Explain Why Financial Managers Are More Concerned with Cash Flows

question 38

Essay

Explain why financial managers are more concerned with cash flows than with accounting profits.

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Definitions:

Thing or Benefit

Refers to any item of value or advantage that is provided or promised in a transaction or agreement.

Unconscionable Contracts

Agreements that are so unfairly one-sided that they are deemed immoral or unjust and are therefore unenforceable under the law.

Unconscionability

A doctrine in contract law that describes terms that are so unjustly one-sided that they are considered shockingly unfair or oppressive.

Doctrine of Privity

A principle that states a contract cannot confer rights or impose obligations arising under it on any person or agent except the parties to it.