25759 - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGY

Anno Accademico 2018/2019

  • Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: Laurea Magistrale in Scienze internazionali e diplomatiche (cod. 8783)

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

At the completion of the course, students will be able to understand and assess the impact of factors affecting international investment opportunities and financing decisions within a multinational company. The analysis will be complemented by business cases, with a focus on the financial management of international companies and the analysis of international business initiatives

Contenuti

Theory

1) Business Strategy

Business definition

Internal analysis

External analisys

Competitive advantage

SWOT analisys and critical factors of success

Baisic of merges & acquisitions

2) Corporate Accounting

Basics of balance sheets

Balance sheets modifications due to firm actions

Weighted average cost of capital (WACC)

Economic peformance indicators

Basics of costs and break-even point

International Accouting Stadards (hints)

From Corporate Accouting to Corporate Finance (only hints)

Applications

Real corporate data will be analysed using MS Excel, to find numbers that shape strategy. Students will learn how to manage big quanity of data and extract compact information to support a strategy (pivoting, filtering, vlookup, primary keys, graphs on contribution margins, fixed costs covering, break-even points).

Testi/Bibliografia

Grant / Contemporary Strategy Analysis, Wiley, 2016 (9th edition).

Anthony, Breitner / Essentials of Accounting Review, 2012 (11th edition) or 2006 (9th edition).

Weygandt, Kimmel, Kieso / Financial & Managerial Accounting, Wiley, 2015 (2nd edition).

McFedries / Excel PivotTables and PivotCharts: Your visual blueprint for creating dynamic spreadsheets, Wiley, 2010 (2nd edition).

Metodi didattici

Lectures in class and practical applications in laboratory.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

The final test will consist in an Excel full data processing task on real corporate data to determine margins, sales, costs and profits, one excercise on Accouting and a few open theory questions on Strategy, all carried out in laboratory.

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Blackboard, slides, PCs.

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Francesco Bergamaschi