OUTLINE COF 4
Course:
Corporate Finance
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COF 3
4
Candidate of Economics, Assoc. Prof. Fedunin A.S.
One 2 hours lecture, one 2 hours seminar (per group) per week
This course aimed to illustrate the students the various
responsibilities of the corporation’s financial managers and show
how to tackle many of the problems that these managers are
expected to solve.
In the course examined the problems concerning as background
of corporate finance (role of financial manager and the financial
markets in which the manager operates, analysis of the financial
statements as an essential part of financial monitoring process) as
more advanced areas: risk and financing, capital structure,
financial decisions.
After the studying this course students are expected to know the
following:
Some basic concepts of modern finance and role of financial
manager;
Financial statements interpretation (making a distinction as
between market and book value, as between cash flows and
profits)
Summarize the large volume of accounting information using the
principles of ratio analysis, understand some key measures of
firm’s performance
How to value long-term streams of cash flows and how to have a
deal with the different investment opportunities
How firms issue securities as an important source of financing
What is the main approaches to the capital structure and dividend
policy of firm
The mechanics of cash collection and disbursement. Planning
short- term financial decisions
[1] Foundation of finance. The logic and practice of financial
management. Arthur J. Keown, David F. Scott Jr., John D. Martin,
J. William Petty. Prentice Hall, 1994
[2] Introduction to corporate finance. Terry S. Maness. McGrawHill Book Company, 1998
[3] Principles of corporate finance. Richard A. Brealy, Stewart C.
Myers. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 1996
[4] Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate restructuring. Patrick A.
Gaughan. John Willey and Sons, Inc. 1996
[5] Valuing a business. Shannon P/ Pratt, Robert F. Reilly, Robert
P. Schweihs. IRWIN Professional Publishing, 1996
[6] Fundamentals of corporate finance. Stephen A. Ross, Randoft
Westerfield and others. 2-ed. IRWIN Professional Publishing
[7] Web- recourses (see self –study problems ref.)
Two hour written examination, included three sections:
1.
Multiple Choice Question (MCQ)
2.
Practice Problems
3.
Open Questions
Seminars, presentations, problems, problem solving cases
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Summary of Common Professional
Components (CPC) Compliance
1. Accounting
Learning hours
Self study
16
7
3. Business Finance
40
22
4. Business policy/strategy
44
20
100
49
2. Business Ethics
5. Economics
6. Global dimensions of business
7. Organizational Behavior
8.
Comprehensive
of
Integrating
experience / Project
9. Legal business environment
10. Management
11. Marketing
12. Management information system/
Information technology
13. Production (operation) management
14.
Quantitative
techniques
and
Statistics
Total