602.792 (19W) Special Topics in Corporate Finance

Wintersemester 2019/20

Registration deadline has expired.

First course session
08.10.2019 11:30 - 13:00 S.1.05 On Campus
... no further dates known

Overview

Lecturer
Course title german Sonderfragen der Finanzierung: Special Topics in Corporate Finance
Type Lecture - Course (continuous assessment course )
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 4.0
Registrations 4 (60 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
Course begins on 08.10.2019
eLearning Go to Moodle course

Time and place

List of events is loading...

Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

The ideas, key concepts, and notation used in the applied and theoretical finance literature.

The basic skills required to understand and develop basic applied or theoretical finance arguments.

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

Lecture and group work.

Course content

Einführung in die Grundlagen der Betrieblichen Finanzierung mit Schwerpunkt auf strategischen Gesichtspunkten.

Topics:

  • Corporate governance: contracts, stakeholders, structure 
  • Company valuation: net present value, cash flow & alternatives
  • Mergers & acquisitions: takeovers, joint ventures, divestitures 
  • Corporate strategy: market share, research & development, advertising 
  • Executive compensation: principal-agent, partnerships 
  • Financial markets: Modigliani-Miller theorem, leverage, risk

Literature

Main reference

Tirole (2006)Theory of Corporate Finance.

Background

Brealey, Myers & Allen (2014)Principles of CorporateFinance, 11th ed. 

Freixas & Rochet (2008) Microeconomics of Banking, 2nd ed.

Gibbons (1992) A Primer in Game Theory.

Mas Colell, Whinston & Green (1995), MicroeconomicTheory.

Brealey, Myers and Allen “Principles of Corporate Finance,” 11th ed.


 

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Examination methodology

Assessment is by means of a two-hour, unseen, closed book exam accounting for 80% of the final grade. The take-home problem set performance enters the finale grade with 20%. Prerequisite for exam admission is the satisfactory completion of at least one take-home problem set.

Examination topic(s)

Examined will be all lecture  material, problem sets, and the assigned (background) reading.

Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations

Assessment is by means of a two-hour, unseen, closed book exam accounting for 80% of the final grade. The take-home problem set performance enters the finale grade with 20%.

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Bachelor's degree programme Business Administration (SKZ: 518, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Volkswirtschaftslehre (Compulsory elective)
      • 20.1 SVWL Volkswirtschaftslehre I ( 0.0h VO, KS, VC, SE / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 602.792 Special Topics in Corporate Finance (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Business Administration (SKZ: 518, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Volkswirtschaftslehre (Compulsory elective)
      • 20.2 SVWL Volkswirtschaftslehre II ( 0.0h VO, KS, VC, SE / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 602.792 Special Topics in Corporate Finance (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Business Administration (SKZ: 518, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Volkswirtschaftslehre (Compulsory elective)
      • 20.3 SVWL Volkswirtschaftslehre III ( 0.0h VO, KS, VC, SE / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 602.792 Special Topics in Corporate Finance (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Business Administration (SKZ: 518, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Fach aus dem gebundenen Wahlfachbündel I (Compulsory elective)
      • 26.1 Lehrveranstaltung I ( 0.0h VO, VC, KS, VI / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 602.792 Special Topics in Corporate Finance (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Business Administration (SKZ: 518, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Fach aus dem gebundenen Wahlfachbündel I (Compulsory elective)
      • 26.2 Lehrveranstaltung II ( 0.0h VO, VC, KS, VI / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 602.792 Special Topics in Corporate Finance (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Business Administration (SKZ: 518, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Fach aus dem gebundenen Wahlfachbündel I (Compulsory elective)
      • 26.3 Lehrveranstaltung III ( 0.0h VO, VC, KS, VI / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 602.792 Special Topics in Corporate Finance (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Applied Business Administration (SKZ: 518, Version: 14W.3)
    • Subject: Vertiefung aus Volkswirtschaftslehre (Compulsory elective)
      • §10(1) Vertiefung aus Volkswirtschaftslehre ( 2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 602.792 Special Topics in Corporate Finance (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme Applied Business Administration (SKZ: 518, Version: 14W.3)
    • Subject: Vertiefung aus Volkswirtschaftslehre (Compulsory elective)
      • §10(1) Vertiefung aus Volkswirtschaftslehre ( 2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 602.792 Special Topics in Corporate Finance (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Applied Business Administration (SKZ: 918, Version: 12W.4)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 602.792 Special Topics in Corporate Finance (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme Business and Law (SKZ: 519, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Volkswirtschaftslehre (Compulsory elective)
      • 7.7.1. SVWL Volkswirtschaftslehre 1 ( 0.0h VO, VC, KS, SE / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 602.792 Special Topics in Corporate Finance (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Business and Law (SKZ: 519, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Volkswirtschaftslehre (Compulsory elective)
      • 7.7.2. SVWL Volkswirtschaftslehre 2 ( 0.0h VO, VC, KS, SE / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 602.792 Special Topics in Corporate Finance (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Business and Law (SKZ: 519, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Volkswirtschaftslehre (Compulsory elective)
      • 7.7.3. SVWL Volkswirtschaftslehre 3 ( 0.0h VO, VC, KS, SE / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 602.792 Special Topics in Corporate Finance (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Business and Law (SKZ: 519, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 9.0 ECTS)
        • 602.792 Special Topics in Corporate Finance (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Master's degree programme Business and Law (SKZ: 909, Version: 12W.4)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 602.792 Special Topics in Corporate Finance (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme International Business and Economics (SKZ: 516, Version: 19W.1)
    • Subject: Special Topics in International Business and Economics (Compulsory elective)
      • 15.1 Special Topics in International Business and Economics 1 ( 0.0h VO, VI, VC / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 602.792 Special Topics in Corporate Finance (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen

Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts

This course is not assigned to a sequence of equivalent courses