This course is designed to provide an overview of fundamental principles in finance. The program will also give students a good grounding in the use of main financial instruments in companies. It will give you the opportunity to specialise and develop your skills in finance.

An important issue is to become familiar with the insights of the capital structure and the valuation of companies. Another focus lies on the risk management cycle.

Main contents

Introduction to corporate finance

Net working capital and cash flow

Net present value and financial markets

Value bonds and shares

Capital structure and dividend policy

Short term and long-term financing

Issuing equity securities

Issuing different types of bonds

Leasing

Credit Management

Basic Literature

Brealey/Myers/Allen: Principles of Corporate Finance

Buckley/Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe: Corporate Finance Europe

Pape/Pfeiffer/Serfling: Finanzmanagement europäischer Unternehmen

Cheol/Resnick: International Financial Management

Copeland/Weston: Financial Theory and Corporate Policy

Copeland et al.: Finanzierungstheorie und Unternehmenspolitik

Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe: Corporate Finance