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Chapter 1 - Introduction To FM (S.202)
Chapter 1 - Introduction To FM (S.202)
Introduction To
Corporate Finance
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Course Objectives
1. Introduction to corporate finance
2. Financial statement analysis
3. Financial planning
4. Time value of money
5. Bond valuation trai phieu
6. Stock Valuation
7. Risk and return
8. Evaluate investment project
9. Cost of capital and capital structure decision
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Assessment
1. Assignments: 30%
• Individual: in-class exercises (10%).
• Group Project: company analysis (20%).
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Course materials
1. Fundamentals of Corporate Finance,
Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield,
Bradford D. Jordan, 10th ed, McGrawHill-Irwin
2. Principles of Managerial Finance,
Lawrence J. Gitman, 10th ed, Pearson.
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Contact
Instructor: Pham Tien Minh
Email: ptminh@hcmut.edu.vn
Faculty: School of Industrial Management, HCMUT
Room: 104 – B10 Building
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Introduction To
Corporate Finance
McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Chapter Outline
Capital budgeting
What long-term investments or projects
should the business take on?
Capital structure
How should we pay for our assets?
Should we use debt or equity?
Working capital management
How do we manage the day-to-day
finances of the firm?
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Forms of Business Organization
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Sole Proprietorship
Advantages Disadvantages
Easiest to start Limited to life of
Least regulated owner
Single owner keeps Equity capital limited
all the profits to owner’s personal
Taxed once as wealth
personal income Unlimited liability
Difficult to sell
ownership interest
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Partnership
Advantages Disadvantages
Two or more owners Unlimited liability
More capital available General partnership
Relatively easy to Limited partnership
start Partnership dissolves
Income taxed once as when one partner dies
personal income or wishes to sell
Difficult to transfer
ownership
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Corporation
Advantages Disadvantages
Limited liability Separation of
Unlimited life ownership and
Separation of management
ownership and Double taxation
management (income taxed at the
Transfer of ownership corporate rate and
is easy then dividends taxed
at the personal rate)
Easier to raise capital
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Who
focuses on
financial
issues within
a business
/firm?
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Goal Of Financial Management
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The Agency Problem
Agency relationship
Principal hires an agent to represent his/her
interests
Stockholders (principals) hire managers
(agents) to run the company
Agency problem
Conflict of interest between principal and agent
Management goals and agency costs
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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 goal
Corporate control
The threat of a takeover may result in better
management
Other stakeholders
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Financial Markets
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Financial Markets
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Financial Markets
Whether subsequently traded in the money or
capital market, securities are first issued
through the primary market.
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Quick Quiz
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