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Reasons why business may fail?

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  • Lack of capital
  • Too many long term assets
  • Inadequate control over inventory (stock) + credit
  • Problems with cash flow
  • Lack of control over costs and sales
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The difference between total sales and total costs of the business?

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Net Profit

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The cost of borrowing money, or the return of saving?

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Interest

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Profits earned by a business that are reinvested in the business rather than paid out as dividends?

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Retained profit

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The money required to set up to run and expand a business?

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Finance

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Measures of a business’s ability to pay its debts.

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Liquidity

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Where a business sells an assets and then leases it back?

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Sale and Leaseback

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Where the shares of a company are offered for sale on a stock market for the first time?

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Floatation

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Resources owned and used by a business over the long term such as buildings and machinery?

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Fixed assets

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A loan facility from the bank that may have to be repaid at any time?

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Overdraft

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Another term for the value of sales made by a business?

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Revenue

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Everything that the business owns that has monetary value, including cash, stocks, debtors?

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Assets

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Measurement of net profit - liabilities?

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Gross Profit

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An alternative word for revenue or sales?

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Turnover

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What is a debenture?

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Long term borrowing, similar to selling shares, promise of repaying amount lent w/ fixed period in time + set amount interest.

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Pros of debenture?

Cons of debentures?

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PROS
Very structured method, exact interest paid consistently

CONS
Debenture holder claim item in trade for unpaid debts over time.

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A bank loan is money borrowed from the bank (to be repaid), with interest applied over a set period of time. What are the PROS and CONS of this?

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PROS
easy, large amounts, structured

CONS
business risk poor credit rating + bankruptcy

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What is a issuing shares? And why do businesses use this method?

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Issues shares is when a business sells a fraction of their business to an individual or another business.

Reasons for this is to raise capital. Depending on percentage obtained determines amount received.

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PROS and CONS issuing shares?

For both the owners of the share/s and the business selling them.

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owners of shares
PROS
- don’t need to repay money invested
- cheaper than a loan
- large amounts can be made

CONS
- lose investment if business fails

sharing businesses
PROS
- short term method to improve cashflow (sale of share)

CONS

  • pay shareholders profits
  • share of ownership -> loss of control of business
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Define venture capitalist?

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Individual group invest in small, risky business

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Pros and cons of having a venture capitalist?

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PROS
- raise money for business even if bank disagrees with idea

CONS
- VC at risk and may want control (percentage) of/over business

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PROS and CONS selling assets?

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PROS
- business using money already invested in business

CONS

  • may sell something not worth selling
  • could sell something business needs in future
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Define Mortgage?

PROS and CONS?

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Long term loan provided by bank to by property.

PROS
- structured repayments long term (25+ years)

CONS

  • large sums interest
  • take long time to repay
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Government grants?
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PROS and CONS?

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Money given to a business by government. Usually used to help finance new jobs - especially those that create new jobs.

PROS
- don’t need to repay money

CONS

  • limited funds available
  • may be restrictions on what money can be used for
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Hire purchase?
Item bought on finance, repayments made each month. Final payment when items becomes property of business
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PROS and CONS hire purchase?
PROS - flexible method (can hand back if item no longer required, payment stop) CONS - high interest - item not owned until end of term
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Define trade credit? + PROS and CONS
“But now, pay later” basis for items bought from suppliers PROS - more money in immediate future CONS - accounts settled within 30, 60, 90 days
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Retained Profit? PROS and CONS?
Money kept from business by owners (marked retain profit on balance sheet) PRO - pay no interest on money CONS - could been invested business - business may not have enough profit to retain bye to business needs - aggravate shareholders if dividends is affected (share percentage)
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Debt factoring? PROS + CONS?
The company sells outstanding debt to a debt factoring company, who return a smaller percentage of that debt to the business PROS business gets money that may never have been paid back Saves business time chasing customers CONS time consuming Receive less money than owed
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Leading? PROS + CONS?
Business rents item from owner. Used to help obtain new equipment PROS Cost of assets spread over its life Massive money analysts not needed to purchase CONS may result in being more expensive to buying it over long period time Business doesn’t own asset so doesn’t appear balance sheet
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Short term financing?
Up to 3 years with high interest
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Medium term financing?
3 to 10 years with medium interest
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Long term financing?
Over 10 years with low interest
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Short term financing is used for?
Day to day running of a business and is usually for a period of up to 3 years.
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Examples of inflows?
- sales revenue - capital - loans - grants
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Examples of outflows?
- purchases - rent - wages
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Examples short term financing?
- overdraft - short term loan - hire purchase (external)
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Examples medium term financing?
- medium term loans ($10,000 +) - hire purchase - leasing
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Factors that influence a banks decision to lend?
- assets - credit history - current inflow - proposal of product - nature of market MORE SECURITY = LESS INTEREST
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Sale + leaseback?
Company sells assets (land, etc.) for cashflow • company then leasing asset back from leasing company as business still using item As leasing is an expanse business can claim as tax recieiving additional money
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Debt ratio?
Indicates how much of a business’s finances are due to borrowing; whether assets are funded by liabilities
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High debt ratio (50% +)?
Funded by borrowings
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Low debt ratio (< 50%)?
Funded by owner
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Recommendations to fix debt ratio?
- decrease debt through repayment - monitor debt + equity ratios as impacts future borrowings - minimise need to hold large assets
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Equity ratio?
Indicates extent to which owner has financed business as opposed to using an alternative source of finance (borrowings)
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High equity ratio?
Funds provided by owner
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Low equity ratio?
Funds provided by borrowings
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Cash flow to revenue ratio?
Indicates the entity’s efficiency in converting revenue from sales and additional income, to cash.
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High cash flow to revenue ratio?
Large proportions of revenue realised as cash (company not efficient cash flow)
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Low cash flow to revenue ratio?
Small amounts of revenue consistently noticed as cash and converted.
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Cash flow to revenue recommendations?
- increase cash from operatating activities - increase cash sales compared to credit sales - improve credit policy - offer early repayment discounts - discounts on cash payments - easy payment options, electronic (PayPal, BPay, etc)
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Net profit ratio?
Indicates the ability of the enterprise to generate a return in the owner’s investment
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High net profit ratio?
Operating revenue high + operating expenses low
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Low net profit ratio?
Selling volume and sales low compared to fixed costs
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Recommendations net profit ratio?
- increase sales revenue | - reduce expenses
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Capital definition?
All of the assets invented into company included the one with debt on them
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Revenue = ?
Income, money made
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Define cash sales?
Immediate payment (paid w/ cash)
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Entity?
The business
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What is equity?
Difference between value of assets/ value of liabilities
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Enterprise?
The business.
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Define surplus?
Excess amount of money left over after requirements have been met
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Stock level control??
At the end of the financial year, products go on sale in order to reduce interest charged on businesses inventory
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Inventory??
Produces purchased to sell as good from company
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Improving cash flow?
- Ensure surplus - access working capital - meet short term expenses - distributing payments consistently by subverting/ trade credit - increase sales revenue by marketing + stock level control - strong credit policy - use of debt factoring
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Improve working capital?
- ensure supply cash adequate meet short term expenses - strong credit policy - an overdraft - sale + leave back - scheduling accounts payable chronologically - control stock level in inventory

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