Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Fixed Assets
1 Tangible
Shareholders’
2 Intangible Equity
FINANCIAL MANAGER
• Financial managers try to answer some or all of these
questions
Sole Proprietorship
Partnership
• General
• Limited
Corporation
• Limited Liability Company
• Agency problem
Conflict of interest between
principal and agent
• Corporate control
The threat of a takeover may result in better management
• Other stakeholders
• Bondholders objectives
• Get money back on time
• No increase in risk
• Stockholders objectives
• Maximize value
• Increase dividends
• Take projects with big upsides
FINANCIAL MARKETS
• Cash flows to and from the firm