Corporate Finance

Code:

2EAE06

Acronym:

FE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management Studies

Instance: 2019/2020 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Economics and Business Administration

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EAE	70	Syllabus - 2015	1	-	7,5	56	202,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

In this course we discuss some of the main financial decisions of a corporate manager. The course aims to enable to know the main problems facing the financial management and acquire skills, including the following areas: asset valuation, investment decision making funding decisions and measuring and managing the cost of capital.

Learning outcomes and competences

The students should be able to solve the main problems of corporate finance.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Nothing is required.

Program

Part I – Introduction to Corporate Finance and Overview Parte II – Value and Capital Budgeting Part III - Cost of Capital, Capital Structure and Dividend Policy Parte IV – Other Corporate Finance Issues 

Mandatory literature

Hillier David 070; Corporate finance. ISBN: 9780077173630
Fernandes et al ; Mercados, Produtos e Valorimetria de Activos Financeiros, Almedina, 2012

Complementary Bibliography

Damodaran, A. ; Corporate Finance - Theory and Practice, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001
Ross, Westerfield & Jaffe ; Corporate Finance, Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 2004

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical lessons. Case studies.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Teste	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	39,00
Total:	39,00

Eligibility for exams

All students are admited to evaluation.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Score = 0.50 * Score of the final exam/second written test +0.40 * Score of the first written test + 0,10 Presential Evaluation Score.

Examinations or Special Assignments

 

Classification improvement

The improvement of classification is only possible by examination. There will only be examination at the time of appeal. In the normal season the second test will be carried out.

Observations

In the exame, students must be accompanied calculators, forms, and tables statistics commonly used in the discipline. It is not allowed to use other elements.