial managers. The economic environment was characterized by hyperinflation with prices rising each and every second affecting the time value of money. However‚ the advent of the year 2009 marked an improvement with the introduction of multi-currency system as inflation was to some extent wiped out. In business‚ all motives for holding cash which include transaction‚
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state that the electronics industry is the world’s most essential goods-producing business. On one hand‚ it has more employees as well as earns
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1. A CORPORATE FINANCE EXECUTIVE WANTS TO INVEST IN A NEW PROJECT THAT WILL EVENTUALLY INCREASE THE CORPORATION’S PROFITS. THE FINANCE EXECUTIVE PROPOSES THIS IDEA TO HIS DIRECTOR WHO ASKS THAT HE PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL AND PRESENT IT AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 2. A PARENT OPENS UP A 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PLAN FOR THEIR NEWBORN CHILD TO SAVE FOR THE CHILD’S EDUCATION 3) IN SELECTING THREE DIFFERENT INVESTMENT OPTIONS‚ A BROKER OFFERS AN INVESTOR THREE MUTUAL FUND OPTIONS. THE FIRST IS
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Internal and External sources of finance Internal sources of finance for Tesco http://www.mspy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Businessman.jpgTesco’s main internal source of income will be their retained earnings. Retained earnings are the amount of net income that Tesco have retained and not paid out. Retained earnings are what are paid to the business owners. Fixed assets are another form of an internal source of finance; this form of finance is a lot harder to convert into cash as fixed
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Project Finance in Developing Countries THE IMPORTANCE OF PROJECT FINANCE Chapter 1 In the past twenty years there has been a new wave of global interest in project finance as a tool for economic investment. Project finance helps finance new investment by structuring the financing around the projects own operating cash flow and assets‚ without additional sponsor guarantees. Thus the technique is able to alleviate investment risk and raise finance at a relatively low cost‚ to the benefit of
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Sources of Finance in Short Term Source of short term finance refers to money that is needed for financial activities carried out for less than one year. These funds are usually used for day to day operations such as payment of wages‚ inventory ordering‚ advertisement expenses and so on. There are different sources of rising the short time finance can vary according to way of their usage. Bank Overdraft This is a temporary source found that is provided by bank in which business has a
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Course Project Part II Introduction You will assume that you still work as a financial analyst for AirJet Best Parts‚ Inc. The company is considering a capital investment in a new machine and you are in charge of making a recommendation on the purchase based on (1) a given rate of return of 15% (Task 4) and (2) the firm’s cost of capital (Task 5). Task 4. Capital Budgeting for a New Machine A few months have now passed and AirJet Best Parts‚ Inc. is considering the purchase on a new machine
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