Entrepreneurial Finance

Código:

LGE517

Sigla:

EF

Áreas Científicas
Classificação	Área Científica
OFICIAL	Ciências Empresariais

Ocorrência: 2006/2007 - 2S

Ativa?	Sim
Unidade Responsável:	Agrupamento Científico de Gestão
Curso/CE Responsável:	Gestão

Ciclos de Estudo/Cursos

Sigla	Nº de Estudantes	Plano de Estudos	Anos Curriculares	Créditos UCN	Créditos ECTS	Horas de Contacto	Horas Totais
ECO	28	Plano Oficial a partir de 2004	4	2	4	-
GES	14	Plano Oficial a partir de 2004	4	2	4	-

Língua de trabalho

Inglês

Objetivos

The objective of this course is to enhance students' understanding of the dynamic challenges faced by entrepreneurs in securing financial backing to support future start, growth and development of their projects. We shall examine these challenges in a variety of industry settings and stages of venture development both from the capital seeker (entrepreneur) and capital provider (investor) perspectives. This course is expected to provide participants with practical insights on a number of issues related with business angels and venture capital financing.

Programa

1. Introduction to Entrepreneurial Finance
2. Venture capital financing
3. Angels financing
4. Valuation of entrepreneurial deals
5. Structuring entrepreneurial deals
6. Legal issues
7. Adding value
8. Other topics

Métodos de ensino e atividades de aprendizagem

Content will be delivered in three ways in the course:
1. Lectures will be given on specific topics at appropriate times throughout the course;
2. Case studies discussion;
3. Personal perspectives from entrepreneurs and capital providers (videos).

Tipo de avaliação

Avaliação distribuída com exame final

Fórmula de cálculo da classificação final

Class Participation 10%
Hand-in cases 25%
Course Project 40%
Exam 25%
or
Final exam 100%

Provas e trabalhos especiais

Hand-in Cases:
On an individual basis, the participants will be asked to submit written executive summaries for selected case studies at the beginning of the respective session. The executive summaries should not reiterate material that is covered in the case study but rather should directly answer the questions to be addressed in bullet-point format in no more than 2 pages.

Course Project:
The major course assignment will be an individual project. Regardless of option selected, the report submitted must not exceed 20 pages including exhibits.
There are three options available to satisfy the course project requirement:
- The financing plan option is targeted those who have a specific entrepreneurial project in mind to launch in the future. You will be expected to produce a detailed blueprint of your intended capitalization strategy;
- The case study option is targeted at those who wish to explore and describe the financing process of an entrepreneurial company that has received (formal or informal) venture capital. You will be expected to produce a critical evaluation of the deal achieved;
- The technical note option is targeted at those who wish to explore a specific aspect of entrepreneurial finance in detail.