CH 1
CH 1
CH 1
Chapter One
IntroductionCorporate
to Finance
Ross Westerfield Jaffe
Corporate Finance 1
Sixth Edition
Prepared by
Gady Jacoby
University of Manitoba
and
Sebouh Aintablian
American University of
Beirut
McGraw-Hill Ryerson © 2003 McGraw–Hill Ryerson Limited
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Chapter Outline
1.1 What is Corporate Finance?
1.2 Corporate Securities as Contingent Claims on Total
Firm Value
1.3 The Corporate Firm
1.4 Goals of the Corporate Firm
1.5 Financial Institutions, Financial Markets, And The
Corporation
1.6 Trends in Financial Markets and Management
1.7 Outline of the Text
Current
Liabilities
Current
Assets Long-Term
Debt
Fixed Assets
1 Tangible
Shareholders’
2 Intangible Equity
Capital Structure
Treasurer Controller
Taxes (E)
$F $F
Value of the firm (X) Value of the firm (X)
Voting Rights Usually each share gets one General Partner is in charge;
vote limited partners may have
some voting rights.
Managerial Goals
Board of Directors
Debtholders
Shareholders
Management
Debt
Assets
Equity
Direct finance
Financial Markets
Stocks and
Investors
Bonds
Firms securities
Money Bob Sue
money
Primary Market
Secondary
Market