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Business Economics and Financial Analysis

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BEFA Unit 1: Introduction To Business And Economics

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BEFA Unit 2: Demand And Supply Analysis

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BEFA Unit 3: Production, Cost, Market Structures & Pricing

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BEFA Unit 4: Financial Accounting

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BEFA Unit 5: Financial Analysis Through Ratios

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BEFA Unit 2: Assignment

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Syllabus Overview

UNIT - 1: Introduction to Business and Economics

Business

  • Structure of Business Firm
  • Theory of Firm
  • Types of Business Entities
  • Limited Liability Companies
  • Sources of Capital for a Company
  • Non-Conventional Sources of Finance

Economics

  • Significance of Economics
  • Micro and Macro Economic Concepts
  • Concepts and Importance of National Income
  • Inflation
  • Money Supply in Inflation
  • Business Cycle: Features and Phases
  • Nature and Scope of Business Economics
  • Role of Business Economist
  • Multidisciplinary Nature of Business Economics

UNIT - 2: Demand and Supply Analysis

Elasticity of Demand

  • Elasticity: Types and Significance
  • Law of Demand
  • Measurement and Factors Affecting Elasticity of Demand
  • Elasticity of Demand in Decision Making
  • Demand Forecasting: Characteristics of Good Demand Forecasting, Steps and Methods of Demand Forecasting

Supply Analysis

  • Determinants of Supply
  • Supply Function & Law of Supply

UNIT - 3: Production, Cost, Market Structures & Pricing

Production Analysis

  • Factors of Production
  • Production Function: With One Variable Input, With Two Variable Inputs, Returns to Scale, Different Types of Production Functions

Cost Analysis

  • Types of Costs
  • Short-Run and Long-Run Cost Functions

Market Structures

  • Nature of Competition
  • Features of: Perfect Competition, Monopoly, Oligopoly, Monopolistic Competition

Pricing

  • Types of Pricing
  • Product Life Cycle Based Pricing
  • Break-Even Analysis
  • Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis

UNIT - 4: Financial Accounting

Accounting Concepts and Conventions

  • Accounting Equation
  • Double-Entry System of Accounting
  • Rules for Maintaining Books of Accounts
  • Journal
  • Posting to Ledger
  • Preparation of Trial Balance
  • Elements of Financial Statements
  • Preparation of Final Accounts

UNIT - 5: Financial Analysis through Ratios

Concept of Ratio Analysis

  • Liquidity Ratios
  • Turnover Ratios
  • Profitability Ratios
  • Proprietary Ratios
  • Solvency Ratios (Simple Problems)
  • Leverage Ratios (Simple Problems)

Introduction to Fund Flow and Cash Flow Analysis

  • Fund Flow Analysis (Simple Problems)
  • Cash Flow Analysis (Simple Problems)
Business Economics and Financial Analysis Notes