Corporate finance is the area of finance that deals with sources of funding, the capital structure of corporations, the actions that managers take to increase the value of the firm to the shareholders, and the tools and analysis used to allocate financial resources.
Corporate finance has three main areas of concern: capital budgeting, capital structure, and working capital.
The four main areas of finance are corporate finance, investments, financial institutions and markets, and international finance. Corporate finance supports the operations of a company.