Introduction to Financial Management Chapter 1 McGraw Hill/Irwin McGraw-Hill © 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Key Concepts and Skills Know the basic types of financial management decisions and the role of the financial manager Know the goal of financial management Know the financial implications of the different forms of business organization Understand the conflicts of interest that can arise between owners and managers McGraw Hill/Irwin
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Answer Sheet: 1. What is the importance of cost of capital in Financial Decisions? Explain. The term “cost of capital” is defined as a the rate of return on investment projects nesscery to have unchanged market price of a firm’s share. It may be the rate at which funds can be borrowed on new equity capital or‚ it may be the rate at which futher cash flows are discounted to measure its present values. The cost of Capital of a firm is the weighted average of the cost of the various sources of
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undertake all the sufficient provision for capital budgeting. Introduction Finance department plays a dominant role as far as the productivity of an organization is concerned (Andrew‚ 2001). Inevitably‚ the definition is not yet derived. According to management officials‚ organization is basically a place that surrounds with different departments in total and every department is intending to give its cent percent effort for the productivity of the company as a whole (Ackerman‚ 2002). Likewise other departments
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT - 1 ___________________________________________________________________________ Meaning of Financial Management Financial Management means planning‚ organizing‚ directing and controlling the financial activities such as procurement and utilization of funds of the enterprise. It means applying general management principles to financial resources of the enterprise. Definition : “Financial Management is the operational activity of a business that is responsible for obtaining
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analyze the financial position of John Keells Holdings PLC. The author has consisted only JKH PLC along and not its subsidiaries (group). The author has made use eleven ratios to analyze the financial position of the company. The ratios that he has used are Return on Investment (ROI)‚ Return to shareholders‚ Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)‚ Earnings per share (EPS)‚ Price-Earnings Ratio (P/E)‚ Dividend yield‚ Dividend payout‚ Gearing ratio‚ Interest cover‚ Current ratio and Acid test ratio. The
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION Business firms exist because they satisfy a human need by providing a product or service. No business firm can be established without sufficient financing. The owner(s) therefore put personal loans they have entered into‚ and/or their hard-earned savings‚ at stake to partially finance the firm. The owner’s or owners’ contribution is referred to as owners’ equity. Normally‚ owners’ equity is not sufficient Borrowed funds (loans) have to be repaid through
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR NON-FINANCE MANAGERS Questions Exercise 1: This exercise is intended to make sure that we are all familiar with terms used debt financing. (10 points) (10) Fill the blanks by choosing the appropriate term from the following list: lease‚ funded‚ floating-rate‚ Eurobond‚ convertible‚ subordinated‚ call‚ sinking fund‚ prime rate‚ private placement‚ global bond‚ public issue‚ senior‚ unfunded‚ Eurodollar rate‚ warrant‚ debentures‚ term loan. a. Debt maturing in
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are the markets for securities with an original maturity of 1 year or less. Answer: True Level: Easy 7. Eurodollar bonds are dollar denominated bonds issued outside the United States. Answer: True Level: Easy 8. Financial intermediaries such as banks typically have assets that are riskier than their liabilities. Answer: True Level: Easy 9. Spinning is the process of allocating shares in a ‘hot’ IPO to certain favored clients of investment banking firms in exchange for
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features of ordinary share & bonds? (B) Explain the steps involved in preparing a financial plan. What are the merits of financial planning? Q2. (A) What are the incremental cash flows? Briefly explain effects of the follow on calculation of incremental cash flows : A – sun costs. B- Allocated over heads. C- Opportunity cost. (B) “There are 2 dangerous situations that management should usually avoid in Controlling inventories”. Explain? Q3. (A) “The
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Blood bank Although there are any complicated instruments in the blood bank department‚ but it’s a very important and sensitive section of the medical laboratory as it deals with donors and acceptors of the blood‚ it transfer for leukemia and thalasemia patients‚ new born and cancer patients and so many cases blood bank save their lives. Tests that are carried in this department: 1- Some tests‚ which included donated free of diseases‚ serology tests 2- blood grouping 3- rhesus factor"Rh"
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