DQ 1: “Working Capital”:
Analyze the ways in which businesses manage working capital. Determine the single greatest challenge to small businesses and how those challenges may be addressed. Provide specific examples to support your response.
Assume that a business has mismanaged its working capital and does not have sufficient cash to cover its financial obligations. Suggest which current assets mismanagement most likely contributed to the shortfall and how management can correct the situation. Provide support for your rationale.
DQ 2:
“Short-term Financing”:
Explain the economic and other business environmental factors that are likely to impact the availability of short-term financing. Provide support for your rationale.
Based on your response to the previous question, suggest how any negative effects can be minimized to ensure the availability of short-term financing. Provide support for your position.