BA_CF_A2 Corporate Finance A 2

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Jana Kotěšovcová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Eva Kostikov, Ph.D.
Department of Finance – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Lenka Pokorná
Timetable of Seminar Groups
BA_CF_A2/cBMPH: each even Tuesday 10:30–11:14 E127, each even Tuesday 11:15–12:00 E127, J. Kotěšovcová
BA_CF_A2/cCUXPH: each odd Tuesday 10:30–11:14 E004, each odd Tuesday 11:15–12:00 E004, except Tue 24. 3. ; and Mon 30. 3. 15:45–17:15 E004, J. Kotěšovcová
BA_CF_A2/pBMCUXPH: Tue 8:45–9:29 E004, Tue 9:30–10:15 E004, except Tue 24. 3. ; and Mon 30. 3. 14:00–15:30 E004, J. Kotěšovcová
Prerequisites
BA_CF_A1 Corporate Finance A 1
The requirement for the completion of this course is completion of the course BA_CF_A1 Corporate Finance A1.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
At the end of the course, students will be able to understand the concept of finance management and to interpret financial analysis and planning, working capital management, capital budgeting process, and long-term financial planning.
The objective of the two-semester course is to introduce the principles of business financial management.
Learning outcomes
Student would be able to fully cover all essential topics of corporate finance as basic relationships between financial statements and their individual parameters, evaluate the financial health of the company, identify all possible ways and sources of financing, assess company's wealth, evaluate the investment, set costs of the company's capital and suggest possible ways how to optimilize the company's capital structure.
Syllabus
  • 1. Quick review of Finance Management A1
  • 2. The Time Value of Money
  • 3. Investment Valuation and Rate of Return
  • 4. Static and Dynamic Evaluation Methods
  • 5. Cost of Capital
  • 6. Investment Project Planning
  • 7. Financial Planning of a New Business
  • 8. Crisis Management
  • 9. Bancruptcy
  • 10. Cash Flow Budgeting
  • 11. Sources of Financing
  • 12. Course Review
Literature
    required literature
  • BLOCK, Stanley B., Geoffrey A. HIRT a Bartley R. DANIELSEN. Foundations of financial management. Seventeenth Edition. Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Education, [2018]. ISBN 978-1260013917.
    recommended literature
  • MODIGLIANI, Stephen A. Ross Franco, WESTERFIELD, Randolph W. and JORDAN, Bradford D., 2016. Essentials of Corporate Finance. 9 edition. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN 978-1-259-27721-4.
  • WELCH, Ivo. Corporate finance. 4th ed. United States: Ivo Welch, 2016. ISBN 978-0-9840049-2-8.
  • BRIGHAM, Eugene F. Financial management: theory and practice. 16th edition. Boston, MA: Cengage, 2019. ISBN 978-1337902601.
  • HITCHNER, James R. Financial valuation workbook: step-by-step exercises and tests to help you master financial valuation. In: . [2017]. ISBN 978-1-119-31247-5. MDT
    not specified
  • WATSON, Denzil a Anthony HEAD. Corporate finance: principles and practice. In: . 2016. ISBN 978-1-292-14424-5.
  • HITCHNER, James R. Financial valuation workbook: step-by-step exercises and tests to help you master financial valuation. In: . [2017]. ISBN 978-1-119-31247-5. MDT
  • BERK, Jonathan B a Peter M DEMARZO. Corporate finance: the core. In: . 2017. ISBN 978-1-292-15833-4.
  • WATSON, Denzil a Anthony HEAD. Corporate finance: principles and practice. In: . 2016. ISBN 978-1-292-14424-5.
  • BERK, Jonathan B a Peter M DEMARZO. Corporate finance: the core. In: . 2017. ISBN 978-1-292-15833-4.
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars in full-time study; tutorials in part-time study; compulsory seminar participation is 75% in full-time study, compulsory tutorial participation is 50% in part-time study
Assessment methods
The course is completed by an oral exam. To register for the exam, you need to obtain the credit (zápočet) from the seminar teacher. You will be advised by the seminar teacher about the conditions of obtaining the credit.
Possibly, a written pre-term test may be offered to the students who obtain the credit before the last lecture. Passing rate is approximately 60% of those who take the test. The successful students will be given grades A, B or C and don't have to take the oral exam.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10 hodin KS/semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Summer 2016, Winter 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2021, Summer 2022.
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