Lecture 1 & 2 Flashcards
Reasons for shareholder wealth culture are…
- globalization and deregulation of capital markets
- end of capital and exchange controls
- advances in IT
- generational changes in attitudes toward saving and investment
Consequences of shareholder wealth culture are…
- high mobility of capital
- companies must be competetive in commercial and capital markets
- operating and capital costs must be considered
pressure of capital markets on firms has been increasing because…
- capitalized pension funds grow
- younger generation accepts more risk on capital markets
the two conflicting paradigms for managerial decision making are…
- Shareholder value (maximize)
- Stakeholder value (maximize)
Outline the shareholder value approach.
- Maximize market value of firm (single objective)
- Shareholder is residiual claimant on firm
- Social welfare is maximized, when all firms in a society maximize their own firm value (assumptions)
Outline the shareholder value approach.
- Stakeholders are all parties that are affected by a firm‘s actions, e.g. shareholders, customers, suppliers, workers, local communities
- all Stakeholders have claims on the firm
- multiple objectives
- does not provide a guideline for managerial decision making
what are the assumptions required to support: “social welfare is maximized by maximizing shareholder value”?
no…
1. no monopolies
2. perfect markets
3. no externalities
what are the shortcomings of stakeholder theory?
- does not provide a criterion for decision-making
- decision criterion must specify how to make tradeoffs between demands of stakeholders (customer: low price, employee: high wage)
What are ESG cretria?
Environmental:
1. Climate Change
2. Energy Consumption
3. Biodiversity and habital
Social:
1. Community and development
2. Health and safety
3. Human rights
Governance:
1. Anti. money laundry
2. Cybersecurity
3. Data protection and privacy
Value-based management requires performance measures that are able to support the following objectives…
- strategic planning
- providing incentives
- measuring performance at the divisional level
- Communicating value creation
What are the three principal financial statements?
- Balance sheet
- income statement
- cashflow statement
Give the definition of “balance sheet”
- The balance sheet reports the categories and amounts of assets (firm resources),
- liabilities (claims on those resources),
- and stockholders’ equity at specific points in time.
What are uses and limitations of the balance sheet?
Uses:
1. Starting point for analysis of firm
2. reports firms earnings-generating ability
3. forecasts about the firms future cash flow
4. starting point for prep of adjusted balance sheet.
Limitations:
1. selective reporting
2. measurement, partially at historical cost, others at market value
Which two conditions must be met for “Revenue recognition”?
- Completion of earnings process
- Assurance of payment
Expense recognition is affected by the following accounting issues:
- Deferral of marketing expenses and sales commissions
- Accrual or deferral of the cost of periodic major maintenance projects
- Bad debt expense
- Warranty expense