CORPORATE FINANCE AND VALUE CREATION (4 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, student will be able to: LO1 – Explain financial concepts and techniques, assessing business performance; LO2 – Analyze investment decision; LO3 – Analyze financing decision; LO4 – Apply business decision.

Topics:

1. Identifying and Estimating a Project’s Cash Flows;
2. Raising Capital and Paying Out Cash;
3. Risk and return;
4. Analyzing Operational Efficiency, Liquidity, Profitability, Risk, and Growth;
5. Valuing and Acquiring a Business;
6. Interpreting Financial Statements;
7. Making International Business Decisions and Managing for Value Creation;
8. Using the Net Present Value Rule to Make Value-Creating Investment Decisions;
9. Managing Corporate Risk and Understanding Forward, Futures, and Option Contracts and Their Contribution to Corporate Finance;
10. Valuing Bonds and Stocks;
11. Alternatives to the Net Present Value Rule;
12. Estimating the Cost of Capital and Designing a Capital Structure;
13. Overview of Financial Management and Value Creation and Time Value of Money.