This course will provide students with an overview of financial decision making within a firm. The course focusses on decisions concerning how firms should raise funds, and how this funds should be invested in real assets. The first part of the course will deal with investment decisions, while the second part will consider how to finance these investments and how investment and financing decisions are related. In essence, the course is aimed at providing students with a thorough understanding of how financial decisions can create or destroy shareholder’s value.

By the end of this course, the student should have acquired:
(1) Knowledge and understanding
Develop a consistent ability to analyze investment decisions and business financing with the aim of creating value for shareholders.
(2) Applying knowledge and understanding
Use conceptual tools for the understanding and valuation of corporate decisions, as well as for the choice of capital allocation by investors.
(3) Making judgements
Develop the skills to evaluate the economic convenience in terms of value creation.
(4) Communication skills
Acquire adequate problem-solving skills and analytical exposure of problems and related solutions.
(5) Learning skills
Acquire the skills necessary for the concrete application of the specific knowledge and skills acquired during the course.