Managerial Finance

Acquis d'apprentissage

The aim of the course is (i) to familiarize students with the tools used in financial statement analysis (ii) to apply these tools in the evaluation of ICT companies and (iii) to introduce students to the fundamental concepts and tools in capital budgeting and portfolio theory.

The course thus allows students to master fundamental techniques used in business management to integrate the ICT sector with a good knowledge of managerial dimension while enabling them to apply theoretical knowledge to new and concrete situations.

At the end of this course students are expected to

*Describe the basic use and structure of a company’s financial statements
*Analyze a company’s financial statements to evaluate its performance using ratio analysis
*Break down key ratios using a DuPont analysis and compare and interpret changes in ratios across companies and over time
*Analyze financial statements of companies in the ICT sector
*Evaluate projects based on NPV and IRR analyses

EVALUATION
• Attendance and participation in class
• Midterm/Quiz
• Written report and presentation
• Final Exam

REFERENCES

Corporate Finance
Jonathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo
4th Edition, Pearson

Financial Accounting, An International Approach
Jagdish Kothari and Elisabetta Barone
2006, Prentice Hall

Prérequis

Students are expected to be familiar with the fundamental notions of financial accounting

Approches pédagogiques

The course rests on lectures and in-class exercises to introduce key concepts and their applications. Students are also expected to carry out a financial statement analysis of an ICT company of their choice in groups and present their results at the end of the course as well as hand in a 10-15-page written report.

Programme

Master of Science