Strategic Financial Management

2023/2024

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

6

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент финансов

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

2-й курс, 1, 2 модуль

Преподаватель

Ринкон Эрнандес Карлос Хоакин

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course is based on the students’ knowledge and skills that were obtained from such disciplines as Corporate Finance, Investment Analysis/Financial Analysis/Financial Modeling. The course consists of lectures (20 hours) and tutorials (32 hours). The tutorials involve task’s calculation, problems solving, case analysis and the individual assignment (project).

Learning Objectives

• The aim of the course is to develop the competencies in taking strategic financial decisions: forecasting cash flows, capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, developing financial and analytic models, creating a new approach to financial management based on the integrated value-based management both for financial and nonfinancial companies.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Identify and apply the mechanisms of strategic decisions in a competitive environment
• Plan and design competitive financial strategies
• Recognize and implement the principles of matching financial and business strategies
• Calculates key value-based indicators with real world data
• Identify the factors that contribute to and how to predict company failure
• Develop critical thinking/reasoning skills via a practical application of the above within an Applied Research Paper assignment (see course project)

Course Contents

• Introduction to the Financial Markets and Financial Environment
• Financial Statement Analysis
• Capital Budgeting and TVM Review
• Common Stock Valuation
• Dividend Policy
• Long-Term Financing and Capital Structure
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Corporate Governance and Ethics
• Company Restructuring and Failure

Assessment Elements

• Activities in class
• Midterm exam
• Home assignment
• End of Term Research Paper

Interim Assessment

• 2023/2024 2nd module
  0.15 * Activities in class + 0.5 * End of Term Research Paper + 0.15 * Home assignment + 0.2 * Midterm exam

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Damodaran, A. (2012). Investment Valuation : Tools and Techniques for Determining the Value of Any Asset (Vol. 3rd ed). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=442924
• Fundamentals of financial management, Brigham, E. F., 2007

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Value based management : the corporate response to the shareholder revolution, Martin, J. D., 2000