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Project finance
Introduction to project finance, structuring the entity, evaluation of project, financing deal and case study.
Fosbury Flop!
During the 1968 Olympic games, right in front of a crowd of 80,000 people—an unknown athlete—Dick Fosbury, prepared to complete his first attempt at the high jump event. Up untill that day, Fosbury had a very average athletic track record.
Project finance - An introduction to Debt sizing and Debt sculpting
Financing is the process of providing funds for business activities, investing etc. Financial institutions, such as banks, are in the business of providing capital to businesses and investors to help them achieve their goals. An entity can raise money through Corporate Finance or Project Finance depending upon the scope of work. If the new initiative is Financed based on the strength of the balance sheet, using the assets, cashflows and good will of company as collateral to guarantee the additional credit provided by lenders, it is called Corporate Finance. If the project is not successful, all the remaining assets and cash flows can serve as a source of repayment for all the creditors.
Evaluating Investments - A brief on 'Return of Investment'
Product Costing and Pricing play a key role to successfully commercialize a product. Costing helps to meticulously attribute all the expenses incurred by the company to the product. Any omissions to attribute the cost to the product might give the company the illusion of a successful and profitable sale while impacting the profit in the balance sheet of the company. Over attributing costs to a product could price the product out of the market resulting in a loss of business. Such omissions or dis-proportionate attribution often occur because of shared infrastructure, resources that are being used to produce the product but unaccounted or over attributed.
SWOT analysis
SWOT analysis is the analysis of an analysis of an Organisation's Strengths, Weaknesses, which are internal and Opportunities and Threats which are external in nature to an organisation. The objective of SWOT analysis is to examine within and around, important factors that influence business decisions.
PESTEL analysis
PESTEL is an acronym that stands for Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental and Legal factors. PESTEL analysis is a framework used to analyse the macro-environmental factors that may have a profound impact on an organisation’s performance. This frameworks is particularly helpful when entering a new market or expanding a new business line.
Risk Management
Organisations are expected to carry out a set of tasks to achieve the goals set by the management. Risk is the uncertainty of the occurrence of an event that is not intended or an outcome that prevents an organisation in achieving its goal. The process of planning, preparing to mitigate Risks is called ‘Risk Management’. Risk management should be led by professionals who understand the business.
Deconstructing costing and pricing of industrial products
Product Costing and Pricing play a key role to successfully commercialize a product. Costing helps to meticulously attribute all the expenses incurred by the company to the product. Any omissions to attribute the cost to the product might give the company the illusion of a successful and profitable sale while impacting the profit in the balance sheet of the company. Over attributing costs to a product could price the product out of the market resulting in a loss of business. Such omissions or dis-proportionate attribution often occur because of shared infrastructure, resources that are being used to produce the product but unaccounted or over attributed.
DuPont Analysis to investigate Organisational Efficiency
Money is invested in a business to generate return on Capital a.k.a Profit. Profit is the net money made after deducting all the costs associated with producing, marketing, selling and financing the product.
