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M.B.A. (Henley)
B.A. (Hons) Management
B.Comm.
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Finance for the Non-Financial
Professionals
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Session 5
• Financing the business operations – Sources of Finance – Capital Gearing – Cost of debt and equity capital
– Weighted Average Cost of Capital – Shareholders’ wealth
• Strategic Management Accounting – Strategy in Accounting
– Financial implications of Business Strategies – The importance of both financial and non-financial
information
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Financing the Business Operations
– Sources of Finance
– Gearing
– Cost of debt and equity capital – Weighted Average Cost of Capital
– Shareholders’ wealth
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Sources of Finance
• Owners’ Capital
• Share Capital
• Loans• Suppliers
• Other Suppliers
• Retained Profits
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Sources of Finance
• Owners’ capital.
• Many organizations start operating with the
owner(s) putting into the business some or
all of their money.
• This capital is used to buy assets which the
organizations subsequently use in the daily
operations of the business.
• Part of this capital is also used to fund the
daily operations through working capital.
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Sources of Finance
• Share Capital (also referred to as Equity Capital)
• If the respective organization is a limited liability
company, the capital is divided into shares which
are offered to the public for sale.• In exchange for their money, shareholders receive
a share certificate stating that they have a share in
the ownership of the company.
• Share capital represents a guarantee to creditors
that there are specific funds available within the
organization to repay debts that are due.
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Sources of Finance
• Loans.
• With small companies, loans are often provided from relatives of the owners, whilst
in the case of larger companies, banks normally provide a large amount, although loans from individuals are also obtained.
• All loans are referred to as Loan or Borrowed Capital, and are shown in the Statement of Financial Affairs as Long-Term Liabilities.
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Sources of Finance
• Suppliers.
• Rather than obtaining money from
suppliers, what happens is that companies
normally delay paying their bills, and so use their liquid funds a little longer than they
should.
• The difficulty with such financing is that suppliers may cease to want to do business
with companies adopting this policy,
particularly in the case of small companies.
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Sources of Finance
• Other creditors.
• Apart from suppliers, most companies find
that they owe money but have a while before
cash has to be paid out.
• A typical example is company tax on profits,
which is not due until the following year.
Dividends are another example, which are
normally paid at the end of the financial
year.
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Sources of Finance
• Retained profits.
• Once a business is making profits, these
become the main source of finance that is
generated by the business itself.
• In fact, what is not paid out to suppliers,
government or shareholders is retained
within the business for daily operations as an addition to the organization’s original
capital.
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Capital Gearing
• Gearing analyses a company’s capital structure. In other words,through gearing it is possible to determine how much of the totalcapital employed is owned by shareholders, and how much of it isowed to third parties through loans, long-term credits and otherlong-term liabilities.
• Such a position is found through a single ratio:
Gearing Ratio: Total Borrowed Capital x 100% Total Share Capital
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Capital Gearing
• The question of whether high gearing is better than low gearing is not a clear-cut case.• In times of high profitability, high gearing is preferred
since less shareholding will eventually result in higherdividends being earned.
• However, in times of low profitability, companies withhigh levels of borrowing are at risk since theircommitments will have to be met, irrespective of thelevels of profits earned.
• It is very difficult to determine which is the acceptablelevel of gearing, as this depends on the company, its’products, markets, industry life cycle and eventually thelevel of risk that the owners and directors of thecompany are prepared to take.
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Cost of Capital
• Cost of capital refers to the minimum expectedreturn that is expected from a specificinvestment.
• The opportunity cost of placing funds in aspecific investment is the major driver behindthe cost of capital.
• However this is also affected by investors’
expectations, level of risk they are prepared totake, alternative investment opportunities andalso the prevalent interest rates of the alternative
investment opportunities.
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Cost of Debt Capital
• The cost of Debt Capital refers to the interest rate(s)that is payable annually on the loans and other third-party capital that has been invested within theorganization.
• The Debt Capital is normally covered by an agreementthat would have been entered into, and is normally insured through some form of guarantee.
• This guarantee has an effect upon the level and extentof usage of this Debt Capital, which may affect theinvestments opportunities for which the organizationeventually makes use of such capital.
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Cost of Equity Capital
• The cost of Equity Capital refers to the minimumreturn that owners or shareholders are expecting fromthe equity capital that they have retained within theorganization.
• Such equity capital may take the form of liquid funds,fixed assets, brand names, royalties or any other formof investment that has been made within theorganization.
• Equity capital is also affected by annual increases ordecreases in shareholders’ wealth: the higher theincreases in shareholders’ wealth, the higher will betheir expectations from the organization.
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Weighted Average Cost of Capital
• WACC is an average of various cost of capitalson the basis of given proportion of differentsources of finance.
• WACC is thus the total sum of all the averagecosts of different sources of capital afterconsidering their individual ratio to the total
capital. These individual ratios are termed as weights.
• WACC is used to reduce the cost of capital,
thereby generating further shareholders’ return.
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Shareholders’ Wealth
• Shareholders' wealth is basically the wealthshareholders get to accrue from their ownership of shares in a firm.
• One of the principal objectives of a business is toincrease shareholders’ wealth.
• Shareholders’ wealth increases by 2 possible means:
either by increases in share prices that bring aboutcapital gain or increase in dividend payments.
• A frequent indicator of accumulated shareholders’
wealth is the market share price.
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Strategic Management Accounting has been defined as"a form of management accounting in which emphasisis placed on information which relates to factorsexternal to the firm, as well as non-financial information
and internally generated information." Simmonds (1981)
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Strategic Management Accounting
– Strategy in Accounting
– Financial implications of Business Strategies
– The importance of both financial and non-financial information
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Strategy in Accounting
• The importance of strategy in Accounting canbe demonstrated through the financial resultsobtained by successful organizations.
• These results are the fruit of specific strategiesimplemented in other areas, which have in turnhad positive effects on the organizations’finances.
• Finance is an important link in an organisation’sstrategic review process.
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Strategy and Long-Term
Profitability• Porter (1985) assessed different industries in
terms of long-term profitability, and determinedfive competitive forces that contribute to a
strategic equation and long-term profitability.• Threat of New Entrants into the Market
• Threat of Substitute Products/Services
• Rivalry amongst existing organisations within theindustry
• Bargaining Power of Suppliers
• Bargaining Power of Consumers
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The Organisation’s
Generic Strategy
• Porter (1987) also developed different Genericstrategies that an organisation may pursue within
any specific industry to increase long-termprofitability.
• These are: Cost Leadership, Differentiation andFocus or Niche Strategies.
G i B i L l S i
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Breadth of
Competitive
Scope
Source of Competitive Advantage
Broad Target
Market
Narrow
Target
Market/
Niche
Lower Cost
Focused
Differen-
tiation
CostLeadership
Differen-tiation
Focused
Low Cost
Generic Business Level Strategies
Uniqueness
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A Low-Cost Business Strategy
• Open up a sustainable cost advantage over
rivals, using lower-cost edge as a basis either to
– Under-price rivals and reap market share
gains OR
– Earn higher profit margin selling at going price
Objective
A L C S W k B
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A Low-Cost Strategy Works Best
When:
• Price competition is vigorous
• Product is standardized or readily
available from many suppliers
• There are few ways to achieve
differentiation that have value
• Most buyers use product in same ways• Buyers incur low switching costs
• Buyers are large and have significant bargaining
power
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Differentiation Business Strategies
• Incorporate differentiating features that cause buyersto prefer firm’s product or service over the brands
of rivals
• Find ways to differentiate that CREATE VALUE
for buyers and that are NOT EASILY MATCHED or CHEAPLY COPIED by rivals
• Not spending more to achieve differentiation than
the price premium that can be charged
Keys to Success
Objective
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A Differentiation Strategy
Works Best When:• There are many ways to differentiate a product
that have value and please customers
• Buyer needs and uses are diverse
• Few rivals are following a similar type of
differentiation approach
• Technological change is fast-pacedand competition is focused on evolving product
features
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Focus / Niche Strategies
• Involve concentrated attention on a narrow piece of thetotal market
Serve niche buyers better than rivals
• Choose a market niche where buyers have distinctivepreferences, special requirements, or unique needs
• Develop unique capabilities to serve needs of target
buyer segment
Objective
Keys to Success
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When Does a Focus
Strategy Work Best?
• Costly or difficult for multi-segment rivals to
serve specialized needs of target niche
• No other rivals are concentrating on samesegment
• Firm’s resources do not allow it to go
after a bigger piece of market• Industry has many different segments, creating
more focusing opportunities
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Strategy in Accounting
• The importance and interlinking betweenStrategy and Accounting has also beenemphasised in recent years through different
organisations.
• Examples from the modern world illustrate theimportance of this interlinking that strategy has
had on business profitability and shareholders’ wealth.
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MODERN EXAMPLES OF
MASTERS OF STRATEGY
The Ferrari Team• The Ferrari Team have
been the most successful
sporting team in the pasttwo decades.
• The Ferrari team have
been studied by psychologists and
researchers to define their
winning concepts and
strategies.
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MODERN EXAMPLES OF
MASTERS OF STRATEGY AC MILAN ( 1899- to date)
• AC Milan has been one of the
most successful football clubs in
the past three decades.
• The club’s strategy has
continually focused on preparing
players both physically and
mentally to win.
• This has allowed the football clubto retain top-class footballers in
top form well beyond the normal
retirement age, thus lowering
players’ fees and transfer costs.
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MODERN EXAMPLES OF
MASTERS OF STRATEGY McDonalds
• McDonalds commands instant
recognition in every country in
the world.
• It has more than 30,000restaurants in over 120
countries, serving around 50
million people every day.
• Following its’ globalexpansion, in 2004 a new
Restaurant Supply Planning
Department was launched to
have enough stock to meet
demand but minimizing waste
This strategy is based upon a
Weblog purposely created forManagers to record daily stock
levels, as well as “Manugistics”,
that is information on factors
that may affect sales using two
years’ worth of data.
MODERN EXAMPLES OF
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MODERN EXAMPLES OF
MASTERS OF STRATEGY
• TOYOTA (1934 – to date)• This motor vehicle giantdeveloped from a smallmanufacturing plant into aglobal manufacturer byredesigning its’ productionstrategy.
• By minimising timesbetween production
processes the company hasbeen able to produce more
motor vehicles with lesshuman resources and greater“Autonomation”.
• In so doing, it has achievedits’ strategy of becoming one
of the largest global motor vehicle manufacturers.
Basic concepts of thisstrategy are: Produce toOrder; Make systemobservable; Correct problems
as they occur; Integrate workers’ skills.
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MODERN EXAMPLES OF
MASTERS OF STRATEGY
APPLE From I-pods to ITunes
• Following the continued piracyand legal issues that arose withinthe music industry, Apple werequick to enter the market and
provide customers what they wanted: music on the move.
• This led to the creation of theIpods.
• Following the success of theIpods, the ITunes online digitalmusic store was also launched,enabling the music industry tolimit the threats of piracy bybringing their products within
financial reach of their clients.
MODERN EXAMPLES OF
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MODERN EXAMPLES OF
MASTERS OF STRATEGY
GOOGLE (1996 – to date)• Google started off as a research
project of 2 PhD students who
researched mathematical properties
of the Internet.• Over the years Google developed its’
core competencies in technology and
innovation by providing more creative
ways of doing business.
• Google’s global presence has
increased through diversification into
related and unrelated industries,
ranging from radio, and TV to
advertising.
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The importance of financial and non-
financial information
• Financial information enables the organizationto quantify options or decisions that have to betaken.
• Non-financial information is much moredifficult to gather, analyze and interpret, yet may have far-reaching consequences on any
managerial decision to be taken.
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Financial Information
• Financial information may be provided from thefollowing sources:
– Financial Statements
– Budgets
– Variance Analysis and Interpretations
– Interpretations of Financial Statements
– Market Statistics, market share and share prices
– Other comparative financial statistics that may beavailable to the organisation
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Non-Financial Information
• Employees’ skills and knowledge
• Brands’ strength and customers’ loyalty
• Competitive strategies undertaken by theorganisation
• Access to distribution channels
• Government industry regulations• Industry and Products’ stages in the life cycle
• Suppliers’ and Customers’ switching costs
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Financial and Non-Financial Informationcome together toprovide a completepicture of theorganisation’s position
within an industry,hence the strategy thatneeds to be pursued inseeking to maximise
profitability andshareholders’ wealth.
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