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Sources of finance key terms

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Sources of finance

AqaA LevelBusinessFinancial management

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  • financial decision-making

    financial decision-making is a Business concept used to analyse Compare internal and external sources of finance including debt factoring, overdrafts, retained profits, share capital, loans, venture capital and crowd funding.. A strong answer defines it, applies it to a named business context and explains the commercial consequence.

  • Finance source choices

    Finance source choices should be judged by linking it to objectives such as profit, survival, growth, competitiveness, efficiency or customer satisfaction.

  • sources of finance

    sources of finance affects stakeholders differently, so analysis should consider owners, managers, employees, customers, suppliers or investors before reaching a judgement.

  • debt factoring

    debt factoring has a financial impact when it changes costs, revenue, profit, cash flow, investment return, break-even output or ratio interpretation.

  • overdraft

    overdraft becomes evaluative when advantages, disadvantages, risk, opportunity cost and business context are weighed rather than listed separately.

  • Finance source choices

    Finance source choices is a Business concept used to analyse Evaluate advantages and disadvantages of finance sources for short-term and long-term uses.. A strong answer defines it, applies it to a named business context and explains the commercial consequence.

  • evaluate

    evaluate should be judged by linking it to objectives such as profit, survival, growth, competitiveness, efficiency or customer satisfaction.

  • advantages

    advantages affects stakeholders differently, so analysis should consider owners, managers, employees, customers, suppliers or investors before reaching a judgement.

  • disadvantages

    disadvantages has a financial impact when it changes costs, revenue, profit, cash flow, investment return, break-even output or ratio interpretation.

  • finance

    finance becomes evaluative when advantages, disadvantages, risk, opportunity cost and business context are weighed rather than listed separately.