Navigating the Business Loan : Guidelines for Financiers, Small-Business Owners, and Entrepreneurs
| Year of publication: |
2014
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| Authors: | Glantz, Morton |
| Publisher: |
Burlington : Elsevier Science |
| Subject: | KMU | SME | Entrepreneurship | Entrepreneurship approach | Unternehmer | Entrepreneurs |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] |
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (213 p) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of contents; Foreword; Chapter 1 - Business Structures and Funding Sources; Short review of business structures; Selecting a financing source; What to consider before you apply; Review Credit Reports; Prepare a SWOT Matrix; Check for Red Flags; Documentation generally required for a small business loan application; Chapter 2 - How Banks Evaluate Your Loan Application; Primary evaluation; Business Operations; Company Attributes; Industry Attributes; Management; Bank Relationship; Financial Reporting; Analytic Evaluation; Intention (Purpose) RepaymentSafeguards; Collateral; Guarantees; Loan Covenants; Perspective: how lenders put it all together; First Stage: Risk Versus Rewards Analysis; Second Stage: Acknowledging the Customer's Strategic Agenda; Third Stage: Satisfy the Lender's Agenda; Chapter 3 - Is Your Financial Information Accurate and Reliable?; The auditor's role; How accountants record transaction data; Historical Cost; Accounting Standards as Applied to Revenue Realization; The Matching Principle; Consistency; Disclosure; Objectivity; The significance of footnotes; Accounting for contingencies Classification of ContingenciesProduct Warranties or Defects; Litigation Contingencies; Environmental Contingencies; Risk of Catastrophic Losses; Direct and Indirect Guarantees; Financial instruments with off balance sheet risk; Asset Securitization; Futures Contracts; Pensions; Discretionary Items; Research and Development; Two significant auditing storm signals; Changing Auditors; Creative Accounting; Chapter 4 - Ratios Every Business Should Monitor; What are ratios?; Peer Group or Industry Comparisons; Ratio Trends; Ratio Workshop; Jones Designs, Inc.; Liquidity Ratios; Current Ratio Quick Ratio (Also Known As Acid Test)Net Working Capital; Activity or Turnover Ratios; Average Collection Period; Bad Debt Expense/Sales; Inventory Turnover; The Fixed Asset Turnover; Working Capital Turnover; Total Asset Turnover; Average Settlement Period or Accounts Payable Turnover; Profitability Ratios; The Gross Profit Margin; Selling General and Administration Expenses/Sales; Effective Tax Rate; The Net Margin; Return on Net Worth; Return on Total Assets; Dividend Payout Ratio; Financial Leverage Ratios; Debt-to-Equity and Debt-to-Total Assets Ratios; Times Interest Earned The Fixed Payment Coverage RatioDebt Affordability Ratio; Cash Flow Coverage2; Growth Ratios; Sales Growth Rate; Profit Growth Rate; Sources of comparative ratios; Chapter 5 - Financing Your Season; Examples of seasonal businesses; How a successful seasonal cycle works; Unsuccessful seasonal cycles; Examples of successful seasonal cycles; Seasonal lending analysis; Preparing a cash budget (refer to Acme's cash budget)1; Exercise: preparing a cash budget; Interim seasonal ratio analysis; (Cash + Accounts Receivable)/(Short-Term Bank Debt + Trade Payables) Returns Allowances and Discounts/Gross Sales |
| ISBN: | 978-0-12-801698-5 ; 978-0-12-801806-4 ; 978-0-12-801698-5 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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