Corporate Finance

LLSMS2010  2016-2017  Louvain-la-Neuve

Corporate Finance
5.0 credits
30.0 h
1q

Teacher(s)
Colmant Bruno (compensates Riachi Ilham) ; Riachi Ilham ;
Language
Anglais
Main themes
The financing process and the capital structure Analyzing cash coming from and returning to stockholders: S.E.O., dividends et equity repurchases Valuation: principles and practice
Aims
The objective of the class is twofold. It is about: a) systemizing and enhancing students' knowledge in corporate finance: financing mix choices, dividend policies and value enhancement; b) motivating students for reading of well-known articles/textbooks in the field in order to prepare professionals able to update their knowledge by themselves during their career;

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Content
Content An overwiew of financing choices The financing mix : tradeoffs and theory Dividend policy : schools and theory Beyond cash dividends: buybacks, spinoffs, and divestitures Discounted cash flow valuation Terminal values: relative valuation and determinants The R.I.V. approaches Option applications in corporate financing: an introduction Methods In-class activities - Lectures - Exercices/PT - Problem based learning At home activities - Readings to prepare the lecture - Exercices to prepare the lecture - Paper work
Other information
Prerequisites :good level and financial accounting and in financial mathematics Evaluation : Class participation and oral examination, in French Support : Documents provided through icampus References : Provided in the course's presentation Internationalisation X international content (the content is universal) Corporate features Skills X team work X individual autonomy X problem solving X critical thinking X assertiveness Techniques and tools for teaching and learning X IT tools X Internet work X modelling X simulation X quantitative methods X mathematics
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Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Program title
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Business Engineering
5
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Master [120] in Management
5
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Master [120] in Management
5
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Master [120] in Business Engineering
5
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