Lots of researches and reports analyzed the success of Samsung Electronics (SEC) mostly focusing on Samsung Group. This paper attempts to look into the relationship between SEC and Samsung Group in terms of SEC¡¦s capital management, and intends to find out if Samsung Group brings advantages to SEC. The analysis in this paper is divided into two parts: ¡]1¡^ examining the source and the use of SEC¡¦s capital by comparing with AUO and PSC¡F¡]2¡^scrutinizing SEC and the Group's financial performances. Firstly, from cash flow's point of view, AUO and PSC depend on substantial financing to meet their capital gap. Differences in working capital also cause impact on cash flow from operating activities. Same results are found similarly in analyzing the SEC and the Group. Moreover, regarding the purpose the capital, SEC evidently shows higher weights in cash outflows from investment activities than in property, plant and equipment. The difference mainly lies in the cross-investments between SEC and Samsung Group. On the other hand, based on the computation of financial ratios, SEC benefits from Samsung Group's integrated supply chains in comparison with AUO and PSC, especially in terms of account receivables and inventories. However, the same advantages are not shown in account payables conversely. It is inferred that SEC supports Samsung Group through giving looser credits. To sum up, as far as cash flows are concerned, SEC is capable of operating with sufficient working capital because of diversification and cross-investment within the Group. Meanwhile, SEC exhibits superior financial ratios than its peer companies as Group's cooperation. Subsequently, it is concluded that SEC gains much stronger competitive advantages from Samsung Group.

M. Tech. Business Administration / Working capital management is an extremely important area of financial management as current assets normally represent more than half of the total assets of a business. Literature has shown that efficient management of working capital will lead to more profitability and creating more market value. This study sought to ascertain the impact of the working capital management on firm profitability in the retail sector of the South African Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed companies.

The aim of this thesis "Long-term and Short-term Financial Planning of the Company" was to indicate the substance and aims of financial management in the area of liquidity. To evaluate financial strategies and importance of the net working capital management. To analyse liquidity over the last three years at a particular company based on the obtained data and to create the financial plan for the next period. The theoretical part is focused on the issue of financial planning. Principles and methods of planning were explained and the specifics of long-term and short-term financial planning were described. In the practical part the selected company and construction sector were characterized. After the evaluation of company´s financial situation, based on selected indicators of financial analysis, planned changes in the company were described. Then the financial plan was created. Afterwards, development of financial indicators throughout the plan period was evaluated. In conclusion overall economic situation was summarized.

O presente trabalho trata do tema finanças corporativas e geração de valor ao acionista. O objetivo geral é propor um modelo integrado de gestão financeira, contemplando em um painel gerencial, as principais decisões financeiras tomadas pela empresa: análise de investimentos, análise das alternativas de financiamento e gestão do capital de giro. O modelo propõe o alinhamento dos objetivos estratégicos, definidos pela alta administração, com a execução das ações de gestão apoiado na metodologia Balanced Scorecard. Este estudo é classificado quanto a sua natureza como uma pesquisa aplicada, em relação aos seus objetivos como exploratória e, quanto aos procedimentos, pesquisa bibliográfica. O tema finanças corporativas foi referenciado de acordo com os principais periódicos da área. Os resultados encontrados apontam que através da integração das decisões financeiras é possível preservar e otimizar o valor do acionista, contribuindo para sua continuidade ao longo do tempo. / This dissertation deals with corporate finance and value creation for shareholders. The overall goal is to propose an integrated model of financial management, covering a panel management, major financial decisions made by the company: investment analysis, analysis of alternatives for financing and management of working capital. The model proposes the alignment of strategic objectives set by the Board of Directors, with the implementation of management actions supported by the Balanced Scorecard methodology. This study is classified as to its nature as an applied research, in relation to their goals as exploratory and as to the procedures, literature research. The results show that by integrating financial decisions one can preserve and optimize shareholder value, contributing to its continuity over time.

The aim of this work was to bring the basics and goals of the financial management of liquidity and an assessment of liquidity of the specific company. The main company working is Operation of hotel Slunečná louka. For analysis were used data from financial statements of the monitored enterprise.Evalution of liquidity was carried throuth liquidity indicators, ratios, diferential indicators. It was assembled annual financial plan for next year.

Thesis (MTech (Cost and Management Accounting))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015. / The broad aim of this research was to investigate the working-capital management practices of Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) in the Cape Metropole. The study was motivated by a lack of research on the workingcapital management practices of SMMEs. Data was collected by means of a questionnaire that comprised closed-ended questions. The findings of the study indicate that most SMMEs manage their cash effectively; however only a minority hold cash for speculative purpose, invest their surplus cash profitably and use computers to manage cash. By contrast, only a minority of the SMMEs sell on credit. Of those that do, only a minority review their credit criteria annually, send reminders to debtors, charge interest for delayed payment, send prompt statements and use computers to manage their receivables. Likewise, only a minority of the SMMEs purchase on credit. Of those that do, a majority pay promptly to take advantage of discounts and thus only a minority settle their accounts on the last date allowed. Interestingly, most of the SMMEs that purchase on credit use computers to manage their payables. Only a minority of the SMMEs perceive a lack of skills, resources, personnel and time as factors that inhibit them from managing their workingcapital effectively. The findings of this study provide invaluable insights on the weaknesses in the working-capital management practices of SMMEs, which could be used to inform future endeavours of the Government when establishing interventions meant to improve the survival rates of these entities. The findings may also assist SMMEs to gauge and review their working management practices, particularly their receivables and payables, with a view to optimising the benefits derived from these components of working-capital.

O presente trabalho trata do tema finanças corporativas e geração de valor ao acionista. O objetivo geral é propor um modelo integrado de gestão financeira, contemplando em um painel gerencial, as principais decisões financeiras tomadas pela empresa: análise de investimentos, análise das alternativas de financiamento e gestão do capital de giro. O modelo propõe o alinhamento dos objetivos estratégicos, definidos pela alta administração, com a execução das ações de gestão apoiado na metodologia Balanced Scorecard. Este estudo é classificado quanto a sua natureza como uma pesquisa aplicada, em relação aos seus objetivos como exploratória e, quanto aos procedimentos, pesquisa bibliográfica. O tema finanças corporativas foi referenciado de acordo com os principais periódicos da área. Os resultados encontrados apontam que através da integração das decisões financeiras é possível preservar e otimizar o valor do acionista, contribuindo para sua continuidade ao longo do tempo. / This dissertation deals with corporate finance and value creation for shareholders. The overall goal is to propose an integrated model of financial management, covering a panel management, major financial decisions made by the company: investment analysis, analysis of alternatives for financing and management of working capital. The model proposes the alignment of strategic objectives set by the Board of Directors, with the implementation of management actions supported by the Balanced Scorecard methodology. This study is classified as to its nature as an applied research, in relation to their goals as exploratory and as to the procedures, literature research. The results show that by integrating financial decisions one can preserve and optimize shareholder value, contributing to its continuity over time.

This thesis investigates three aspects of corporate finance, namely the determinants of firm’s long term investment represented by the net capital expenditures, the determinants of firm’s short term investment represented by working capital requirements and the capital budgeting practices - all within the context of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) markets. Despite the importance of these interrelated topics to decision makers and despite the great emphasis given to teach them in universities, few researchers investigated the determinants of both long and short term investments and out of those, most focused on developed markets. Moreover, almost all the existing studies investigated these determinants at the firm level with little evidence about macroeconomic factors. Besides, none have provided a comprehensive investigation of capital budgeting practices from a single market whether developed or emerging. Hence, this thesis completed three independent investigations. The first and second investigation presented in chapters three and four respectively, explores three categories of factors that are found in the existing literature, or predicted by this thesis to be associated with firm’s long and short term investments. These first two investigations utilize a pooled OLS regression for a panel data set covering the period from 2000 to 2014. Furthermore, the third investigation presented in chapter five explores a wide set of capital budgeting practices from a single frontier market within the GCC. Precisely, the investigation covers the development, the selection and the post completion stage of capital budgeting. It also, explores factors that are found in the existing literature or predicted by this thesis to influence the use of such practices. This investigation utilizes a survey questionnaire containing 23 questions to gather the required data. Finally, this thesis makes various contributions to the corporate finance literature. Specifically, chapter three and four extend the existing literature on the determinants of firm’s long and short term investments by examining it in the context of new emerging markets namely the GCC markets. Beside, revealing the positive effect of macroeconomic factors on firm’s investments. Chapter five extends the existing literature on capital budgeting practices by investigating three stages of these practices from the Omani market. Additionally, it provides new evidence related to the significant relation between capital budgeting practices and new firms characteristics.

O presente trabalho trata do tema finanças corporativas e geração de valor ao acionista. O objetivo geral é propor um modelo integrado de gestão financeira, contemplando em um painel gerencial, as principais decisões financeiras tomadas pela empresa: análise de investimentos, análise das alternativas de financiamento e gestão do capital de giro. O modelo propõe o alinhamento dos objetivos estratégicos, definidos pela alta administração, com a execução das ações de gestão apoiado na metodologia Balanced Scorecard. Este estudo é classificado quanto a sua natureza como uma pesquisa aplicada, em relação aos seus objetivos como exploratória e, quanto aos procedimentos, pesquisa bibliográfica. O tema finanças corporativas foi referenciado de acordo com os principais periódicos da área. Os resultados encontrados apontam que através da integração das decisões financeiras é possível preservar e otimizar o valor do acionista, contribuindo para sua continuidade ao longo do tempo. / This dissertation deals with corporate finance and value creation for shareholders. The overall goal is to propose an integrated model of financial management, covering a panel management, major financial decisions made by the company: investment analysis, analysis of alternatives for financing and management of working capital. The model proposes the alignment of strategic objectives set by the Board of Directors, with the implementation of management actions supported by the Balanced Scorecard methodology. This study is classified as to its nature as an applied research, in relation to their goals as exploratory and as to the procedures, literature research. The results show that by integrating financial decisions one can preserve and optimize shareholder value, contributing to its continuity over time.

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2016-03-31T14:02:20Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Dissertação_2014_12_19_Michelle Hofmann Dourado.pdf: 6045933 bytes, checksum: b87585642739965e8958d3741471cc9a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-31T14:02:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Dissertação_2014_12_19_Michelle Hofmann Dourado.pdf: 6045933 bytes, checksum: b87585642739965e8958d3741471cc9a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-12-19 / O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar e analisar os possíveis fatores que podem promover alterações nos fluxos de caixa planejados de empreendimentos habitacionais de uma construtora de grande porte em Recife. Trata-se de um estudo de caso qualitativo onde foram comparados e analisados os fluxos de caixa previstos e realizados de três empreendimentos habitacionais, concluídos no ano de 2013, escolhidos propositalmente para análise da metodologia utilizada em suas projeções. Os dados foram coletados através de entrevistas e pesquisa documental e por meio deles foi possível concluir que o método de projeção utilizado gerou grandes distorções entre os fluxos de caixa planejados e realizados destes empreendimentos. Dentre estas distorções foi possível destacar os desvios causados pela utilização da curva de evolução física de obra para projeção dos desembolsos referentes ao custo de obra, os desvios relacionados a falha na projeção dos repasses de clientes e o efeito da complexidade, singularidade e prazo dos projetos nestas projeções. / The objective of this study was to identify and analyze the possible factors that may cause changes in planned cash flows of housing developments from a large construction company in Recife. This is a qualitative case study that compared and analyzed estimated and realized cash flows of tree housing projects completed in 2013. These projects where purposely selected to have their projections methodology analyzed. The Data for this study was obtained via personal interviews and Documentary research. Through the data analysis it was possible to conclude that the utilized projection method generated major distortions between planned and realized cash flows for these businesses. Among these distortions it was possible to highlight the deviations caused by the use of physical evolution curve of construction for disbursements projections related to the cost of building, the deviations related to failure in the projection of customer transfers, and the effects of complexity, uniqueness and term of projects in these projections.