CHAPTER SEVEN
Financing Operations and Growth
Funding the Different Stages of Growth
Key Topics Covered in This Chapter
•Start-up financing
•Financing current operations
•Financing growth
•Proper match of assets and financing
•Typical financing arrangements
HOW DOES YOUR company finance its operations and grow the business? What might these efforts imply for you and other managers in the firm? This chapter provides a broad overview of how businesses use internal and external sources to finance their operations and stimulate growth. Several sections use the financing arrangements of eBay, the online auction company, to illustrate how one company has tapped different sources of capital to fuel rapid expansion. If you work for a large organization, ...
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