Assignment title: Information
The purpose of this assignment is to explain core
concepts related to the U.S. financial system.
Read the Chapter 1 Mini Case on pages 48-49 in
Financial Management: Theory and Practice. Using
complete sentences and academic vocabulary, please
answer questions a through d. APA format is not
required, but solid academic writing is expected.
Rubric :
Answer to question is extremely thorough and
supported with substantial relevant details.
Mini Case 1 :
Assume that you recently graduated and have just reported
to work as an investment advisor at the brokerage firm of
Balik and Kiefer.Inc. One of the firms clients is Michelle
DelleTorre , a professional tennis player who has just
come to United States from Chile. Dellatorre is a highly
ranked tennis player who would like to start a company to
produce and market apparel she designs. She also expects
to invest substantial amounts of money through Balik and
Keifer. DellaTorre is very bright, and she would like to
understand in general terms what will happen to her money.
Your boss has developed the following questions you must
answer to explain the US financial system to DellaTorre.
a. Why is corporate finance important to all managers?
b. Describe the organizational forms a company might
have as it evolves from a start-up to major corporation.
List the advantages and disadvantages of each form.
c. How do corporations go public and continue to grow?
What are agency problems? What is corporate
governance?
d. What should be the primary objective of managers?
1) Do firms have any responsibilities to society at
large?
2) Is stock price maximization good or bad for
society?
3) Should firms behave ethically?
Mini Case 2 instructions :
The purpose of this assignment is to explain core
concepts related to corporate valuation and
governance and to identify strategies for conducting
business with personal and professional integrity.
Read the Chapter 13 Mini Case on page 544 in
Financial Management: Theory and Practice. Using
complete sentences and academic vocabulary, please
answer questions a through d.
Using the mini case information, write a 250-500
word letter of intent discussing specific strategies for
how you will conduct your start-up business with
personal and professional integrity.
APA format is not required, but solid academic
writing is expected.
Rubric :
Answer to question is extremely thorough and
supported with substantial relevant details
Case 2:
Suppose you decide (as did Steve Jobs and Mark
Zuckerberg) to start a company. Your
product is a software platform that integrates a wide
range of media devices, including
laptop computers, desktop computers, digital video
recorders, and cell phones. Your
initial market is the student body at your university.
Once you have established your
company and set up procedures for operating it, you
plan to expand to other colleges in
the area, and eventually to go nationwide. At some
point, hopefully sooner rather than
later, you plan to go public with an IPO, and then to
buy a yacht and take off for the
South Pacific to indulge in your passion for
underwater photography. With these issues in
mind, you need to answer for yourself, and potential
investors, the following questions.
a. What is an agency relationship? When you first
begin operations, assuming you are
the only employee and only your money is invested
in the business, would any agency
conflicts exist? Explain your answer.
b. If you expanded and hired additional people to
help you, might that give rise to
agency problems?
c. Suppose you need additional capital to expand and
you sell some stock to outside
investors. If you maintain enough stock to control the
company, what type of agency
conflict might occur?
d. Suppose your company raises funds from outside
lenders. What type of agency costs
might occur? How might lenders mitigate the agency
costs?
Reference:
Brigham, E. & Ehrhardt, M. (2014). Financial
Management Theory and Practices (14 th Ed.). Mason, OH:
Cengage Learning.