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How do firms manage cash, financing, and long-term investments?
How do firms manage cash, financing, and long-term investments? (IntroductionToBusiness OP 8D04gAa · 2026-10-07-36573 · Glossary) — "Accounts payable: Purchase…
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- Financial management is the art and science of managing a firm’s money so that it can meet its goals.
- Working capital and liquidity management
- Accounts payable are purchases for which a buyer has not yet paid the seller.
- Accounts receivable are sales for which a firm has not yet been paid.
- Cash flows are the inflow and outflow of cash for a firm.
- Cash management ensures that a firm has enough cash to pay bills and meet unexpected expenses.
- Marketable securities are short-term investments that are easily converted into cash.
- Investment planning and capital allocation
- Capital budgeting analyzes long-term projects and selects those offering the best returns while maximizing the firm’s value.
- Capital expenditures are investments in long-lived assets expected to provide benefits for more than one year.
- Financing and financial risk
- Financial risk is the chance that a firm will be unable to make scheduled interest and principal payments on its debt.
- A line of credit is an agreement allowing a business to borrow up to a specified amount of unsecured short-term funds from a bank.
- A mortgage loan is a long-term loan made against real estate as collateral.
