2014/2015
KAN-CCMVU3031U Corporate Finance
| English Title |
| Corporate Finance |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Elective |
| Level |
Full Degree Master |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Course period |
Autumn |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Max. participants |
75 |
| Study board |
Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business
Administration
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| Course
coordinator |
- Claus Parum - Department of Finance (FI)
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Teacher: Ramona
Westermann - rw.fi@cbs.dk
Administration: Sabrine Josephine Schmidt - sjs.fi@cbs.dk |
| Main academic
disciplines |
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Last updated on
24-04-2015
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| Learning objectives |
The aim of the course is that
students – after having followed the course Corporate Finance – are
able to:
- Combine and apply insight from the syllabus to solve corporate
finance problems through accurate and correct calculations.
- Show and explain all relevant calculations to solve a given
problem.
- State the assumptions behind the theories / methods /models in
the syllabus.
- Independently combine and logically structure the corporate
finance vocabulary /theories / methods / models /
regulatory/institutional/practical knowledge, and empirical
evidence to solve corporate finance problems.
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| Course prerequisites |
| Cand.merc. AEF, ASC, FIR, FIV and FSM
students cannot participate in the course. |
| Examination |
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Corporate
Finance:
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| Exam ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Written sit-in exam |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual |
| Assignment type |
Written assignment |
| Duration |
4 hours |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
One internal examiner |
| Exam period |
Autumn Term |
| Aids allowed to bring to the exam |
Closed Book: no aids |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the number of registered candidates for the make-up
examination/re-take examination warrants that it may most
appropriately be held as an oral examination, the programme office
will inform the students that the make-up examination/re-take
examination will be held as an oral examination
instead.
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Description of the exam
procedure
Pen & Paper exam (Handwritten)
Non-programmable calculators are allowed for the
exam.
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| Course content and
structure |
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Corporate finance is concerned with economic decisions in
corporations; e.g.
- Corporation’s investment decision.
- Corporation’s payout policy.
- Financing of corporations.
- Corporate control and corporate governance.
Course objective is to provide students with a solid knowledge
of corporations’ capital budgeting and financing
decisions.
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| Teaching methods |
| Lectures with exercises. |
| Further Information |
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Changes in course schedule may occur
Tuesday 13.30-16.05, week 36-37
Tuesday 12.35-17.00, week 38-46
It is not possibility to write a term paper in this
course.
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| Expected literature |
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Ivo Welch, Corporate Finance, 3rd edition (ISBN
978-0-9840049-1-1).
You can buy the book on the following website:
http://book.ivo-welch.info/ed3/
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Last updated on
24-04-2015