BUSN3049 Corporate Finance

Dr Erkan Yalcin

2015

4.5

1 x 2-hour lecture weekly
1 x 1-hour on-line tutorial weekly

1 of BUSN2007, BUSN2037

BUSN3004 has been successfully completed

Bachelor of Commerce

This topic is concerned with the theory and practice of financial management of business corporations. The concepts and issues introduced in BUSN2037 Financial Management will be extended to consider investment, financing and dividend decisions of the organisation at a more advanced level, and also interactions between these decisions. A number of more applied topics will also be covered including real options, corporate acquisitions, corporate restructuring, lease financing and project financing.

To be advised

Upon successful completion of this topic students will be able to:

Identify the role of the Corporate Finance Manager and its main relationship with business objectives
Identify and evaluate the main sources of equity and debt capital
Evaluate investment decisions using a range of evaluation methods
Describe the important theoretical foundations that underpin modern corporate finance practice
Discuss the principles of capital structure and its link to the associated theories
Evaluate the application of corporate finance theory to normative advice on a number of areas of corporate finance practice including the real options, corporate acquisitions, corporate restructuring, lease financing and project financing
Describe the main techniques for valuing company equity and calculate the required share values under a given set of circumstances
Identify the factors that determine a company's dividend policy
Describe the theories and applications surrounding a merger or a takeover and the similarities and differences
Identify the various types of corporate restructuring transactions
Identify and evaluate the theories and applications of leasing
Identify and evaluate the theories and applications of project financing.

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