Chapter 5: Corporate Issuers

In this section

• Organizational Forms, Corporate Issuer Features, and Ownership
  Explore key organizational forms, their features, and how ownership structures and corporate governance shape business operations and investor interests.
• Investors and Other Stakeholders
  Investors and Other Stakeholders examines the diverse groups with vested interests in corporate issuers, exploring their motivations, claims, conflicts, and alignment methods. This chapter highlights ESG considerations and illustrates how strong stakeholder relationships can boost firm value.
• Corporate Governance: Conflicts, Mechanisms, Risks, and Benefits
  Explore the principal-agent relationship, common conflicts, and the organizational mechanisms that guide effective corporate governance.
• Working Capital and Liquidity
  Explore the fundamentals of working capital, liquidity management, and the cash conversion cycle, with practical strategies for short-term financing and day-to-day operations.
• Capital Investments and Capital Allocation
  Learn key principles of corporate finance, including NPV, IRR, real options, and strategic alignment through real-world examples, practical insights, and best practices to guide capital allocation decisions.
• Capital Structure
  Explore the core principles of capital structure, including WACC, Modigliani–Miller propositions, trade-off theory, signaling insights, and key considerations for optimal debt-equity mixes.
• Business Models
  Explore how companies create, deliver, and capture value by examining various business model types, their key features, sustainability, and the link to financial performance.