MSF 596 - Cases in Finance

3.00 credits.

This is an advanced course in financial management of a firm. This course is aimed at furthering students’ understanding and application of concepts learned in a basic corporate finance course on the issues faced by corporate and financial managers with emphasis on the responsibility of the financial manager to contribute to the day-to-day efficiency of the firm in addition to the long-term objectives of firm-value maximizing. Specifically served as an advanced and capstone course in finance, the course will re-examine decision making techniques used by financial managers in choosing among competing investment projects and funding sources on a higher level with greater complexities in each situation. These topics include investment risk and cost of capital; capital budgeting; financing decisions and market efficiency; capital structure and payout policy; and valuation of businesses.