Corporate Finance: Investment Decisions and Strategies

This comprehensive report delves into the core principles of corporate finance, analyzing investment decisions, financial strategies, and working capital management. The report begins by examining the organizational and operational factors affecting investment decisions, using Apple Inc. as a case study, and evaluates how corporate strategies drive these decisions. It then explores various financial strategies employed by organizations across different business sectors, including the oil and gas and electronics industries, with detailed case studies of BP and Samsung. Furthermore, the report investigates the foreign exchange market and its influence on business decisions, including the associated risks and potential for financing corporate restructuring. Finally, it evaluates the importance of working capital, examining systems and methods for its management and identifying the risks of poor working capital management, along with a critique of planning systems. The report incorporates real-world examples from companies like Boeing, Toyota, and Citigroup to illustrate key concepts and strategies, and it also uses financial models like DCF and merger models.