Students study the following broad questions:
1)How should a firm decide whether to invest in a new project?
2)How much debt and equity should a firm use to finance its activities?
3)How should a firm pay its investors?
4)How do taxes affect a firm’s investment and financing decisions?
5)What determines the value of a firm?
The teaching methodology of the course is case study combined with lecturing. After taking this course, the students should:
1) learn the basic principle of Corporate Finance.
2) have the capabilities to answer the above questions and issue valuation reports for a company.
3) build the basic skill of financial analysis and decision-making, and understand more about relevant situation in China.
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1.Students who takes this course is assumed to have taken the courses of “Principle of Finance”, or “Fundamentals of Corporate Finance”.
2.The students may have or may not have knowledge of basic principles of accounting.
1.Textbook: “Corporate Finance: the Core”, 4th Edition, Johnathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo,Pearson Publication.
2.Textbook: “Principles of Corporate Finance”, 11th Edition, Richard A. Brealey, Stewart C. Myers,
3.Textbook: “Fundamentals of Corporate Finance”, Stephen Ross, 11th Edition, McGraw-Hill Education.