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Because money places an absolute value on transactions that take place, you can very easily measure not only these transactions but also all of several potential options in a given decision. In other words, you can measure the outcome of a decision before it’s made, thanks to corporate finance. That’s the second thing that makes corporate finance a very unique study: It analyzes the value of interactions between people, the value of the actions taken, and the value of the decisions made and then compiles that information into a single agglomerate based on professional interconnectedness in a single corporation.

This analysis allows you to measure how effectively you’re making decisions and optimize the outcome of future decisions you’ll have to make. The decisions that corporations make tend to have very far-reaching consequences, influencing the lives of employees, customers, suppliers, partners, and the greater national economy, so ensuring that a corporation is making the correct decisions is of the utmost importance. Corporate finance allows you to do this, so if you have a favorite corporation, hug the financial analysts next time you see them (or maybe just send a cookie bouquet; you might freak someone out if you just randomly starting hugging people).