...theories of modern financial management, • to develop an appreciation for the usefulness of these theories for financial decision-making, • to develop the student's financial decision-making skills, • to provide an overview of current financial management theories and practices. Text Required: Corporate Finance by Ross, Westerfield and Jaffe, 9th ed., McGraw-Hill Irwin Supplemental: Financial Management, Concepts and Applications, 3rd ed., 1995, Ramesh K.S. Rao, SouthWestern Publishing Co., Cincinnati, a division of International Thompson. The required chapters will be made available to you (Blackboard and the readings package). Course Structure and Grading The course consists of lectures, homework assignments (not graded), class case discussions, a team-based take-home case final, and four in-class exams. Lectures: The lectures are designed to provide an understanding of the major elements of finance. The emphasis is...
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...| 3. | Rationale for the inclusion of the course/module in the programme :To provide students with a fundamental understanding of financial management principles and exposure towards analysis and application of finance principles.This course aims to enable students to: 1. Introduce with the various aspects of financial management. 2. Develop essential skills in making financial decisions. 3. Apply the appropriate techniques in making decisions. | 4. | Total Student Learning Time (SLT) | Total Face to Face | Total | 5. | | L | T | P | O | A | B/O | IL | | L = LectureT = TutorialP = Practical(Lab)O= Others A= AssessmentB/O=Blended /Online learningIL= Independent learning | 28 | 14 | | | 4 | 14 | 60 | 6. | Credit Value: 3 credits | 7. | Prerequisite (if any): Nil | 8. | Learning outcomes:On completion of the course, students will be able to: 1. Identify the goal of a firm and the role of a financial manager. 2. Analyze the financial performance of a company 3. Apply the concept of time value of money 4. Calculate the expected rate of return. 5. Perform capital budgeting analysis 6. Apply skills and technique in financial decisions. | 9. | Synopsis: This course focuses on the basic business finance theory both quantitative and qualitative with some simple application. Topics addressed in this course will include the mathematics of finance, time value of money, valuation concepts, capital budgeting, working...
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...three broad objectives (1) To provide information for costing out products and services, (2) To provide information for planning, controlling, evaluation, and continuous improvement, and (3) To provide information for decision making. The purpose of the course is to learn the fundamental concepts and procedures necessary for the understanding and use of management accounting information for managerial decisions. The emphasis is on the use of accounting information. Effective management requires a sound understanding of how to use accounting information for decision making. The following topics will be discussed: Major differences between Financial and Managerial Accounting Ethical standard for management accountants Cost terminology and concepts Cost objects, cost flows in manufacturing or services operations. Job order costing and process costing Activity based costing and management Cost behavior and analysis—absorption vs. variable costing, cost driver analysis, statistical cost estimation, CVP analysis using contribution margin approach. Profit planning and budgeting Cost analysis for tactical decision making Standard costing and analysis Cost analysis for performance measurement and evaluation Relevant costs for short-run...
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...WEBSTER UNIVERSITY • WESTPORT, ST LOUIS, MO • GEORGE HERBERT WALKER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & T ECHNOLOGY • BUSINESS DEPARTMENT BASIC FINANCE FOR MANAGERS BUSN5200 SU 2015 Section 07 3 Credits 06/01/2015 to 07/31/2015 Modified 05/20/2015 MEETING TIMES Thursday, 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM, Westport Campus CONTACT INFORMATION Mike Boland Email: michaelboland57@webster.edu (mailto:michaelboland57@webster.edu) Phone: 6362363636 DESCRIPTION Managers and human resources management professionals must be able to understand financial information contained in financial statements and reports. Line managers must be able to understand financial information contained in financial statements and reports in order to evaluate their unit's financial performance, to communicate clearly with other managers, and to apply financial information when making decisions. Human resources management professionals must understand financial statements and principles if they are to effectively assist line managers and be strategic partners with other business functions. This course will focus on the interpretation and use of basic financial information by nonfinancial managers, not on the production of financial statements and reports. (FINC 5000 cannot be substituted for BUSN 5200.) Requisites None OBJECTIVES OUTCOMES Outcome Expectation Students have a basic familiarity with the field of finance and an understanding of the financial goal of a business, and they have an appreciation for ...
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...Points Exams 200 points Excellent 80+ Group Work and Cases 100 points Good 70-79.9 Participation, Indiv. Cases 100 points Average 60-69.9 TOTAL 400 points Passing 50-59.9 Fail Below 50 Percentage Score 400/4=100 You will be penalized for absence, lack of participation or poor performance on reading assignments case assignments and problem assignments You are required to read the assigned chapters and finish the mini case assignments before the class discussion of the assignments. Additional readings and problems may be assigned as needed to supplement the text book. * EACH GROUP WILL TURN IN SIX WRITTEN CASE FOR GRADING PRIOR TO PRESENTATION. Written Case as well as Presentation will be graded. Individual grade for group work will include peer grading of group members. (100 points). - Grade for participation is based on in class attendance, in class performance in cases and class discussion, peer grading, reading and problem assignments. (100 points) ASSIGNMENT LIST CHAPTERS Dr. Bilici FINANCE 400 I SUMMER 2016 July 25...
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...Capital Budgeting March 28, 2016 Capital Budgeting An investment project is part of a business growth initiatives, which may be s deemed acceptable or unacceptable based on the rate of the projects return. Unlike most decisions that an organization makes, a capital budgeting decision requires that two decisions a financial and an investment decision. For a business to decide which project to invest their resources, they must use one or several of the tools design for capital budgeting. Definitions, Analysis, and Interpretation Capital budgeting is used to make calculated informed decisions about acquiring property, businesses, and equipment. It is a process that allows investors to analyze, compare and select the acquisition, which will maximize their wealth. Our team had to analyze a Capital Budgeting Case Study presented in week 6 of Quantitative Reasoning for Business course. In this case, we are to choose only one corporation within the budget of $250,000. As stated in the guidelines, there is a comparison between Company A and company B. This is done by four calculations for both companies. Which are the 5-year projected income statement, a 5-year projected cash flow, net present value (NPV), and the internal rate of return (IRR). Included is the excel spreadsheet with our calculations and graph to decipher easily which company will make the best purchase. The NPV and IRR are two critical numbers that are helpful in determining the purchase. “The NPV tells us...
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...THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO Joseph M. Bryan School of Business and Economics Department of Accounting and Finance Fall 2008 I. Meeting Time and Place FIN 625.01, Corporate Strategy and the Finance Function 6:30 pm – 9:20 pm M, Bryan School (Room 204 Bryan Bldg.)[1] II. Instructor Daniel T. Winkler Office: 324 Bryan Bldg. Phone: 256-0122 E-mail: dt_winkler@uncg.edu Blackboard: http://blackboard.uncg.edu Office Hours: 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm M, 11:15 am – 12:15 pm W, or by appointment III. Prerequisites Prerequisites: MBA 605, 617; Co-requisite is MBA 620 IV. Course Materials Douglas R. Emery, John D. Finnerty, and John D. Stowe. Corporate Financial Management, 3rd Ed., Prentice Hall Publishing (Pearson), 2007. ISBN: 9780132278720. Harvard Business Review Cases (HC) purchased and downloaded online at: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/cases/cases_home.jhtml. Case ordering numbers are given in parentheses next to each case in the Tentative Schedule. HP (Hewlett Packard) 10 B II, 17BII financial calculator or the equivalent. V. Course Description and Purpose The UNCG Graduate Bulletin describes MBA 625 as follows: "Finance in the strategic management process; corporate strategies and shareholder value creation, financing...
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...COURSE SYLLABUS COURSE TITLE: MGT/448 Global Business Strategies LSB04BSM09 REQUIRED TEXT/MATERIAL: Books 1. The World Is Flat A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Friedman) 2. International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace, 5/e (Hill) 3. The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization (Friedman) 4. Managing Cultural Differences (Harris, Moran) 5. Global E-Commerce Strategies for Small Business, (Da Costa, Laffont, Tirole) Scholarly Articles 1. International Business: Environments and Operations, (Daniels, Radebaugh, Sullivan) Journal of Political Economy 2. International Real Business Cycles, (Backus, Kehoe and Kyland) Journal of Political Economy 3. Going global: Using information technology to advance the competitiveness of the virtual, (Boudreau, Loch, Robey, Straub) Academy of Management Executive 4. Working with Americans, (Thompson) The FLAME of Claremont Graduate University Websites: 1. Economist.com (The Economist Magazine) 2. FT.com (Financial Times Newspaper) 3. cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook (CIA world Fact Book) 4. loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html (Library of Congress Country Info) 5. windowontheworldinc.com/countryprofile/index.html (Tips for Global Business Etiquette 6. transparency.org (Transparency International) 7. scholar.google.com (Google for academic search) INSTRUCTOR: Taj Ahmad Eldridge, MBA, Ph.D Int’l Political Economics & World Politics candidate WELCOME: ...
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...read, understand and abide by all of the course information and policies listed below. Failure to do so could result in you failing this course or being withdrawn from this course by your instructor, School of Business Dean’s Office or by the Graduate Studies Department. The course syllabus provides a general plan for the course; deviations may be necessary. COURSE PREREQUISITE: All MBA Foundations classes must be completed or waived before enrollment in FIN 611. REQUIRED MATERIALS: 1. Textbook – Corporate Finance: The Core, by J. Berk and P. DeMarzo, published by Prentice Hall, ISBN (10‐digit) 0132153688. Available in loose leaf (3‐ring) format in the U Tampa bookstore. Textbook are also available as an e‐book from coursesmart: 1 Revised 08/21/2012 2. Cases and readings: available from www.study.net – available by 8/27/12 3. Additional files and readings will be distributed via Blackboard 4. Calculator - A financial calculator is required for this class. A Hewlett Packard 10B or a Texas Instruments BAII+ is ideal. Other brands/models may also suffice. Bring your calculator to class every day. Be sure you know how to use it. 5. Laptop computer – Many students find it useful to use their laptop computer during class. This is not required. Any student using a laptop during class is expected to stay fully focused on the subject at hand at all times – no e-mail, internet, etc....
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...| | | |II. COURSE DESCRIPTION | |Students will gain a working knowledge of financial management by learning to develop a systematic approach to financial analysis; to apply techniques for | |planning, forecasting, and managing; as well as to evaluate and recommend improvements in the organization's financial performance. | | | |III. PREREQUISITES | | | |FIN 5001 OR FINP 5008 and ACTP 5001 | | | |IV. LEARNING OUTCOMES ...
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...Online Assignment Help For Students Search SKIP TO CONTENT MBA FM MODULE ASSIGNMENT 2 MAY 8, 2014 ADMIN Write a report for the New Heritage Doll Company on which new product they should adopt supporting your argument with full workings. This is an individual project. New Heritage Doll Company Report INTRODUCTION New Heritage Doll Company is a firm that has ventured into Doll production which has sought to extend its brand in order to broaden its market framework and more importantly capitalise on high levels of customer loyalty. The vice president of the Company, Emily Harris is to forward her project proposal to the Budgeting Committee for evaluation. The Vice-president’s objective for proposing the project stood out based on potential to strengthen the Company’s division of production and to drive future growth. Emily Harris has to produce a compelling project to avoid the committee to decline the proposal. Basis of assessment There are two projects between which the company will have decision option to accept or drop the proposal. The method of project evaluation would be based on discounting cash flows (DCFs) and thereafter determining the Net Present value (NPV) of each of the proposed project. The project proposal with the positive and highest NPV would be acceptable for investment. If the project has a positive NPV suggests that such a project is generating more cash than is required to service the debt and to provide the appropriate returns to...
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...Abstract Before selecting the proper financing sources Knowing the costs of financing is a prerequisite. This assignment is regarding the financing issues of business. it is very necessary to have proper knowledge over the financing terms and methods to obtain requisite financing for the organization. One has to know the costs of financing as a prerequisite before selecting the proper financing sources. In this assignment, several advantages and disadvantages are discussed for different financing methods, cost of finance, financial planning and information and many other issues that help to gain a proper knowledge about the financing in organization. Different books and journals have been used to prepare the assignment. Contents Introduction 3 Requirement 1 3 Task 1.1 : Business needs finance and available sources of finance to a business 3 Equity financing 4 Debt Financing 4 Lease Financing 4 Task 1.2 : Accessing and comparing the implication of the different sources of finance 4 Implication of equity financing 4 Implication of debt financing 4 Implication of lease financing 5 Task 1.3: evaluation of the appropriate sources of finance for the above mention businesses. 5 M1: Critically evaluate each available sources of finance to that particular firm. Evaluation should include the pros and cons, and legal aspects of each source. (Merit M1). 5 Case study 1: An engineering firm 5 Equity financing for this firm 5 Debt financing 5 Lease financing...
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...Management Assignment # 4 – Medical Associates November 27, 2011 Medical Associates: Equity cost of capital, DCF, CAPM, risk, capital budgeting Medical Associates is a large for-profit group practice. Its dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 7% per year into the foreseeable future. The firm's last dividend (D0) was $2, and its current stock price is $23. The firm's beta coefficient is 1.6; the rate of return on 20-year T-bonds currently is 9%; the expected rate of return is 13%. The firm's target capital structure calls for 50% debt financing, the interest rate required on the business's new debt is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%. 1. Calculate Medical Associates' cost of equity estimate using the DCF method. Using the DCF method Cost of Equity = D1/P0 + g D1 = expected dividend= D0 X (1+g) = 2 X 1.07 = 2.14 P0 current price = $23 g = growth rate = 7% Cost of equity = 2.14/23 + 7% = 16.30% 2. Calculate the cost of equity estimate using CAPM. Using CAPM Cost of equity = Rf + (Rm-Rf) beta Rf = risk free rate = 9% Rm = return on market = 13% beta = 1.6 Cost of equity = 9% + (13%-9%) 1.6 = 15.4% 3. On the basis of your answers to #1 & #2, what is your final estimate for the firm's cost of equity? We take the average of the two costs as the final estimate Final estimate is the average of the two = (16.3%+15.4%)/2 = 15.85% 4. Calculate the firm's estimate for corporate cost of capital. Cost of Capital = Proportion...
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...Registered Investment Advisory Firm, specializes in asset management for high-net-worth individuals and trusts. With over thirteen years of experience managing client portfolios, Mr. Berman is a professional analyst of financial vehicles, including equity and bond mutual funds, and is an expert in global investment, asset allocation and modern portfolio theory. As the president of JBGlobal LLC, the general partner of the JBGlobal Fund LP, Mr. Berman manages a global equities fund that invests in the United States, Europe and Asia. Mr. Berman is a faculty member in the Finance Department of the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies where he teaches corporate finance. He serves as sub-advisor to Eitan Ventures LLC, a venture capital fund based in New York. Mr. Berman has appeared on CNBC and the Fox Business Channel and is regularly published and quoted in a variety of publications, including Barron's, Fortune, Bloomberg, and CNN Money. As a regular blogger for The Huffington Post, he covers financial topics ranging from hedge funds to the economy. He holds a B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta...
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...Contents 1. Assignment Part A Prepare the case, with recommendations to be presented to the Board of Directors of ProGen. Assess the viability of the project using the NPV, IRR, and Payback methods. 2. Assignment Part B “The IRR rule is redundant as an investment criterion because the NPV rule always dominates. Discuss this statement giving examples where possible. 3. Conclusion “The IRR rule is redundant as an investment criterion because the net present value (NPV) rule always dominates it.” 4. Bibliography References Assignment Part A This report evaluates the viability for marketing and distribution of genetically engineered soya seeds developed by a biotechnology firm. The firm will supply seeds and permit ProGen to market and distribute them under a licence. The evaluation methods used for this proposal are net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), and Payback methods. Assumptions used for this analysis are summarised below • Marketing cost is assumed to be a sunk cost and therefore not included in the calculation • Cash flow will be considered over 5 years as this is the lifecycle of the product • An annual licence fee included at 1M per annum • Capital investment for vehicles £650k is an upfront payment and therefore not discounted • Year 5 will see a cash inflow of 120K assumed a realistic sum...
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