Students study the following broad questions. How should a firm decide whether to invest in a new project? How much debt and equity should a firm use to finance its activities? How should a firm pay its investors? How do taxes affect a firm’s investment and financing decisions? What determines the value of a firm? After studying this course, students will have the capabilities to answer those questions and issue valuation reports for a company.

为积极响应国家低碳环保政策， 2021年秋季学期开始，中国大学MOOC平台将取消纸质版的认证证书，仅提供电子版的认证证书服务，证书申请方式和流程不变。

电子版认证证书支持查询验证，可通过扫描证书上的二维码进行有效性查询，或者访问 https://www.icourse163.org/verify，通过证书编号进行查询。学生可在“个人中心-证书-查看证书”页面自行下载、打印电子版认证证书。

完成课程教学内容学习和考核，成绩达到课程考核标准的学生（每门课程的考核标准不同，详见课程内的评分标准），具备申请认证证书资格，可在证书申请开放期间（以申请页面显示的时间为准），完成在线付费申请。

认证证书申请注意事项：

1. 根据国家相关法律法规要求，认证证书申请时要求进行实名认证，请保证所提交的实名认证信息真实完整有效。

2. 完成实名认证并支付后，系统将自动生成并发送电子版认证证书。电子版认证证书生成后不支持退费。

The students may have or may not have knowledge of basic principles of accounting.

1. Corporate Finance: the Core, Johnathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo and , 4th Edition, Pearson Publication

2. Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, Stephen Ross, 11th Edition, McGraw-Hill Education

3. Finance for Executives: Managing for Value Creation,  Gabriel Hawawini and Claude Viallet, 5th Edition, Cengage Learning