CHAPTER 1 THE ROLE AND ENVIRONMENT OF MANAGERIAL FINANCE Learning Goals 1. Define finance‚ the major areas of finance‚ and the career opportunities available in this field‚ and the legal forms of business organization. 2. Describe the managerial finance function and its relationship to economics and accounting. 3. Identify the primary activities of the financial manager within the firm. 4. Explain why wealth maximization‚ rather than profit maximization‚ is the firm’s goal and
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Principles of Finance Notes Theory Questions Explain why the NPV approach is preferred to the IRR approach (2006) The NPV approach takes into account the timing of cash flows and the IRR does not. For example if you took 2 projects that required the same initial outlay and had the same cash inflows for the same period of time but one project was deferred for one year‚ using the NPV we would have different values but the IRR would give us the same. The NPV approach takes into account the scale of
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Joyce Hampton AC0521888 BU340 Managerial Finance 1 Assignment 01 11-13 -12 1). A limited partnership allows some of the investors to limit their liability. Under these terms‚ one or more partners are designated general partners and have unlimited liability for the debts of the firm; others contributors are designated limited partners and are liable only for their initial contribution. For example‚ if partner A and B contribute and of the capital respectively‚ limited partnership
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Chapter 1 E1-4. The Role and Environment of Managerial Finance 11 Agency Costs Answer: Agency costs are the costs borne by stockholders to maintain a governance structure that ensures against dishonest acts of management‚ and gives managers the financial incentive to maximize share price. One example of agency costs is stock options‚ which are used to provide an incentive for managers to work diligently for the benefit of the firm. Tips are similar to stock options in that they
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Advance Managerial Finance Case 6: Deluxe Corporation 1. What are the risks associated with Deluxe’s business and strategy? Is Deluxe’s current debt level appropriate? Deluxe Corporation was once the largest printer of paper checks in the United States. However‚ around the past years it started to face difficulties primarily on its sale and earnings growth primarily because of alternative payments systems as online payments‚ credit and debit cards‚ etc. Some of the risk Deluxe Corporation
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the goals of an organization. It focuses on internal reporting and is not restricted by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Financial accounting focuses on reporting to external parties such as investors‚ government agencies‚ and banks. It measures and records business transactions and provides financial statements that are based on generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Other differences include (1) management accounting emphasizes the future (not the past)‚ and (2) management
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In 1606‚ hundreds of settlers embarked on a journey from England to the Virginia colony‚ in search of wealth and treasure. Although they experienced much destitution early on in their journey‚ they were able to transform their colony with the use of the indentured servants and slaves by basing their economy around tobacco. With tobacco‚ they were able to create an industry in which the colonists would depend on socially and economically. The journey for the new colonist was brutal. They were crammed
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Solutions to Lectures on Corporate Finance‚ Second Edition Peter Bossaerts and Bernt Arne Ødegaard 2006 LECTURES ON CORPORATE FINANCE - (Second Edition) © World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/6188.html Contents 1 Finance 2 Axioms of modern corporate finance 3 On Value Additivity 4 On the Efficient Markets Hypothesis 5 Present Value 6 Capital Budgeting 7 Valuation Under Uncertainty: The CAPM 8 Valuing Risky Cash Flows 9 Introduction to derivatives
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Chapter 16 Managerial accounting concepts and principles 1) Direct costs are identified with and can be traced to a cost object. Indirect costs cannot be identified with or traced to a cost object. 2) Costs by function: A) Product costs consist of manufacturing costs: direct materials‚ direct labor and factory overhead. B) Period costs consist of selling and administrative expenses. 3) A) Prime costs which consist of direct materials and direct labor costs. B) Conversion costs which consist
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a. Why is corporate finance important to all managers? Corporate finance is important to all managers as it helps to achieve the three goals of the company. These are skilled people at all levels‚ strong relations with outside groups‚ and the ability to execute plans. Corporate finance can be used to forecast and fund the strategies of the company. b. Describe the organizational forms a company might have as it evolves from a start-up to a major corporation. List the advantages and disadvantages
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