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Business activities
Question | Answer |
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Accounting | The process of keeping and interpreting financial records |
Accounts payable | all monies owed by the business to others |
Accounts receivable | all monies owed to a firm by its customers |
Acquisition of funds | finance activity involving making decisions about financing |
Administration of assets | financing activity involving making decisions about a firms investments |
Assets(s) | anything of value that a business or individual owns |
Capital budgeting | a process in which a firm's financial managers determines which projects it should invest in |
Capital investment decisions | decisions that determine which projects a business will invest in, how the investment(s) will be financed, and whether to pay dividends to shareholders |
Captal structure | A firm's mix of financing, usually some combination of debt and equity |
Cash conversion cycle | Ratio that refers to the number of days between a company paying for raw materials and receiving cash from selling the products made from those raw materials. |
Debt funding | Using money that is lent by a bank or other institution to finance a project |
Dividend | a sum of money paid to an investor or stockholder as earnings on an investment |
Equity funding | Using money from investors to finance a project in exchange for shares in the company |
Finance | in businesses, the function that involves all money and money management matters |
Financing | funding a business activity or project through debt, equity, or venture capital |
Return on capital | a measure of how well a business generates cash flow in relation to the capital it has already invested in itself |
Venture capital | invested money used for new business opportunities |
Working capital management | management of firms current balance of assets and liabilities; involves accounts payable and receivable, inventory, and cash |