Summary: Fundamentals Of Corporate Finance, Global Edition | 9781292215075 | Jonathan Berk, et al

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  • 1 Corporate finance and the financial manager

  • 1.2 the 4 types of firms

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  • What is a C corp

    C Corporations get taxed twice: the company pays corporate income tax and shareholders pay federal income taxes through dividends.
  • What is an important difference among types of corporate organizational firms?

    The way they are getting taxed
  • 1.3 the financial manager

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  • What are the three main task of the financial manager?


    1. Make investment decisions.
    2. Make financing decisions.
    3. Manage short-term cash needs.
  • What are the 3 main tasks of a financial manager

    1. Make investments decisions 
    2. Make financing decisions 
    3. Manage short time cash needs
  • What is the goal of the financial manager?

    To maximize the the wealth of the owners, the stockholders.
  • What is managing working capital

    The financial manager must make sure that the firm has enough money on hand to meer its obligations day to day
  • What is another way that managers can work in the interest of shareholders?

    To discipline them and  If shareholders are
    unhappy with a CEO’s performance, they could, in principle, pressure the board to oust the
    CEO.
  • What happens in hostile takeover?


    an individual or organization—sometimes known as a corporate raider—purchases a large fraction of a company’s stock and in doing so gets enough votes to replace the board of directors and the CEO.
  • 1.5 the stock market

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  • Who are market makers?


    Individuals or companies at an exchange who match buyers with sellers.
  • What is a limit order?


    Order to buy or sell a set amount of a
    security at a fixed price.

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