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Finance (EN)
Description
This course aims at providing a global view on financial markets and an introduction to corporate finance. Tools developed show how finance can create value and support executives to make investment, financing and distribution decisions.
Compétences visées
A comprehensive approach to the major financial management decisions
At the end of the course, students should be able to (or will have):
- A broad view on the foundations of modern finance theory that ground any financial decis
- Apply the general objective framework of stock value maximization regarding investment and financing decisions.
- Compute all relevant information on excel spreadsheets.
- Apply the general principles of asset valuation to stocks and bonds.
- Apply portfolio theory in corporate finance and compute the WACC
- Extract useful information from financial statements to support financial decisions
- Apply capital budgeting principles
- Know about the principles guiding capital structure
Modalités d'organisation et de suivi
Lectures and real case studies or exercises to be presented at the end of the session
Discipline(s)
- Sciences économiques
- Sciences de gestion et du management
Bibliographie
- Aswath DAMODARAN: Corporate Finance, Wiley 2nd edition. Resources on the text’s web site: http://www.wiley.com/college/damodaran
- Academic paper: John R. Graham, Campbell R. Harvey (2001), “The theory and practice of corporate finance: evidence from the field”, Journal of Financial Economics 60, 187-243.