Essentials of Corporate Finance (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259277214
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 7CTCR
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To discuss: Whether having a negative operating cash flow is a good or a bad sign.
Cash flow refers to the difference between the money that comes in and goes out of the firm. Operating cash flow is the cash from operating activities or primary activities of the firm. A firm will have a negative operating cash flow when its operating costs are greater than the operating incomes.
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