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Finance is about two things:
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# Raising capital
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# Investing capital
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with the objective of increasing the wealth of the shareholders. The role division can be described as:
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Treasurer:
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* Cash planning
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* Bank relation
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* Risk
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* Insurance
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* Dividend policy
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Cares about:
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Cash in
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Cash out
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-> <math>\Delta</math> in cash balance.
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Controller:
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* Budgeting
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* Record keeping
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* Auditing
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* Taxation
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* Salary administration
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Cares about:
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Revenue -  
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Costs
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-> Profit
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How to discriminate different types of business?
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{| class="wikitable"
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!Business
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!Characteristics
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!Metric
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|Electrical Utility
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|Capital intensive
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|High Property and Equipment costs
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|Trading Company
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|Volume driven business
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|Low fixed assets, low margins, high inventory turnover
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|'Japanese' Company
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|Long term debt / Owner's equity is the largest of all
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|Supermarket
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|Very short collection period
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|Very low account receivable ,Low margins
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|-
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|Aero space
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|Low turnover, High Inventories
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Latest revision as of 19:24, 27 August 2020

Finance is about two things:

  1. Raising capital
  2. Investing capital

with the objective of increasing the wealth of the shareholders. The role division can be described as: Treasurer:

  • Cash planning
  • Bank relation
  • Risk
  • Insurance
  • Dividend policy

Cares about:

Cash in 
Cash out

-> in cash balance.

Controller:

  • Budgeting
  • Record keeping
  • Auditing
  • Taxation
  • Salary administration

Cares about: Revenue - Costs -> Profit

How to discriminate different types of business?

Business Characteristics Metric
Electrical Utility Capital intensive High Property and Equipment costs
Trading Company Volume driven business Low fixed assets, low margins, high inventory turnover
'Japanese' Company Long term debt / Owner's equity is the largest of all
Supermarket Very short collection period Very low account receivable ,Low margins
Aero space Low turnover, High Inventories