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Corporate Finance
Thirteenth Edition
Stephen A. Ross / Randolph W. Westerfield / Jeffrey F. Jaffe /
Bradford D. Jordan
Chapter 1
Introduction to Corporate Finance
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Key Concepts and Skills
• Know the basic types of financial management
decisions and the role of the financial manager.
• Know the financial implications of the various forms of
business organization.
• Know the goal of the financial manager.
• Understand the conflicts of interest that can arise
between owners and managers.
• Understand the various regulations that firms face.
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Chapter Outline
1.1 What is Corporate Finance?
1.2 The Corporate Firm
1.3 The Importance of Cash Flows
1.4 The Goal of Financial Management
1.5 The Agency Problem and Control of the Corporation
1.6 Regulation
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1.1 What Is Corporate Finance?
Corporate finance addresses the following three
questions:
1. In what long-lived assets should the firm invest?
2. How can the firm raise cash for required capital
expenditures?
3. How should short-term operating cash flows be
managed?
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The Balance Sheet Model of the Firm
Total Value of Assets: Total Value of the Firm to
Current Assets. Investors:
Fixed Assets. Current Liabilities.
1. Tangible. Long-Term Debt.
2. Intangible. Shareholders’ Equity.
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The Capital Budgeting Decision
Current Assets. Current Liabilities.
Fixed Assets. Long-Term Debt.
1. Tangible. Shareholders’ Equity.
2. Intangible.
In what long-term assets
should the firm invest?
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The Capital Structure Decision
Current Assets. How should the firm raise
Fixed Assets. funds for the selected
investments?
1. Tangible.
Current Liabilities.
2. Intangible.
Long-Term Debt.
Shareholders’ Equity.
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Short-Term Asset Management
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The Financial Manager
The financial manager’s primary goal is to increase the value
of the firm by:
1. Selecting value-creating projects.
2. Making smart financing decisions.
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Hypothetical Organization Chart
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1.2 The Corporate Firm
The corporate form of business is the standard method for
solving the problems encountered in raising large amounts of
cash.
However, businesses can take other forms.
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Forms of Business Organization
The Sole Proprietorship.
The Partnership.
• General Partnership.
• Limited Partnership.
The Corporation.
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A Comparison of Corporations and
Partnerships
Corporation Partnership
Liquidity Shares can be Subject to substantial restrictions
easily exchanged
Voting rights Usually each share General partner is in charge; limited
gets one vote partners may have some voting rights
Taxation Double Partners pay personal taxes on
partnership profits
Reinvestment Broad latitude All net cash flow is distributed to
and dividend partners
payout
Liability Limited liability General partners may have unlimited
liability; limited partners enjoy limited
liability
Continuity Perpetual life Limited life
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1.3 The Importance of Cash Flows
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1.4 The Goal of Financial Management
What is the correct goal?
• Maximize profit?
• Minimize costs?
• Maximize market share?
• Maximize shareholder wealth?
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1.5 The Agency Problem and Control of
the Corporation
Agency relationship.
• Principal hires an agent to represent his/her interest.
• Stockholders (principals) hire managers (agents) to run the
company.
Agency problem.
• Conflict of interest between principal and agent.
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Management Goals
Management goals may be different from shareholder goals.
• Expensive perquisites.
• Survival.
• Independence.
Increased growth and size are not necessarily equivalent to
increased shareholder wealth.
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Managing Managers
Managerial compensation.
• Incentives can be used to align management and
stockholder interests.
• The incentives need to be structured carefully to make
sure that they achieve their intended goal.
Corporate control.
• The threat of a takeover may result in better management.
Other stakeholders.
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1.6 Regulation
The Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.
• Issuance of Securities (1933)
• Creation of SEC and reporting requirements (1934)
Sarbanes-Oxley (“SOX”)
• Increased reporting requirements and responsibility of
corporate directors.
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Quick Quiz
What are the three basic questions financial managers must
answer?
What are the three major forms of business organization?
What is the goal of financial management?
What are agency problems, and why do they exist within a
corporation?
What major regulations impact public firms?
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