Management and Organizational Studies 1023A/B- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 45 pages long!)

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 1023A/B
• Professor: Christina Maco

Document Summary

Capital structure: mix of short-term and long-term debt and equity maintained by a firm, how much should the firm borrow and what is the least expensive source of funds. Forms of business organization: sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, double taxation - corporate profits are taxed twice (corporation pays taxes, dividends are taxed again) Mos 2310: serves the needs of different stakeholder groups (ex. employees, clients, others) Agency problems and control of the corporation: relationship between management and shareholders is an agency agreement, agency problem is the possibility of conflicts of interest between the shareholders and managements of a firm, ex. Corporate social responsibility: maintain reputation a s good corporate citizens with policies on important social issues, sustainalytics give social responsibility rating for corps based on over 200 indicators. Primary market: the original sale of securities by governments and corporations. Mos 2310: can be public offering and private placement (negotiated sale with a specific buyer)