The goal of this course is to develop the analytical skills for making corporate financial decisions. Present value is the fundamental concept throughout this course, and its applications construct the primary decision-making approaches for corporate finance management. In addition to the instruction of theories, many international cases and practical applications are introduced to strengthen students’ understanding of the theories.

Specifically, the topics include the concept of present value, the opportunity cost of capital, discounted cash flow analysis and other valuation techniques; and issues of short and long term financial management, risk and return, capital asset pricing model; capital budgeting and risk analysis; corporate capital structure and financing decisions; dividend policy, investment and financial decisions in the international contact, including exchange rate/interest rate risk analysis; mergers & acquisitions and issues of corporate governance and control.