Students understand the role of the CFO function in a corporation. They are able to understand financial plans and can create them on their own. The students know how to calculate business cases and a variety of performance measures. They are able to analyze financial statements of corporations and use them to understand valuations on the stock or bond markets.
Role of the CFO function
Financial Modeling
Company and project valuation:
Valuation of Stocks and Bonds
Ross, St. A.; Westerfield, R. W.; Jaffe, J. F.: Corporate Fi-nance. 7th ed., McGraw-Hill 2005.
Brealey, R. A.; Myers, S. C.: Principles of Corporate Finance. 6th ed., McGraw-Hill 2000.
Copeland, T. E.; Weston, J. F.; Shastri, K.: Financial Theory and Corporate Policy. 4th ed., Addison Wesley 2005.
Benninga, S.: Financial Modeling. 3rd ed., The MIT Press 2008.
Koller, T.; Goedhart, M.; Wessels, D.: Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies. 5th ed., John Wiley & Sons 2010.
Gaugahn, P. A.: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Re-structurings. 4th ed., John Wiley & Sons 2007.
Harvard Business School Press: Developing a Business Case: Expert Solutions to Everyday Challenges. Perseus Books 2010.
Penman, S. H.: Financial Statement Analysis and Security Valuation. 5th ed., McGraw-Hill 2012.
Lecture using a combination of media (blackboard, projector)
Problem-based learning
Exercises on the computer
Case study discussions
Group work
Presentations
English
Written examination
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