The course introduces the students to the basic principles that guide corporate managers and entrepreneurs in making their financing decisions as debt and equity financing. It also provides the analytical tools for assessing company’s financial situation, for calculating the financial convenience of an industrial investment project, for determining the value of a corporation. The aim is to provide students with a thorough understanding of techniques, theories and issues found in practical corporate finance situations.
Topics covered include: financial analysis, cash flow estimation, time value of money, capital budgeting, the relationship between risk and return, cost of capital, capital structure decisions, company's valuation.