Lahore University of Management Sciences
FINN 400 – Applied Corporate Finance Spring 2013
Instructor
Dr. Fazal Jawad Seyyed, CFA
Room No.
208 SDSB
Office Hours
TBA
Email fazal.jawad@lums.edu.pk Telephone
042-3560-8030
Secretary/TA
Saleem A. Khan
TA Office Hours
TBA
Course URL (if any)
LMS
Course Basics
Credit Hours
4
Lecture(s)
Nbr of Lec(s) Per Week
2
Duration
1:50
Recitation/Lab (per week)
Nbr of Lec(s) Per Week
Duration
Tutorial (per week)
Nbr of Lec(s) Per Week
Duration
Course Distribution
Core
ACF - Core
Elective
Open for Student Category
Close for Student Category
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Applied Corporate Finance is a case-based course in intermediate level finance. It provides insights into the role of the financial manager, whose primary responsibility consists of acquiring funds needed by the firm and directing these funds into projects that will maximize the value of the firm for its owners. In reaching this objective, financial managers perform such varied roles/tasks as financial forecasting and analysis, raising capital from most economical sources, channelizing firm’s resources to projects with best pay offs, dealing in foreign currency and global financial markets to name a few. As an applied course, the focus is on: (a) application of financial concepts, models, and tools to address typical problems faced by financial managers, (b) examining financial theories and concepts in light of corporate practices and empirical evidence for better understanding of the critical success factors and processes related to financing, investment, and payout decisions of firms, and (c) interaction of financing and investment decisions and how they interface with capital markets and impact firm value. The course is divided into following six modules: Module 1: Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, and Working Capital Management