Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Corporate Finance Fifth Edition Slides by Matthew Will McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved The Corporation and The Financial Manager
Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill/Irwin 1- 2 Topics Covered Investment and Financing Decisions What is Corporation? Who Is The Financial Manager? Goals of the Corporation Careers in Finance
Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill/Irwin 1- 3 The Role of The Financial Manager Capital Budgeting Decision Decision to invest in tangible or intangible assets. …also called the Investment Decision
Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill/Irwin 1- 4 The Role of The Financial Manager “Capital Budgeting” Tangible Assets Toyota in $800 million Nontangible Assets Gillette’s Mach3 $300 million
Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill/Irwin 1- 5 The Role of The Financial Manager Financing Decision Raising money that the firm needs for its investments and operations. Capital Structure The mix of long term debt and equity financing.
Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill/Irwin 1- 6 Financial Manager Firm's operations Investors (1) Cash raised from investors (1) (2) Cash invested in firm (2) (3) Cash generated by operations (3) (4a) Cash reinvested (4a) (4b) Cash returned to investors (4b) The Role of The Financial Manager Real assets
Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill/Irwin 1- 7 What is a Corporation? Types of Corporations Public Companies Private Corporations Limited Liability Corporations (LLC)
Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill/Irwin 1- 8 Organizing a Business Types of Business Organizations Sole Proprietorships Partnerships Corporations Limited Liability Partnerships
Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill/Irwin 1- 9 Organizing a Business
Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill/Irwin Corporate Structure Sole Proprietorships Corporations Partnerships Limited Liability Corporate tax on profits + Personal tax on dividends Unlimited Liability Personal tax on profits
Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill/Irwin Who is The Financial Manager? Chief Financial Officer TreasurerController
Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill/Irwin Goals of The Corporation Shareholders desire wealth maximization Do managers maximize shareholder wealth? Mangers have many constituencies “stakeholders” “Agency Problems” represent the conflict of interest between management and owners
Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill/Irwin Goals of The Corporation Ethics & Management Objectives Does value maximization justify unethical behavior? Enron example WorldCom example AIG example
Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill/Irwin Goals of The Corporation Agency Problem Solutions 1 - Compensation plans 2 - Board of Directors 3 - Takeovers 4 - Specialist Monitoring 5 - Auditors
Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill/Irwin Careers in Finance
Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill/Irwin Careers in Finance