Advanced Corporate Finance

llsms2110  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Advanced Corporate Finance
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Zhang Yue;
Language
English
Prerequisites
  • Fundamental mathematical and statistical concepts (such as those covered in Mathématiques avancées et fondements d'économétrie [ LECGE1337 ])
  • Advanced Finance [LLSMS2100A or LLSMS2100B]
  • Corporate Finance [ LLSMS2010 ]
Main themes
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of decision-making within the corporation. It is taught primarily through lectures, case studies and presentations. We will study important concepts in corporate finance, and develop skills for making corporate investment and financing decisions. The concepts and skills will be applied into practice through case studies.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 Upon completion of this course, students are expected to complete the following key tasks:
  1. Have a good understanding of important issues in corporate finance;
  2. Have a good understanding of business ethical values;
  3. Be able to apply concepts and tools learned in class;
Upon completion of this course, students are expected to develop the following capabilities:
  1. Corporate citizenship;
  2. Communication and Interpersonal skills;
  3. Critical thinking skills;
  4. Teamwork and leadership.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The following topics will be covered:
  1. Management objectives
  2. Risk and return models
  3. Capital structure
  4. Valuation and firm value
  5. Dividend decision
Teaching methods
Lectures, Case Studies, Presentations
Evaluation methods
Continuous evaluation
  • Date: No
  • Type of evaluation: Assignment, Case Study, Presentation, Report
  • Comments: No
Evaluation week
  • Oral: No
  • Written: No
  • Unavailability or comments:
Examination session
  • Oral: No
  • Written: No
  • Unavailability or comments:
Bibliography
  1. Applied Corporate Finance (Fourth Edition) by Aswath Damodaran
  2. Slides posted in Moodle
Faculty or entity
CLSM


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Management

Master [120] in Management