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75617 - Principles of Finance

Academic Year 2019/2020

                
                        Docente:
                        Gian Filippo Galletti
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        SECS-P/09
                    
                        Language:
                        English
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Rimini
                        
                            Corso:
                            Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
                            Fashion culture and management (cod. 9022)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

On completion of the class students should be able to: 1) describe the key aspects of corporate finance theory; 2) describe the main financial assets of a company and how to evaluate them; 3) understand the risk-return trade-off; 4) solve basic problems in finance.

Course contents

1. The key concepts in corporate finance

2. Introduction to financial statements

3. Investment appraisal methods

4. Cost of capital and capital structure

5. Mergers and Acquisitions

Readings/Bibliography

Essential text: Corporate Finance: Principles and Practice. Watson D. and Head A., 8th ed. Pearson (Intl), 2019. (The 7th – or earlier – edition is fine and can be obtained more cheaply).

Supplementary text: Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 10th Edition By Richard A Brealey, Stewart C Myers, Alan J. Marcus, 2019

Teaching methods

Lectures, tutorials and group work

Assessment methods

Group assignments and written examination

Teaching tools

Slide set, lecture handouts

Office hours

See the website of Gian Filippo Galletti