The course is an introduction to corporate finance, providing a conceptual
framework of the firm’s investment, financing and dividend decision and
value maximization. The aim of the course is to introduce students to
capital budgeting analysis also focusing on bonds and stocks valuation.
Topics will be time value, free cash flow models and cost of capital
estimation.
Course Content - Last names M-Z
The course is an introduction to corporate finance, providing a conceptual framework of the firm’s investment, financing and dividend decision and value maximization. The aim of the course is to introduce students to capital budgeting analysis also focusing on bonds and stocks valuation. Topics will be time value, free cash flow models and cost of capital estimation
Damodaran A. Roggi O., Elementi di finanza aziendale e risk management
, Milano, Maggioli, 2016.
Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Learning Objectives - Last names A-L
Understanding the capital budgeting decision and the tools to choose wich investment to take, the financing decisions and the capital structure
optimization
Learning Objectives - Last names M-Z
Understanding the capital budgeting decision and the tools to choose wich investment to take, the financing decisions and the capital structure optimization
Prerequisites - Last names A-L
None.
Prerequisites - Last names M-Z
none
Teaching Methods - Last names A-L
Lectures with slides.
During the course, we will organize some seminars with guest lectures.
Teaching Methods - Last names M-Z
Lectures with slides.
During the course, we will organize some seminars with guest lectures.
Further information - Last names A-L
During the first day of class, the students will receive a hardcopy of the syllabus and additional information about the course materials.
Further information - Last names M-Z
During the first day of class, the students will receive a hardcopy of the syllabus and additional information about the course materials.
Type of Assessment - Last names A-L
Written exam with multiple choices questions (50% of the final grade), quantative problems (25% of the grade) and essays (25% of the grade). Alternatively the students can take an oral exam.
Type of Assessment - Last names M-Z
Written exam with multiple choices questions (50% of the final grade), quantative problems (25% of the grade) and essays (25% of the grade).
Alternatively the students can take an oral exam.
Course program - Last names A-L
The course covers the fundamentals of corporate finance in order to maximize
shareholder value
It explains the basis for capital budgeting and free cash flow to firm or free
cash flow to equity estimation. It provides the basis for calculating the value
of stocks and bonds using dividends, capital gains and investment income; the basic components for estimating the cost of capital
and the role of leverage.
It introduces capital structure and the trade off between debt or equity
financing.
Course program - Last names M-Z
The course covers the fundamentals of corporate finance in order to maximize
shareholder value
It explains the basis for capital budgeting and free cash flow to firm or free
cash flow to equity estimation. It provides the basis for calculating the value
of stocks and bonds using dividends, capital gains and investment income; the basic components for estimating the cost of capital and the role of leverage.
It introduces capital structure and the trade off between debt or equity financing.