BA_CF_A1 Corporate Finance A 1

University of Finance and Administration
Winter 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Kateřina Kalinová (lecturer)
Ing. Eva Kostikov, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. David Mareš, Ph.D., MBA (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Eva Kostikov, Ph.D.
Department of Finance – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Edita Jerie, DiS.
Timetable of Seminar Groups
BA_CF_A1/cBMCPH: each odd Tuesday 14:00–14:44 E228, each odd Tuesday 14:45–15:30 E228, E. Kostikov
BA_CF_A1/cBMPH: each odd Monday 15:45–16:29 E228, each odd Monday 16:30–17:15 E228, E. Kostikov
BA_CF_A1/pBMCUPH: Mon 14:00–14:44 E230, Mon 14:45–15:30 E230, except Mon 29. 10. ; and Mon 12. 11. 15:45–17:15 E230, E. Kostikov
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- understand the principles of operational management of an enterprise;
- understand the importance of company's ownership and capital structure for financial decision making
- understand the relations between planning, production volume, costs and profit
- explain a definition of the operational and strategic planning in a company
- acquire knowledge of the individual steps in financial planning
- understand the supply process in a company
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to understand/calculate each of the following terms:
• overview of financial management
• provide a general framework for studying the field of corporate finance
• develop a definition of financial management and explore each element of the definition in detail
• functions and primary goal of financial analysis and its methods how they evaluate the financial performance of the company
• position of financial managers which attempt to achieve wealth maximization through daily activities such as credit and inventory management and through longer-term decisions related to raising funds
• different methods of financial evaluation of the company and their usage in practice
Syllabus
  • 1. History of Money and Accounting
  • 2. Introduction to Corporate Finance
  • 3. Financial Reports
  • 4. Financial Analysis
  • 5. Working Capital
  • 6. Investment Capital
  • 7. Capital Structure
  • 8. Operating Leverage
  • 9. Receivable management
  • 10. Cash Flow Management
  • 11. Break even point
  • 12. Corporate Finance A1 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
  • BRIGHAM, Eugene F. Financial management: theory and practice. 16th edition. Boston, MA: Cengage, 2019. ISBN 978-1337902601.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
Teaching methods
PS: (full time students)
Classes for present studies will be combination of theory and practical application: 2 hours per week of lectures and 1 hour per week of seminars (2/1). Students should attend 75% of seminars as a minimum.

KS: (part time students)
5 seminars (90 min each); students should attend 50% of seminars as a minimum.
Assessment methods
Credit:
- seminar paper in given subject - discussion on different topics by written or oral form - homeworks - active participation in classes
- written credit test in selected subjects (60 % points min).

Exam:
- credit is needed before registering for the exam
- pre-exam: written test, if successful the grade can be used as exam classification
- oral examination covering the scope of the course.
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: povinná seminární práce v rozsahu 5 - 8 stran
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 summer 2012, Winter 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Winter 2016, Summer 2017, Winter 2017, Winter 2019.
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