The main objective of this diploma thesis is to simulate the regular decision-making process that a credit analyst goes through when assigning a credit limit for an operating and investment (acquisition) loan for a selected company. The introductory chapter is focused on credit risk category definition and description of main credit risk quantification and mitigation approaches both on individual as well as portfolio basis. The second, practically oriented part includes both financial and strategic analysis of selected business entity, as well as free cash flow prediction followed up by business plan development, all of these carried out in the form of basic analytical tools necessary for credit limit assignments to both short term operatin...