Working-Capital Management Current assets cash, marketable securities, inventory accounts receivable Long- Term Assets equipment, buildings, land Which earn higher rates of return? Which help avoid risk of illiquidity?
Corporate restructuring 1960s- Mergers of unrelated firms formed huge conglomerates 1980s-Investors purchased conglomerates and sold off the pieces as independent companies. 1990s- Strategic mergers of related firms to create synergies
Innovations in Risk Management Futures contract a contract to buy or sell a stated commodity or financial claim at a specified price at some specified future time
• Meaning of Risk Management • Objectives of Risk Management • Steps in the RM Process • Benefits of Risk Management • Personal RM • Corporate RM – ERM (FMEA)
Accounts receivable Management Size of Investment in Accounts Receivable Percent of credit sales to Total sales Level of sales Terms of sale Quality of customer Collection Efforts