Advanced Corporate Finance

Catalog description

The objective of this course is to study the major decision-making areas of managerial finance and some selected topics in financial theory. The course reviews theory and empirical evidence related to investment and financing polices of a firm and attempts to develop decision-making in these areas. This course serves as a complement and supplement to MBA615 Managerial Finance . Some areas of financial management not covered in MBA615 are covered in FIN621. These may include leasing, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, financial planning and working capital management, and other selected topics. Other areas that are covered in MBA615 are covered more in-depth and more rigorously in this course. These include investment decision-making under uncertainty, cost of capital, capital structure, pricing of selected financial instruments and corporate liabilities, and dividend policy.