Chapter4 Lecture1
Chapter4 Lecture1
Chapter4 Lecture1
Engineering Economy
CAPITAL FINANCING
2. Borrowed Capital
• Fund that are supplied by others on which a fixed rate of interest must
be paid and the debt must be repaid at a specified time
Equity vs. Debt
Basis for Comparison DEBT EQUITY
Funds owed by the company towards Funds raised by the company by
Meaning
another party issuing shares
What is it? Loan Funds Own Funds
1. Individual Ownership
• Also called sole proprietorship.
• The simplest form of business organization, wherein a person uses his or her own
capital to establish a business and is the sole owner.
Advantages:
Easy to organize
Owner has full control of the enterprise
Owner is entitled to whatever benefits and profits that accrue from the business.
Easy to dissolve
Disadvantages:
limited amount of equity capital
the organization ceases upon the death of the owner
difficult t obtain borrowed capital due to the uncertainty of the life of the organization
liability of the owner for his debts is unlimited
Types of Business Organizations
2. Partnership Ownership
• An association of two or more persons for the purpose of engaging in a business for
profit.
Advantages:
More capital may be obtained
Bound by few legal requirements as to its accounts, procedures, tax forms and other
items of operation
dissolution of the partnership may take place at any time by mere agreement of the
partners
provides an easy method whereby two or more persons different talents may enter
into business, each carrying those burdens that he can best handle
Disadvantages:
the amount of capital that can be accumulated is still limited
the life of the partnership is determined by the life of the individual partners.
there may be serious disagreement among the individual partners
each partner is liable for the debts of the partnerships
Types of Business Organizations
3. The Corporation
• A distinct legal entity, separate from the individual who own it, and which can
engage in almost any type of business transaction in which a real person could
occupy himself or herself.
Advantages:
enjoys perpetual life without regard to any change in the person of its owners, the
stockholders
the stockholders of the corporation are not liable for the debts of the corporation
easier to obtain large amounts of money for expansion
ownership in the corporation is readily transferred.
authority is easily delegated by the hiring of managers.
Disadvantages:
activities of a corporation are limited to those stated in its charter
complicated in formation and administration
greater degree of governmental control
Capitalization of a Corporation
o Registered Bonds
- the name of the owner of this bond is recorded on the record books of the
corporation
- interest payments are sent to the owner periodically without any action
on his part
o Coupon Bonds
- have coupon attached to the bond for each interest payment that will
come due during the life of the bond
- the owner of the bond can collect the interest due by surrendering the
coupon to the offices of the corporation or at specified banks.
Bond Value
The value of a bond is the present worth of all future amounts that are
expected to be received through ownership of the bond. C
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Example