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Teacher:

• Grid Thoma

Lessons schedule:

• 1st time slot
• 2nd time slot
• 3rd time slot

Students reception hours:

• Thursdays from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

This course analyzes the different dimensions of the financial structure of firms and its relation to the business strategy, constituted for example by the lunch an innovative product, entry in a new market, R&D projects, start-ups, etc. The goals of the course are the following:

[a] What investment strategies to adopt in the long run;

[b] What financial sources to use for sustaining those investment strategies;

[c] How manage the cash flow in the short term in order to evade the payment due dates.

Sequence of different topics of the course:

[+] Introduction to corporate finance and accounting;

[+] Financial statements and cash flow;

[+] Financial statements analysis and financial models;

[+] Discounted cash flow valuation;

[+] Net present value and other investment rules;

[+] Making capital investment decisions;

[+] Capital structure: risk analysis and real options.

Course Slides

• slide 1st lesson
• [to be updated during the completion of the course]

Reference books

[+] Corporate Finance, Ross, Westerfield, Jaffe, Mc Graw Hill, 2009 ISBN 0073382337, for the 9e edition only the following chapters: 1-7. This edition is available at UniCam's library.

[+] Case study material will be available during the course.

Exam Dates A.Y. 2014/2015

• Winter session dates here
• Summer session dates here
• Autumn session dates here
• Winter session dates here (2016)

Exam rules: The exam is in written form with possibility of integration with an oral discussion.

Exam Results

• N/A