Overview of Working Capital Management After studying this chapter‚ you should be able to: Explain the definition of working capital Understand the two fundamental decision issues in working capital management -- and the trade-offs involved in making these decisions. Discuss how to determine the optimal level of current assets. Describe the relationship between profitability‚ liquidity‚ and risk in the management of working capital. Explain how to classify working capital according to its “components”
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Working Capital Introduction Working Capital-Definition Working Capital is the cash needed to pay for the day to day operation of the business. Along with long term investments ‚ business also needs funds for short-term purposes to finance current operations. Investment in short term assets like cash‚ inventories‚ debtors etc.‚ is called ‘Short-term Funds’ or ‘Working Capital’. Hence‚ the management of Working Capital is very important for the smooth
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Question 3 0 out of 1 points If markets are ____‚ investors could use available information ignored by the market to earn abnormally high returns. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: a. in equilibrium b. inefficient • Question 4 1 out of 1 points If a security is undervalued‚ some investors would capitalize from this by purchasing that security. As a result‚ the security’s price will ____‚ resulting in a ____ return for those investors. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: a. rise;
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The PHILIPPINE CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL MARKET-is any domestic or international market in which governments‚banks‚multilateral organizations and companies can borrow or invest large amounts of money for medium to longterm periods. Capital market is different from the money market primarily because most money market instruments have maturities not exceeding 12months. The types of instruments issued in the local capital market are debt and equity‚hybrid. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CAPITAL MARKETS In the
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TUTORIAL 9 Learning Outcome:- On completion of this unit‚ a student shall be able to: Explain the role of capital budgeting techniques in the capital budgeting process. Calculate‚ interpret and evaluate payback period‚ net present value‚ profitability index and internal rate of return. 9-1 What are the most commonly used capital budgeting procedures? Why is capital-budgeting decision so important? Why are capital-budgeting errors so costly? 9-2 The treasurer of Anthony Press. has projected the
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Capital budgeting is the process of evaluating a company’s potential investments and deciding which ones to accept. A company’s market value added (MVA) is the sum of all its projects’ net present values (NPVs). Basically‚ one can calculate the free cash flows (FCFs) for a project in much the same way as for a firm. When a project’s free cash flows are discounted at the appropriate risk-adjusted rate‚ the result is the project’s value. One difference between valuing a firm and a project is the
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Capital budgeting (or investment appraisal) is the planning process used to determine whether an organization ’s long term investments such as new machinery‚ replacement machinery‚ new plants‚ new products‚ and research development projects are worth pursuing. It is budget for major capital‚ or investment‚ expenditures.[1] Many formal methods are used in capital budgeting‚ including the techniques such as * Accounting rate of return * Payback period * Net present value * Profitability
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A PROJECT REPORT ON WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT IN SWARAJ MAZDA LIMITED (AN INDO-JAPANESE LCV’S) [pic] SUBMITTED BY: NAMRATA CHECKER ROLL NO: E066028 (MBA) CHITKARA BUSINESS SCHOOL CHANDIGARH PUNJAB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY PREFACE Practical training is an important part of the theoretical studies. It is of an immense importance in
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ACCOUNTING/291 Capital Expenditure vs Revenue Expenditure Carlos Flannigan XACC/291 Instructor: Tameka Johnson October2 ‚2014 Expenditures are unavoidable for any company to exist in the competitive market‚ to expand the business or to find new opportunities to open up beneficial business in those areas‚ etc. Expenditure is defined as payments of cash or cash equivalent for goods or services‚ or a charge against
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Capital Structure Theories Capital Structure Capital Structure is the proportion of debt‚ preference and equity capitals in the total financing of the firm’s assets. The main objective of financial management is to maximize the value of the equity shares of the firm. Given this objective‚ the firm has to choose that financing mix/capital structure that results in maximizing the wealth of the equity shareholders. Such a capital structure is called as the optimum capital structure. At the optimum
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