Master
2019/2020
Strategic Financial Management
Type:
Compulsory course (Finance)
Area of studies:
Finance and Credit
Delivered by:
Department of Finance
When:
2 year, 1 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Instructors:
Angel Barajas,
Felix Javier Lopez Iturriaga
Master’s programme:
Finance
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
6
Contact hours:
52
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course is based on the students’ knowledge and skills that were obtained from such disciplines as Corporate Finance, Investment Analysis/Financial Analysis/Financial Modeling. The course consists of lectures (20 hours) and tutorials (32 hours). The tutorials involve task’s calculation, problems solving, case analysis and the individual assignment (project).
Learning Objectives
- The aim of the course is to develop the competencies in taking strategic financial decisions: forecasting cash flows, capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, developing financial and analytic models, creating a new approach to financial management based on the integrated value-based management both for financial and nonfinancial companies.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Know mechanisms of strategic decisions in a competitive environment
- Design competitive financial strategies
- Understands the principles of matching financial and business strategies
- Calculates key value-based indicators
Course Contents
- The objective of the firm
- The capital structure decision
- The international framework
- Capital Budgeting
- Dividend Policy
Interim Assessment
- Interim assessment (1 module)0.5 * Final exam + 0.25 * Home assigment + 0.25 * In-class activity
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Elearn Limited (Great Britain), & Pergamon Flexible Learning. (2005). Financial Management. Oxford: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=195105
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Schwenker, B., & Spremann, K. (2009). Management Between Strategy and Finance : The Four Seasons of Business. Berlin: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=262177