Master
2019/2020
Financial and Non-Financial Information about the Company
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Compulsory course (HR Analytics)
Area of studies:
Management
Delivered by:
School of Finance
Where:
Graduate School of Business
When:
1 year, 3, 4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Instructors:
Elena A. Senatorova
Master’s programme:
HR Analytics
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
4
Contact hours:
48
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course takes an in-depth look into company's financial and non-financial re-ports and shows how information therein can be analyzed and processed to aid many individuals including creditors, investors, managers, consultants, auditors, directors, regulators and employees in their business decisions. It equips students with a wide array of tools and techniques useful in many fields in finance. Pre-requisites: The course is based on the knowledge of economics of the firm.
Learning Objectives
- To provide a framework within which students can develop an understanding of the determinants and uses of financial and non-financial reporting data
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Read a financial statement and identify and find relevant information for analysis
- Compute standard financial ratios and other financial analysis techniques
- Integrate concepts from previous accounting and finance courses to advance robust and insightful analysis
- Make informed and supported business decisions and recommendations
Course Contents
- Theme 2. Measuring and reporting cash flows
- Theme 3. Analysing and interpreting financial statements
- Theme 4. Integration of financial and non-financial information
- Theme 1. Presentation of Financial Statements
Assessment Elements
- Work Activity
- Project
- Written examWritten exam (LMS, open book, 15 multichoice questions for 50 minutes)
Interim Assessment
- Interim assessment (4 module)0.3 * Project + 0.4 * Work Activity + 0.3 * Written exam
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Atiase, R. K., Ajinkya, B. B., Dontoh, A. K., & Gift, M. J. (2011). The Fundamental Determinants of Trading Volume Reaction to Financial Information: Evidence and Implications for Empirical Capital Market Research. Journal of Financial Research, 34(1), 61–101. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6803.2010.01285.x
- Bai, L., Cui, L., Xu, L., Wang, Y., Zhang, Z., & Hancock, E. R. (2019). Entropic Dynamic Time Warping Kernels for Co-evolving Financial Time Series Analysis. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsarx&AN=edsarx.1910.09153
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Bonello, A., Grima, S., & Spiteri, J. (2019). Understanding the Investor : A Maltese Study of Risk and Behavior in Financial Investment Decisions (Vol. First edition). Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing Limited. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1993147