VŠTE:S_FIP_1 Corporate finance I - Course Information

S_FIP_1 Corporate finance I

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Ing. Pavel Rousek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Ing. Pavel Rousek, Ph.D.
School of Expertness and Valuation – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: School of Expertness and Valuation – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice

Timetable of Seminar Groups

S_FIP_1/S01: Wed 8:00–9:30 N006, P. Rousek

Prerequisites (in Czech)

OBOR(CAP)

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives supported by learning outcomes

Students learn to work with input data form controlling and other supporting activities. They understand meaning of data and manages to change them into inputs for decision making. Graduates of the course understand financial expression of internal relations of a company and relations of company to the its environment. They understand companies' property, capital and personnel structure.

Learning outcomes

Graduate of the course: 1. Understands the role of financial manager in an enterprise. 2. Determines the value of money over time. 3. Understands the role of the enterprise's working capital (tactical financial decision-making) 4. Optimizes business cash flow. 5. Optimizes the flow of inventory in the enterprise. 6. Manages enterprise receivables. 7. Understands an investment project. 8. Evaluates investment alternatives in terms of their financial impact. 9. Understands the impact of human resources management on company finances. 10. Predicts future business development costs. 11. Understands strategic financial decision-making. 12. Optimizes the company's capital structure. 13. Optimizes the ownership structure of the enterprise. 14. Understands the role of financial and capital markets.

Syllabus

• 1. Role of financial manager in a company. Relation between controlling and corporate finances. Work with data
• 2. Time value of money, relation of risk and revenues
• 3. Inventory management
• 4. Cash management, cash flow management
• 5. Receivables management
• 6. Long-term assets and investment decision making – static methods
• 7. Long-term assets and investment decision making – dynamic methods
• 8. Financial impact of getting new employees. Financial impact of education and development current employees
• 9. Cost models
• 10. Financing using equity
• 11. Financing using debt
• 12. Strategic financial decision making and optimization of capital structure of a company
• 13. Financial and capital markets

Literature

required literature
• ALLEN, Richard A., Stewart C. BREALEY a Franklin MYERS. Principles of corporate finance. 11. ed., global ed. New York: NY: McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. 889 s. ISBN 978-0-07-715156-0.

Forms of Teaching

Lecture
Seminar

Teaching Methods

Frontal Teaching
Brainstorming
Critical Thinking

Student Workload

Activities	Number of Hours of Study Workload
	Daily Study	Combined Study
Preparation for the Mid-term Test	26	27
Preparation for Lectures	10
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial	16	24
Preparation for the Final Test	52	91
Attendance on Lectures	26
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion	26	14
Total:	156	156

Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate

Test – mid-term 30 %
Test – final 70 %

Exam conditions

Valuation consists of the first test (30 - 0 points) and the second test (70 - 0 points). The final grade is a sum of points got from the first and second tests. Grades: A 100 – 90, B 89,99 – 84, C 83,99 – 77, D 76,99 – 73, E 72,99 – 70, FX 69,99 – 30, F 29,99 - 0.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

General note: Erasmus.

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