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Banker's Guide to New Small Business Finance [[electronic resource] ] : Venture Deals, Crowdfunding, Private Equity, and Technology
| Banker's Guide to New Small Business Finance [[electronic resource] ] : Venture Deals, Crowdfunding, Private Equity, and Technology |
| Autore | Green Charles H |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley, 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.15 |
| Collana | Wiley Finance |
| Soggetto topico |
Banks and banking
Commercial credit Small business -- Finance |
| ISBN |
1-118-85361-X
1-118-94086-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Banker's Guide to New Small Business Finance: Venture Deals, Crowdfunding, Private Equity, and Technology; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Part One: Survey of Funding Small Business; Chapter 1: How Small Businesses Are Funded; Defining Small Business; ABCs of Small Business Funding; Usual Suspects Providing Business Capital; The Rise of Alternative Financing; Notes; Chapter 2: Elusive Nature of Bank Funding; Risk Appetite Is an Oxymoron; Source of Bank Funding Limits Its Use; Small Business Credit Is Difficult to Scale
Loan and Bank Size Are Inversely Related Chapter 3: Capital Market Disruptions, Post-2008; Didn't Anyone See Bubble Coming?; This Time Was Different; Where Did Main Street Funding Go?; SBA-Main Street's Federal Bailout?; Supply versus Demand-Did Anyone Ask for a Loan (and What Was the Answer)?; Post-Crisis Reflections on Financial Regulation; Notes; Part Two: A Perfect Storm Rising; Chapter 4: A Paradigm Shift Created by Amazon, Google, and Facebook; Amazon Creates Digital Trust; Who Answered All Those Questions Before?; Your Opinion Is (In)valuable How Do These Changes Affect Small Business Lending? Lending Diversity?; Notes; Chapter 5: Private Equity In Search of ROI; The Fed's Low Interest Policy and the Effects on the Private Investor; Wall Street Isn't Main Street; First Buy In, Then Invest Up; A Cautionary Note about a 72 Percent APR; Notes; Chapter 6: First Change the Marketplace, Then Change the Market; Old Thinking/Technology Can Stifle Credit; Managed Solutions; Morality and Money; The Unintended Consequences of Old Law; Capital Markets Go Digital; Pattern Recognition-Data Is the Game Changer Different Processes and Different Views Crowdfunding versus the Crowd That Got Funding; The Rise in Alternative Paths to Source Funding; Billions Went Missing and No One Noticed?; Notes; Part Three: Digital Dynamics in Small Business Funding; Chapter 7: Funders and Lenders-Online Capital Providers; Innovative Funding Marketplace; Online Funders: Purchasing Future Receipts; When It Looks Like a Loan, Is It a Loan?; Judge Disagrees; Enter the Digital Age; Online Lenders: Money from the Cloud; Online Credit versus Traditional Bank Credit; Marketing for Clients; Gathering Application Information Digitally-Assisted Underwriting in the Cloud Old-Fashioned Number Crunching with a Twist; Fraud Detection; Loan Pricing; Loan Closing; Loan Servicing; Where Do Online Lenders Get Funding?; Notes; Chapter 8: Crowdfunding with Donors, Innovators, Loaners, and Shareholders; Donors-Funding Arts, Solving Problems, and Floating Local Businesses with No Strings Attached; Campaign Planning; Campaign Execution; Texting/Tweeting for Dollars; Innovators-Buy It, I'll Build It; Loaners-Brother Can You Refinance My Visa?; Shareholders-Online Market for Equity; What Will the New Market Look Like? Not Everyone Agrees: The Case against SoMoLend.com |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910132168603321 |
Green Charles H
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| Hoboken, : Wiley, 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Banker's Guide to New Small Business Finance : Venture Deals, Crowdfunding, Private Equity, and Technology
| Banker's Guide to New Small Business Finance : Venture Deals, Crowdfunding, Private Equity, and Technology |
| Autore | Green Charles H |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wiley, 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.15 |
| Collana | Wiley Finance |
| Soggetto topico |
Banks and banking
Commercial credit Small business -- Finance |
| ISBN |
1-118-85361-X
1-118-94086-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Banker's Guide to New Small Business Finance: Venture Deals, Crowdfunding, Private Equity, and Technology; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Part One: Survey of Funding Small Business; Chapter 1: How Small Businesses Are Funded; Defining Small Business; ABCs of Small Business Funding; Usual Suspects Providing Business Capital; The Rise of Alternative Financing; Notes; Chapter 2: Elusive Nature of Bank Funding; Risk Appetite Is an Oxymoron; Source of Bank Funding Limits Its Use; Small Business Credit Is Difficult to Scale
Loan and Bank Size Are Inversely Related Chapter 3: Capital Market Disruptions, Post-2008; Didn't Anyone See Bubble Coming?; This Time Was Different; Where Did Main Street Funding Go?; SBA-Main Street's Federal Bailout?; Supply versus Demand-Did Anyone Ask for a Loan (and What Was the Answer)?; Post-Crisis Reflections on Financial Regulation; Notes; Part Two: A Perfect Storm Rising; Chapter 4: A Paradigm Shift Created by Amazon, Google, and Facebook; Amazon Creates Digital Trust; Who Answered All Those Questions Before?; Your Opinion Is (In)valuable How Do These Changes Affect Small Business Lending? Lending Diversity?; Notes; Chapter 5: Private Equity In Search of ROI; The Fed's Low Interest Policy and the Effects on the Private Investor; Wall Street Isn't Main Street; First Buy In, Then Invest Up; A Cautionary Note about a 72 Percent APR; Notes; Chapter 6: First Change the Marketplace, Then Change the Market; Old Thinking/Technology Can Stifle Credit; Managed Solutions; Morality and Money; The Unintended Consequences of Old Law; Capital Markets Go Digital; Pattern Recognition-Data Is the Game Changer Different Processes and Different Views Crowdfunding versus the Crowd That Got Funding; The Rise in Alternative Paths to Source Funding; Billions Went Missing and No One Noticed?; Notes; Part Three: Digital Dynamics in Small Business Funding; Chapter 7: Funders and Lenders-Online Capital Providers; Innovative Funding Marketplace; Online Funders: Purchasing Future Receipts; When It Looks Like a Loan, Is It a Loan?; Judge Disagrees; Enter the Digital Age; Online Lenders: Money from the Cloud; Online Credit versus Traditional Bank Credit; Marketing for Clients; Gathering Application Information Digitally-Assisted Underwriting in the Cloud Old-Fashioned Number Crunching with a Twist; Fraud Detection; Loan Pricing; Loan Closing; Loan Servicing; Where Do Online Lenders Get Funding?; Notes; Chapter 8: Crowdfunding with Donors, Innovators, Loaners, and Shareholders; Donors-Funding Arts, Solving Problems, and Floating Local Businesses with No Strings Attached; Campaign Planning; Campaign Execution; Texting/Tweeting for Dollars; Innovators-Buy It, I'll Build It; Loaners-Brother Can You Refinance My Visa?; Shareholders-Online Market for Equity; What Will the New Market Look Like? Not Everyone Agrees: The Case against SoMoLend.com |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822577903321 |
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Green Charles H
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| Wiley, 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Entrepreneurial finance : fundamentals of financial planning and management for small business / / M.J. Alhabeeb
| Entrepreneurial finance : fundamentals of financial planning and management for small business / / M.J. Alhabeeb |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (481 pages) : color illustrations, charts |
| Disciplina | 658.15 |
| Soggetto topico | Small business -- Finance |
| ISBN |
1-118-69164-4
1-118-85783-6 9781118857830 |
| Classificazione |
338.63
658.15 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I Entrepreneurial Perspective -- 1 Small Business and the Entrepreneur -- 1.1 What is Entrepreneurial Finance? -- 1.2 Significance of the Small Business -- 1.3 Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneur -- 1.4 The Idea and the Opportunity -- Sources of New Business Ideas -- 1.5 From an Idea to Reality -- Stage I: Development, Start Up, and Early Growth -- Stage II: Increasing Growth and Maturity -- 1.6 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 2 Small Business Options -- 2.1 Starting a New Business -- Advantages and Disadvantages of Starting from Scratch -- Important Steps for the Right Start -- 2.2 Buying an Existing Business -- Advantages -- Disadvantages -- Due Diligence -- 2.3 Purchase Options -- Buy-Out Option -- Buy-In Option -- Bulk-Asset Buying Option -- Take-Over Option -- The Final Steps in the Buying Process -- 2.4 Franchise -- Types of Franchise -- Advantages and Disadvantages of the Franchise Option -- The Legal Aspect of Franchising -- 2.5 Home Business and Family Business -- 2.6 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 3 Small Business Purchase Price -- 3.1 Asset-Based Value -- 3.2 Cash Flow-Based Value -- 3.3 Market-Based Value -- 3.4 Capitalized Earnings-Based Value -- 3.5 Financial Ratios-Based Value -- 3.6 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- PART II Entrepreneurial Organization -- 4 Forms of Business Ownership -- 4.1 Sole Proprietorship -- Advantages of Sole Proprietorship -- Disadvantages of Sole Proprietorship -- 4.2 Partnership -- Partners Rights -- Partners Responsibilities -- Types of Partnership -- Types of Partners -- Advantages of Partnership -- Disadvantages of Partnership -- 4.3 Corporation -- Justifications for the Creation of Corporations -- Organizational Structure and Management of Corporations -- S-Corporation.
Advantages of Corporation -- Disadvantages of Corporation -- 4.4 Other Forms of Business Ownership -- Limited Liability Company (LLC) -- Professional Service Corporation (PSC) -- Joint Venture (JV) -- Non-Profit Corporation (NPC) -- Cooperatives -- 4.5 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 5 The Business Plan -- 5.1 What is a Business Plan? -- Types of Business Plan -- Importance and Rationale -- 5.2 Contents of the Plan -- Title Page -- Confidentiality Statement -- Table of Contents -- Executive Summary -- Vision, Mission, and Elevator Pitch -- Business Description -- Background -- Product -- Market -- Functional Plans -- Operational Plan -- Management Plan -- Marketing Plan -- Financial Plan -- Appendix -- 5.3 Other Elements of the Plan -- Milestone Chart -- SWOT Analysis -- Critical Risks -- Measures of Control -- Succession Plan -- Environmental Impact -- 5.4 Reviewing the Plan -- 5.5 Anticipating and Preparing Responses to Potential Risks -- 5.6 Financing the Plan -- Venture Capitalists -- Angel Investors -- 5.7 Presenting the Plan -- 5.8 Updating the Plan -- 5.9 Grooming the Plan -- The Written Text -- The PowerPoint Slides -- 5.10 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- PART III Entrepreneurial Finance and Valuation -- 6 Financial Statements and Their Analysis -- 6.1 The Balance Sheet -- Components of the Balance Sheet -- Balances of the Balance Sheet -- The Cash Flow Cycle -- 6.2 Income-Expenses Statement -- 6.3 Financial Statement Analysis -- Vertical Analysis -- Horizontal Analysis -- 6.4 Ratio Analysis -- Profitability Ratios -- Market-Based Ratios -- Operational Ratios -- Liquidity Ratios -- Debt Ratios -- 6.5 The Dupont Model -- A Final Word About Ratios -- 6.6 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 7 Capital Structure and Leverage -- 7.1 Debt and Equity Capital -- Debt Capital -- Equity Capital. Debt versus Equity Financing -- 7.2 The Optimal Capital Structure -- The Traditional Approach -- The Modigliani-Miller Approach -- Other Approaches to Capital Structure -- 7.3 Leverage -- Operating Leverage -- Operating Leverage, Fixed Cost, and Business Risk -- Financial Leverage -- Total or Combined Leverage -- 7.4 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 8 Profit and the Cost-Volume Analysis -- 8.1 Profit Concept Between Economics and Accounting -- 8.2 Profit Margin and Markup -- 8.3 Profit and Cash Flow -- 8.4 Profitability and Earning Power -- 8.5 When Would a Firm Start Collecting Profits? -- Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis -- 8.6 Break-Even Quantity and Break-Even Revenue -- 8.7 Break-Even Graphics -- 8.8 Desired Profit and the Break-Even Point -- 8.9 Non-Cash Charges and the Break-Even Point -- 8.10 Profit Planning -- 8.11 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 9 Pro Forma Statement and Financial Forecasting -- 9.1 Basic Pro Forma Statements -- Pro Forma Income Statement -- Pro Forma Balance Sheet -- 9.2 Pro Forma and the Sales Ratio -- 9.3 Change in Sales (DS) and the Needed Fund -- Financial Forecasting -- 9.4 Role of Financial Forecasting -- 9.5 Basic Steps of Forecasting -- 9.6 Types of Forecasting Models -- Qualitative Models -- Quantitative Models -- 9.7 The Analysis of Time Series -- Time Series and Data Variations -- 9.8 Fitting the Model -- 9.9 Adjusting for Seasonality -- The Simple Average of Errors Method -- The Actual to Forecast (A/F) Ratio Method -- The Dummy Variables Method -- 9.10 The Smoothed Forecasts -- Simple Moving Average Method -- The Weighted Moving Average -- Exponential Smoothing -- 9.11 Barometric Forecasting -- 9.12 Testing Forecasting Accuracy -- The RMSE Check -- The MAD Check -- The MAPE Check -- 9.13 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 10 Working Capital. 10.1 What is Working Capital? -- 10.2 Working Capital and Profit-Risk Manipulation -- 10.3 Working Capital and Financing Strategies -- The Aggressive Approach -- The Conservative Approach -- The Balanced Approach -- 10.4 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 11 Financial Management of Working Capital -- 11.1 Cash Management -- The Required Minimum Cash -- Types of Cash and Floats -- 11.2 Marketable Securities Management -- Common Marketable Securities -- 11.3 ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE -- Credit Control -- Credit Evaluation -- Cash Discount to Speed Up Collection -- Account Receivable Aging -- Current Liabilities Management -- 11.4 Account Payable and Trade Discounts -- 1. The Traditional Method -- 2. The NCRF Method -- Cash Discount for Prompt Payments -- Cumulative and Quantity Discounts -- 11.5 SUMMARY -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 12 Inventory Management and Control -- 12.1 What is Inventory? -- Inventory Functions -- Inventory Cost -- ABC Analysis -- 12.2 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) -- EOQ for Quantity Discount -- EOQ for the Production-Run Model -- 12.3 The Reorder Point -- Determining the Safety Stock Level -- 12.4 JIT-Inventory System -- 12.5 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 13 Investment Project Evaluation and Risk Management -- 13.1 Categories of Investment Purposes -- Replacement Projects -- Renewal Projects -- Expansive Projects -- Cost-Reduction Projects -- Conforming Projects -- Other projects -- 13.2 Steps for Project Selection -- 13.3 Types of Projects -- Independent Projects -- Mutually Exclusive Projects -- 13.4 Patterns of Cash Flow -- The Conventional Pattern -- The Non-conventional Pattern -- 13.5 Project Evaluation Techniques -- Average Rate of Return -- Payback Period -- Net Present Value -- Internal Rate of Return -- NPV versus IRR for Mutually Exclusive Projects. NPV Profile, Crossover Rate, and the Ranking Reversal -- Profitability Index and Capital Rationing -- Investment Projects and Business Risk -- 13.6 Risk and its Sources -- Where Would Risk Come From? -- 13.7 Methods of Risk Management -- Risk-Adjusted Discount Rate -- Risk-Adjusted Returns -- The Statistical Adjustment -- 13.8 Sensitivity Analysis, Scenario Analysis, and Simulation -- Decision Tree -- 13.9 Summary -- Key Concepts -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- 14 Business Valuation and Harvesting -- 14.1 What is Business Valuation? -- 14.2 Valuation Tools -- Book Value of Assets and Shares -- Market Price of Shares -- Capitalization of Major Variables -- 14.3 Valuation Techniques -- The Multiplier Approach -- The Capitalization Approach -- Varieties of the Capitalization Approach -- Harvesting -- 14.4 What is Business Harvesting? -- 14.5 Harvesting Strategies -- Systematic Liquidation -- Outright Sale -- Acquisition -- Going Public -- 14.6 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- PART IV Entrepreneurial Management and Control -- 15 Basic Entrepreneurial Management -- 15.1 Planning -- Concepts of Planning -- The Planning Process -- 15.2 Organizing -- Defining the Tasks -- Functional Departmentalization -- Range of Control -- Delegation of Authority -- Types of Organizational Structures -- 15.3 Staffing -- 15.4 Directing -- Leadership and Leaders -- 15.5 Controlling -- 15.6 Business Strategies -- Product Differentiation -- Cost Minimization -- Niche Creation -- 15.7 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 16 Location and Layout -- 16.1 Factors Affecting the Selection of Location -- The General Factors -- Specific Factors -- 16.2 TYPES OF BUSINESS OUTLETS AND LOCATIONS -- Outlets by Types of Goods and Services -- Retail Outlet Locations -- Service Outlet Locations -- Wholesale Outlet Locations -- Production Plant Locations. 16.3 SITE SELECTION. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911108716303321 |
| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Entrepreneurial finance : fundamentals of financial planning and management for small business / / M.J. Alhabeeb
| Entrepreneurial finance : fundamentals of financial planning and management for small business / / M.J. Alhabeeb |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (481 pages) : color illustrations, charts |
| Disciplina | 658.15 |
| Soggetto topico | Small business -- Finance |
| ISBN |
1-118-69164-4
1-118-85783-6 9781118857830 |
| Classificazione |
338.63
658.15 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I Entrepreneurial Perspective -- 1 Small Business and the Entrepreneur -- 1.1 What is Entrepreneurial Finance? -- 1.2 Significance of the Small Business -- 1.3 Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneur -- 1.4 The Idea and the Opportunity -- Sources of New Business Ideas -- 1.5 From an Idea to Reality -- Stage I: Development, Start Up, and Early Growth -- Stage II: Increasing Growth and Maturity -- 1.6 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 2 Small Business Options -- 2.1 Starting a New Business -- Advantages and Disadvantages of Starting from Scratch -- Important Steps for the Right Start -- 2.2 Buying an Existing Business -- Advantages -- Disadvantages -- Due Diligence -- 2.3 Purchase Options -- Buy-Out Option -- Buy-In Option -- Bulk-Asset Buying Option -- Take-Over Option -- The Final Steps in the Buying Process -- 2.4 Franchise -- Types of Franchise -- Advantages and Disadvantages of the Franchise Option -- The Legal Aspect of Franchising -- 2.5 Home Business and Family Business -- 2.6 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 3 Small Business Purchase Price -- 3.1 Asset-Based Value -- 3.2 Cash Flow-Based Value -- 3.3 Market-Based Value -- 3.4 Capitalized Earnings-Based Value -- 3.5 Financial Ratios-Based Value -- 3.6 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- PART II Entrepreneurial Organization -- 4 Forms of Business Ownership -- 4.1 Sole Proprietorship -- Advantages of Sole Proprietorship -- Disadvantages of Sole Proprietorship -- 4.2 Partnership -- Partners Rights -- Partners Responsibilities -- Types of Partnership -- Types of Partners -- Advantages of Partnership -- Disadvantages of Partnership -- 4.3 Corporation -- Justifications for the Creation of Corporations -- Organizational Structure and Management of Corporations -- S-Corporation.
Advantages of Corporation -- Disadvantages of Corporation -- 4.4 Other Forms of Business Ownership -- Limited Liability Company (LLC) -- Professional Service Corporation (PSC) -- Joint Venture (JV) -- Non-Profit Corporation (NPC) -- Cooperatives -- 4.5 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 5 The Business Plan -- 5.1 What is a Business Plan? -- Types of Business Plan -- Importance and Rationale -- 5.2 Contents of the Plan -- Title Page -- Confidentiality Statement -- Table of Contents -- Executive Summary -- Vision, Mission, and Elevator Pitch -- Business Description -- Background -- Product -- Market -- Functional Plans -- Operational Plan -- Management Plan -- Marketing Plan -- Financial Plan -- Appendix -- 5.3 Other Elements of the Plan -- Milestone Chart -- SWOT Analysis -- Critical Risks -- Measures of Control -- Succession Plan -- Environmental Impact -- 5.4 Reviewing the Plan -- 5.5 Anticipating and Preparing Responses to Potential Risks -- 5.6 Financing the Plan -- Venture Capitalists -- Angel Investors -- 5.7 Presenting the Plan -- 5.8 Updating the Plan -- 5.9 Grooming the Plan -- The Written Text -- The PowerPoint Slides -- 5.10 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- PART III Entrepreneurial Finance and Valuation -- 6 Financial Statements and Their Analysis -- 6.1 The Balance Sheet -- Components of the Balance Sheet -- Balances of the Balance Sheet -- The Cash Flow Cycle -- 6.2 Income-Expenses Statement -- 6.3 Financial Statement Analysis -- Vertical Analysis -- Horizontal Analysis -- 6.4 Ratio Analysis -- Profitability Ratios -- Market-Based Ratios -- Operational Ratios -- Liquidity Ratios -- Debt Ratios -- 6.5 The Dupont Model -- A Final Word About Ratios -- 6.6 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 7 Capital Structure and Leverage -- 7.1 Debt and Equity Capital -- Debt Capital -- Equity Capital. Debt versus Equity Financing -- 7.2 The Optimal Capital Structure -- The Traditional Approach -- The Modigliani-Miller Approach -- Other Approaches to Capital Structure -- 7.3 Leverage -- Operating Leverage -- Operating Leverage, Fixed Cost, and Business Risk -- Financial Leverage -- Total or Combined Leverage -- 7.4 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 8 Profit and the Cost-Volume Analysis -- 8.1 Profit Concept Between Economics and Accounting -- 8.2 Profit Margin and Markup -- 8.3 Profit and Cash Flow -- 8.4 Profitability and Earning Power -- 8.5 When Would a Firm Start Collecting Profits? -- Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis -- 8.6 Break-Even Quantity and Break-Even Revenue -- 8.7 Break-Even Graphics -- 8.8 Desired Profit and the Break-Even Point -- 8.9 Non-Cash Charges and the Break-Even Point -- 8.10 Profit Planning -- 8.11 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 9 Pro Forma Statement and Financial Forecasting -- 9.1 Basic Pro Forma Statements -- Pro Forma Income Statement -- Pro Forma Balance Sheet -- 9.2 Pro Forma and the Sales Ratio -- 9.3 Change in Sales (DS) and the Needed Fund -- Financial Forecasting -- 9.4 Role of Financial Forecasting -- 9.5 Basic Steps of Forecasting -- 9.6 Types of Forecasting Models -- Qualitative Models -- Quantitative Models -- 9.7 The Analysis of Time Series -- Time Series and Data Variations -- 9.8 Fitting the Model -- 9.9 Adjusting for Seasonality -- The Simple Average of Errors Method -- The Actual to Forecast (A/F) Ratio Method -- The Dummy Variables Method -- 9.10 The Smoothed Forecasts -- Simple Moving Average Method -- The Weighted Moving Average -- Exponential Smoothing -- 9.11 Barometric Forecasting -- 9.12 Testing Forecasting Accuracy -- The RMSE Check -- The MAD Check -- The MAPE Check -- 9.13 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 10 Working Capital. 10.1 What is Working Capital? -- 10.2 Working Capital and Profit-Risk Manipulation -- 10.3 Working Capital and Financing Strategies -- The Aggressive Approach -- The Conservative Approach -- The Balanced Approach -- 10.4 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 11 Financial Management of Working Capital -- 11.1 Cash Management -- The Required Minimum Cash -- Types of Cash and Floats -- 11.2 Marketable Securities Management -- Common Marketable Securities -- 11.3 ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE -- Credit Control -- Credit Evaluation -- Cash Discount to Speed Up Collection -- Account Receivable Aging -- Current Liabilities Management -- 11.4 Account Payable and Trade Discounts -- 1. The Traditional Method -- 2. The NCRF Method -- Cash Discount for Prompt Payments -- Cumulative and Quantity Discounts -- 11.5 SUMMARY -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 12 Inventory Management and Control -- 12.1 What is Inventory? -- Inventory Functions -- Inventory Cost -- ABC Analysis -- 12.2 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) -- EOQ for Quantity Discount -- EOQ for the Production-Run Model -- 12.3 The Reorder Point -- Determining the Safety Stock Level -- 12.4 JIT-Inventory System -- 12.5 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 13 Investment Project Evaluation and Risk Management -- 13.1 Categories of Investment Purposes -- Replacement Projects -- Renewal Projects -- Expansive Projects -- Cost-Reduction Projects -- Conforming Projects -- Other projects -- 13.2 Steps for Project Selection -- 13.3 Types of Projects -- Independent Projects -- Mutually Exclusive Projects -- 13.4 Patterns of Cash Flow -- The Conventional Pattern -- The Non-conventional Pattern -- 13.5 Project Evaluation Techniques -- Average Rate of Return -- Payback Period -- Net Present Value -- Internal Rate of Return -- NPV versus IRR for Mutually Exclusive Projects. NPV Profile, Crossover Rate, and the Ranking Reversal -- Profitability Index and Capital Rationing -- Investment Projects and Business Risk -- 13.6 Risk and its Sources -- Where Would Risk Come From? -- 13.7 Methods of Risk Management -- Risk-Adjusted Discount Rate -- Risk-Adjusted Returns -- The Statistical Adjustment -- 13.8 Sensitivity Analysis, Scenario Analysis, and Simulation -- Decision Tree -- 13.9 Summary -- Key Concepts -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- 14 Business Valuation and Harvesting -- 14.1 What is Business Valuation? -- 14.2 Valuation Tools -- Book Value of Assets and Shares -- Market Price of Shares -- Capitalization of Major Variables -- 14.3 Valuation Techniques -- The Multiplier Approach -- The Capitalization Approach -- Varieties of the Capitalization Approach -- Harvesting -- 14.4 What is Business Harvesting? -- 14.5 Harvesting Strategies -- Systematic Liquidation -- Outright Sale -- Acquisition -- Going Public -- 14.6 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- PART IV Entrepreneurial Management and Control -- 15 Basic Entrepreneurial Management -- 15.1 Planning -- Concepts of Planning -- The Planning Process -- 15.2 Organizing -- Defining the Tasks -- Functional Departmentalization -- Range of Control -- Delegation of Authority -- Types of Organizational Structures -- 15.3 Staffing -- 15.4 Directing -- Leadership and Leaders -- 15.5 Controlling -- 15.6 Business Strategies -- Product Differentiation -- Cost Minimization -- Niche Creation -- 15.7 Summary -- Key Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- 16 Location and Layout -- 16.1 Factors Affecting the Selection of Location -- The General Factors -- Specific Factors -- 16.2 TYPES OF BUSINESS OUTLETS AND LOCATIONS -- Outlets by Types of Goods and Services -- Retail Outlet Locations -- Service Outlet Locations -- Wholesale Outlet Locations -- Production Plant Locations. 16.3 SITE SELECTION. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911134027503321 |
| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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