Course 2020-2021 a.y.
20360 - PRECORSO DI FINANZA AZIENDALE / CORPORATE FINANCE - PREPARATORY COURSE
Department of Finance
For the instruction language of the course see class group/s below
Go to class group/s: 2
Class group/s taught in English
Class-group lessons delivered on campus
Suggested background knowledge
Reading the material listed in the following paragraphs before, is strongly suggested; this favors the interaction between the students and the professor and maximizes the learning process.
Mission & Content Summary
MISSION
This course aims at dealing with the most important concepts of corporate finance, that are at the basis of financial analysis, financial planning, valuation and cost of capital estimation. This course is focused on strengthening basic finance topics, through the analysis of the main theoretical models and the use of effective practical applications and business cases.
CONTENT SUMMARY
More in depth, the course covers the following topics:
- Financial analysis and financial planning, both back and forward-looking.
- Capital budgeting decisions: NPV and IRR.
- Cash flow computation aimed at corporate and investment valuation.
- Cost of capital estimation.
- Leverage decisions.
- Basic aspects of corporate valuation: asset and equity side.
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course student will be able to...
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course student will be able to...
Teaching methods
- Face-to-face lectures
- Online lectures
DETAILS
Teaching materials
ATTENDING AND NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
- Set of slides prepared by the professors.
- Reference book: P. VERNIMMEN, P. QUIRY, M. DALLOCCHIO, et al., Corporate Finance: theory and practice, Second edition.
- Extra material available on the Learning space at http://www.unibocconi.it
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