Syllabus Title of the course: Business Finance
Number of hours: 30 hours ECTS: 5
Semester: 1
Lecturer: Dr. Mariusz Dybał, Ph.D.
Office: room 203c – A building Office hours: to be agreed
E-mail: mariusz.dybal@uwr.edu.pl
Home page: http://prawo.uni.wroc.pl/user/12048/students-resources Course objectives:
To provide knowledge about the theoretical peculiarities of business finances, to develop students’ skills analysing and forecasting business corporate finances and personal finances, to assess financial decisions applying the money time value methods. Having studied the subject students will gain specific knowledge about finance concepts; will know financial resource formation sources, will gain skills on methods of money value over time in the decision making and financial decision basement, will understand the assessment methods of financial decision results, will be able to assess financial – economic processes in a company as well as the impact of possible risk factors on business results.
Grading policy:
There will be a case study every week covering the material for that week. Each student is asked to solve case application at home. Similar case studies will be on test.
Table of contents:
The Financial Environment Money and the Monetary System Banks and Other Financial Institutions Federal Reserve System
Policy Makers and the Money Supply International Finance and Trade Savings and Investment Process Interest Rates
Time Value of Money
Bonds and Stocks: Characteristics and Valuations Securities Markets
Financial Return and Risk Concepts Business Organization and Financial Data
Financial Analysis and Long-Term Financial Planning Managing Working Capital
Short-Term Business Financing Capital Budgeting Analysis
Capital Structure and the Cost of Capital Recommended reading:
Gitman L. J., Zutter C. J. (2012). Principles of Managerial Finance. 13th ed. Prentice Hall;
Ryan, B. (2007). Corporate finance and valuation. Australia: Thomson.
