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BE 4.01
business activities
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 | finance activity involving making decisions about a firms investments |
| assets | anything of value that a business or individual owns |
| capital budgeting | a process in which a firms financial managers determine which projects it should invest in |
| capital investment decisions | decisions that determine which projects a business will invest in, how the investments will be financed and whether to pay dividends to shareholders |
| capital structure | a firms mix of financing usually some combination of debt and equality |
| 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 project |
| dividend | s um of money paid to an investor or stockholder as earrings on an investment |
| equity funding | using money from investors to finance a project in exchange for shares in the company |
| finance | in business 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 oh how well a business generates cash flow in relation to the capital it has already |
| venture capital | invested money used for new business opportunities |
| working capital management | management of a firms current balance of assets and liabilities involves accounts payable and receivable inventory and cash |