Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. Proprietorship
2. Partnership
3. Corporation
1. PROPRIETORSHIP
-Business owned by one individual. This person is
responsible for the firm’s policies, owns all its assets,
and personally liable for its debts
-ADVANTAGES
*formed easily and inexpensively, no organizational
requirements, lower tax rates (compared to corporate)
-DISADVANTAGES
*personal liabilities, difficult to raise capital (inability to
issue bonds and stocks)
INTRODUCTION
TYPES OF BUSINESS
1. Proprietorship
2. Partnership
3. Corporation
2. PARTNERSHIP
-Similar characteristics as proprietorship except that it has
multiple owners
- Established by written contracts specifying salaries,
contributions to capital, distribution of profits and losses
-Additional DISADVANTAGE
*Partners risk all their personal assets, even those not
invested in the business
TYPES OF BUSINESS
1. Proprietorship
2. Partnership
3. Corporation
3. CORPORATION
-Legal entity, which is separate from owners and
managers, created under the provincial/federal law.
-MAJOR ADVANTAGES
*can raise capital from large numbers of investors by
issuing stocks and bonds
*permits easy transfer of ownership interest by trading
shared of stock
TYPES OF BUSINESS
1. Proprietorship
2. Partnership
3. Corporation
3. CORPORATION
MAJOR ADVANTAGES
*It allows limited liability – personal liability is limited to
the amount of the individual’s investment in the business
DISADVANTAGES
*Difficult and expensive to establish
*Subject to numerous governmental requirements and
regulations
Capital
$1,100
$1,210
0 $1,331
1
$1,000
2
3
$1,100
$1,210
Compound Interest Formula
n 0: P
n 1: F1 P (1 i )
n 2 : F2 F1 (1 i ) P(1 i ) 2
n N : F P (1 i ) N
Cash Flow Diagram
$1,331
0 1 2
F P(1 i) N
Practice Problem: Warren Buffett’s
Berkshire Hathaway
Went public in 1965: $18 per
share
Worth in 2006 (June 22, 2006):
$91,980
Annual compound growth:
23.15%
Current market value (2006) :
$115.802 Billion
If his company continues to
grow at the current pace, what
will be his company’s total
market value when he reaches
100? ( lives till 100 (76 years as
of 2006)
Market Value
F $115.802 M
B (1 0.2315) 24
$17.145 trillions
Practice problem
Problem Statement
Consider the following sequence of deposits
and withdrawals over a period of 4 years. If
you earn a 10% interest, what would be the
balance at the end of 4 years?
0 1
$1,210
4
?
2 3
$1,210 ?
0 1 3
2 4
$1,000 $1,000
$1,500
$1,100
$1,000
$1,210 $2,981
$2,100 $2,310
-$1,210 + $1,500
$1,100 $2,710
Seatwork
On the first day of the year, a man deposits $1000 in a
bank at 8% per year, compounded annually. He withdraws
$80.00 at the end of the first year, $90.00 at the end of the
second year, and the remaining balance at the end of the
third year.
a) Draw the cash flow diagram.