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What types of short-term and long-term expenditures does a firm make?

What types of short-term and long-term expenditures does a firm make? (IntroductionToBusiness OP 8D04gAa · 2026-10-07-36573 · 16.2. How Organizations Use Funds…

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  • Comment les organisations utilisent leurs fonds
  • Le gestionnaire financier décide comment utiliser au mieux l’argent de l’entreprise.
  • L’entreprise doit continuer à investir dans ses activités pour croître et prospérer.
  • Les dépenses à court terme, aussi appelées dépenses d’exploitation, soutiennent les activités quotidiennes de production et de vente.
  • Chez Nike, elles comprennent l’achat de matières premières et le paiement des salaires des employés.
  • Les dépenses à court terme produisent généralement des actifs à court terme, convertibles en espèces dans un délai d’un an.
  • Les actifs à court terme comprennent la trésorerie, les comptes clients et les stocks.
  • Le gestionnaire financier doit gérer les actifs à court terme pour disposer de suffisamment de liquidités et soutenir les comptes clients et les stocks.
  • Les dépenses à long terme concernent généralement les immobilisations.
  • Chez Nike, elles comprennent la construction d’une nouvelle usine, l’achat d’équipements automatisés ou l’acquisition d’un petit fabricant de vêtements de sport.
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"16.2 How Organizations Use Funds 2. What types of short-term and long-term expenditures does a firm make? To grow and prosper, a firm must keep investing money in its operations. The financial manager decides how best to use the firm’s money. Short-term expenses support the firm’s day-to-day activities. For instance, athletic-apparel maker Nike regularly spends money to buy such raw materials as leather and fabric and to pay employee salaries. Long-term expenses are typically for fixed assets. For Nike, these would include outlays to build a new factory, buy automated manufacturing equipment, or acquire a small manufacturer of sports apparel. Short-Term Expenses Short-term expenses, often called operating expenses, are outlays used to support current production and selling activities. They typically result in current assets, which include cash and any other assets (accounts receivable and inventory) that can be converted to cash within a year. The financial manager’s goal is to manage current assets so the firm has enough cash to pay its bills and to support its accounts receivable and inventory."

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