Professional Documents
Culture Documents
The Firm
and Its Goals
Chapter Outline
Economic/financial objectives
Non-economic objectives
Measurements of Wealth
Views the firm from the perspective of a stream
of profits (cash flows) over time. The value of the
stream depends on when cash flows occur.
Requires the concept of the time value of
money: a dollar earned in the future is worth
less than a dollar earned today. There is an
opportunity cost of getting a dollar in the
future instead of today.
P = D/k