Security and source selection

Unit 2: Short-Term FinancingTopic 3 of 3

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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

10 units

1 Introduction to Corporate Finance
- Financial management and shareholder wealth
- Agency, ethics and governance
2 Short-Term Financing
3 Term Loans and Lease Financing
- Term loans
- Lease financing and Nepal
4 Long-Term Financing
5 Hybrid Financing: Preferred Stock, Warrants and Convertibles
6 Financial Planning and Forecasting
7 Capital Structure Decision
- Structure and optimal financing
- Stock prices, cost of capital and firm value
8 International Corporate Finance
9 Merger and Acquisition
10 Project Work
- Project requirement
- Assignment and preparation

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What the syllabus expects

Use of security in short-term financing: inventory financing and accounts receivable financing
Factors affecting in choosing the appropriate sources of short-term financing

Security and source selection

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (FIN 250)

Unit 2: Short-Term Financing

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

Explain the scope and key elements of security and source selection.
Apply the relevant financial concepts or calculations and explain their assumptions, risks and analytical limits.

Curriculum Scope

Use of security in short-term financing: inventory financing and accounts receivable financing
Factors affecting in choosing the appropriate sources of short-term financing

Detailed Microsyllabus

Secured financing
1. Inventory as security.
2. Receivable-based financing.
3. Terms, valuation and control of pledged assets.
Source choice
1. Cost, timing, flexibility and availability.
2. Risk and operational consequences.
3. Compare alternatives under stated assumptions.

Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 80–82.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.