What are corporate funding mechanisms?

A corporate funding mechanism is like how a toy store gets money to buy more toys to sell.

Imagine you run a toy store. You need money to buy new toys every month. There are different ways to get that money, just like there are different ways to earn allowance.

1. Saving up from sales: If the toy store sells lots of toys, it can save some of the money it earns to buy more toys later, this is like saving your allowance in a piggy bank.
2. Borrowing money: Sometimes the toy store might ask a friend (like a bank) to lend them money so they can buy more toys right away. They promise to pay it back with some extra coins on top.
3. Getting help from investors: A few friends or family members might decide to give the toy store some money in exchange for a little piece of the business, like getting a bigger slice of cake when you share.

Each way is a different funding mechanism, helping the toy store keep having fun toys to sell!