TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture Business finance - Chapter 1: Introduction

This chapter include objectives: Identify the major types of business entity, explain the role of the financial manager, specify the objective that is necessary to ensure the financial manager makes rational investment and financing decisions, identify the major financial decisions made by the managers of business entities, identify and explain the basic concepts of finance. | Chapter 1 Introduction 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Learning Objectives Identify the major types of business entity. Explain the role of the financial manager. Specify the objective that is necessary to ensure the financial manager makes rational investment and financing decisions. Identify the major financial decisions made by the managers of business entities. Identify and explain the basic concepts of finance. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 The Nature of Business Finance Broad aspects of finance Corporate finance: the financial management of companies. Financial institutions and markets. Investments. Focus is mainly on corporate finance, but also considers financial institutions and markets, and investments. 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Financial Decisions Major financial decisions are: Investment decisions — decisions that determine the asset profile of a business (amount and composition of investments). Financing decisions — how the assets are to be funded (debt and equity). Financing decisions .

• Tài chính doanh nghiệp
• Business finance
• Lecture Business finance
• Capital market
• Financial management
• Financial decisions
• Financing decisions
• Sources of finance
• Leasing finance
• Sources of long term finance
• Long term finance
• Equipment finance
• Ordinary shares
• Long term debt
• Dividend Policy
• Capital structure
• Capital structure decisions
• Capital market efficiency
• Futures contracts
• Option markets
• Analysis of takeovers
• International financial management
• Management of short term assets
• Financial mathematics
• The time value of money
• Project evaluation
• Project evaluation methods
• Portfolio theory
• Aasset pricing
• Financial intermediaries
• Sources of short term debt