Companies which do not plan their capital structure may prosper in the short run as they develop as a result of financial decisions taken by the manager without any proper policy and planning. In these companies, the financing decisions are reactive and they evolve in response to the operating decisions.
Capital Structure Planning
Companies which do not plan their
capital structure may prosper in the short run as they develop as a result of
financial decisions taken by the manager without any proper policy and
planning. In these companies, the financing decisions are reactive and they
evolve in response to the operating decisions.
But ultimately they face
considerable difficulties in raising funds to finance their activities. With an
unplanned capital structure, they will fail to economies use of funds. And this
will impact the company’s earning capacity considerably.
Our finance manager should be in
a position to plan a suitable or optimum capital structure for a company. As we
have seen, an optimum structure is one that can maximize the value of the firm
in the market.
In practice the establishment of
an optimum capital structure of a company is indeed a difficult one. It is
different and varying among industries and among companies in the same
industry. A number of elements and factors influence such a capital structure
of a company.
These elements and factors are
highly psychological, complex and qualitative and they do not always follow
same pattern and theory. That is why, given the same company, different
decision makers will decide differently on capital structure, as they will have
different judgmental background.
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