Finance is the Blood of any business
Finance is the lifeblood and nerve center of a business, just as circulation of blood is essential in the human body for maintaining life; finance is a very essential to smooth running of the business. It has been rightly termed as universal lubricant that keeps the enterprise dynamic. No business, whether big, medium or small can be started without an adequate amount of finance. Right from the very beginning, i.e. conceiving an idea to business, finance is needed to promote or establish the business, acquire fixed assets, make investigations such as market surveys, etc., develop product, keep men and machine at work, encourages management to make progress and create values. Even an existing concern may require further finance for making improvement or expanding the business. Thus the importance of finance cannot be over-emphasized and the subject of business finance has become utmost important both to the academicians and practicing managers. The academicians find interested in the subject because the subject is still in its developing stage and the practicing managers are interested in the subject because among the most crucial cdecisions of a f
Finance functions:
The functions of finance that includes tax, treasury, risk management which will contribute to the achievement of the strategic objectives and goals of the company.
Importance of finance functions:
The importance of finance has arisen because of the fact that present day business activities are predominantly carried on company or corporate form of organization. The advent of corporate enterprises resulted into:
• The increase in size and influence of the business enterprises
• Wide distribution of corporate ownership and
• Separation of ownership and management.
The above factors have further increased the importance of corporate finance. As the owners in a corporate enterprise are widely scattered and the management is separated from the ownership, the...