Description: I. MAJOR TOPICS. 1. Selecting the Form of Business. 2. Financial Ratio Analysis. 3. Forecasting Financial Statements. 4. Projecting Cash Inflows and Outflows. 5. Formulating Business Objectives. 6. Capital Budgeting Project Evaluation Approaches. 7. Inventory Management. 8. Receivables Management. 9. Cash Management. 10. Liabilities Management. 11. Capitalization. 12. Valuation of a Closely Held Firm. II. BUSINESS PROFILES. Fruit Farms. Franchising (Any Industry). Landscaping and Lawncare Firms. Construction: Residential Housing. Garment Manufacturers: Women's, Misses', and Juniors' Dresses. Desktop Publishing and Quick Printing. Travel Agencies. Wholesaling: Durables and Nondurables. Apparel and Accessory Stores. Restaurants. Catalog and Mail Order Houses. Real Estate Offices. Hotels, Motels, and Tourist Courts. Beauty Salons. Building Cleaning and Maintenance Service Firms. Temporary Help Service Firms. Nursing Care Facilities. Management and Business Consulting Firms. III. CASES IN SMALL-BUSINESS FINANCING. Form of Organization: Little Egypt Travel Agency. Form of Organization: B and B Property Management and Real Estate Sales, Inc. Ratio Analysis: Southern Building Company, Inc. Financial Decision-Making: Van's B&B Stopover. Long-Term Planning: The S&S Fruit Farm, Inc. Cash Planning: The United Wholesale Durable Goods Firm, Inc. Pro Forma and Cash Flow Statements: St. Louis Oriental Restaurant, Inc. Developing Operating Objectives: Buy-Low Mail Order Gift Shop. Capital Budgeting Decisions: Green Acres Landscape and Garden Center, Inc. Planning Working Capital Needs: Atlanta Wholesale Furnishings, Inc. Receivables Management: Consumer Durable Goods Franchisers, Inc. Projecting Cash Flows: Ables and Ables Consulting, Inc. Sources of Debt Financing: Complete Office Help. Ownership Versus Suppliers: Sleepy Grove Nursing Village. Factoring Accounts Receivable: Globe Garment Sewing Center, Inc. Capital Structure Planning: Lyles Clothing Stores, Inc. Expansion Through Franchising: Shoney's Restaurant, Inc. Evaluating a New Business: Capital Janitorial Services, Inc. Bibliography. Appendix A: Present Value Tables. Appendix B: Current Federal Income Tax Rules. Appendix C: Business Plan Outline. Index.

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