- Docente: Giulia Baschieri
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/09
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics of Tourism (cod. 8847)
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from Feb 15, 2023 to Mar 16, 2023
Learning outcomes
The course aims to provide students with fundamental concepts, principles, and approaches of corporate finance, enabling them in solving related problems. The perspective is the firm value maximization. The course focuses on fundamental principles that guide corporate manager decisions on financing and investing. Furthermore, it provides students with techniques for quantitative analysis applied in portfolio management and risk-return relation measuring. After taking this course, students are expected to be able to fully and critically understand the basic theory and techniques of investors and managers decisions making.
Course contents
Topics covered in this course include:
- Corporate value creation: project valuation and capital budgeting;
- Firm valuation;
- Cost of capital, measuring risk and return;
- Equity financing (Venture Capital, IPO, SEO);
- Determinants of capital structure decision;
- WACC and APV.
Readings/Bibliography
Brealey R., Myers S. and F. Allen, Principles of Corporate Finance. Any edition is fine.
The last edition is:
Brealey, R.A., Myers, S.C., Allen F., Edmans, A., 2023, Principles of Corporate Finance, 14/e, McGraw-Hill.
Teaching methods
Theoretical lectures, applications, exercises and case studies.
Assessment methods
Written exam.
Exams will last 35 minutes. A +1 bonus will be assigned to students turning in the exam within 25 minutes.
Exams will be made of one exercise (20pts) and 5 multiple choice questions (2pt each).
There is no penalty for wrong answers in multiple choices questions.
NOTE: Assessment methods may change due to COVID restrictions. Updates will be provided by the instructor.
Office hours
See the website of Giulia Baschieri
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.