PPT-The objective in corporate finance

If you don t know where you are going it does not matter how you get there First Principles The Objective in Decision Making In traditional corporate finance the objective in decision making is to maximize the value of the firm . It discusses th e broad issues related to the choice of corporate investment levels and financial policies dividend policy and capital structure These topics provide the base for further developme nt in more advanced courses Corporate Finance II The Energy Finance 2015 . Tom Sanzillo, Director of Finance. March 5, 2015 . Overview. Economic Analysis. Financial Analysis. Corporate and Project Analysis and Risk. Risks from Public Opposition. extent. do you think that businesses now need to make behaving more responsibly their . main corporate objective. ? (Hook words/TWE factors). By Ruairi, Jess and Henri. FOR;. For- I believe that firms need to be behaving more responsible today as if they are caught out being unethical or unlawful it can have a devastating effect on the business. One example of this are Starbucks where they used tax avoidance and they called it a Dutch and Ireland sandwich where they moved the money around to tax havens in order to pay lower tax rates. When this was published to the public people boycotted Starbucks. However what Starbucks done was not illegal it was just unethical and lead to Starbucks sales drastically falling until they promised to pay taxes. Also another unethical business decision are from large firms such as Nike and Primark who used child labour in order to produce their goods in order to save money. After it was proved that Primark used child sweat shops in order to make their clothes customers deserted the huge shop as they lost 42% of their customers.. 2. 2. .1. . List the four forms of business organization and describe the advantages and disadvantages of each.. 2. .2. . Describe the goals of the firm and the pressures exerted on corporations by various stakeholders.. Reality intrudes!. First Principles. When traditional corporate financial theory breaks down, the solution is:. To choose a different mechanism for corporate governance. ,.. To choose a different objective for the firm.. M. odelling. AFIN . 209. Miss . F. aith . M. oono. . Simwami. mo.simwami@gmail.com. 2/9/2015. 2. O. bjectives. U. nderstanding . of the nature and role of financial management.. U. nderstanding . of the general financial environment and the operation of financial . Describe the cycle of money, the participants in the cycle, and the common objective of borrowing and lending.. Distinguish the four main areas of finance and briefly explain the financial activities that each encompasses.. AFIN . 209 . mo.simwami@gmail.com. Miss faith . moono. . simwami. objectives. understanding . of the nature and role of financial management.. understanding . of the general financial environment and the operation of financial . Investments . and financial markets. Financial management of . corporations. Fields . are separate but . related. 2. Financial Assets. Real . asset. —Objects . that . provide services: houses, cars, food, etc.. Investments . and financial markets. Financial management of . corporations. Fields . are separate but . related. 2. Financial Assets. Real . asset. —Objects . that . provide services: houses, cars, food, etc.. Corporate Finance Decisions. Financial analysis and planning.. Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the firm via the . Financial Statements, . ratio analysis, and common sized financial statements.. The Benefits of Reading Books 1. What Advance Corporate Finance is?. Corporate finance is the area of finance dealing with . the:. S. ources . of . funding. Capital . structure of corporations. , the actions that managers take to increase the . Introduction. Contact. Nisan Langberg. Email . nlangberg@uh.edu. Office: 210E. “big picture”. Assume you are familiar with basic financial tools. Time value of money, accounting for risk, CAPM, portfolio theory .