Corporate Finance/Financial Management

Attention: Unfortunately we had to cancel the block course for the winter semester 2025/26. It is planned to reschedule this course to the upcoming summer semester 2026. The approval is still pending.


Lecture

taught by Dr. Saswat Patra

Content

Corporate Finance is an introductory course that presents the basic concepts and analytical methods applied in the area of Finance, relevant in the corporate world. In this course, the students shall learn about the concepts supporting financial decision making in businesses.


 

  • Understand the concept of time value of money and applications in capital budgeting;
  • Appreciate the features and valuation of marketable securities, including stocks and bonds;
  • Evaluate the relationship between risk and return in financial investments;
  • Analyze the capital structure of a firm and its impact on the valuation


 

First Meeting        

October, 27th 2025
 
LanguageEnglisch
 
Prerequisite                     None
 
ECTS4
 
Exam         

tba

Please find the current examination dates on the examination office's homepage.

For a correct identification, please bring your UniCard AND your ID to the exam.

For details on the registration and the registration period for the first exam, please also look at the websites of the examination offices of Economics and Mathematics for further information!

 

ILIAS

Course materials will be available on ILIAS.

Please register for the course in HISinOne. The registration is open from tba.

In the first week of the lecture you will receive the password for the course on ILIAS via email. 
 

Literature
  • Principles of Corporate Finance”, Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers, Franklin Allen and Alex Edmans, 14th Edition, McGraw – Hill Publishing Company Limited.
  • “Corporate Finance: A focussed Approach”, Michael C. Ehrhardt, Eugene F. Brigham, 8th Edition, Cengage Publications

Credit

The course can be credited in:

  • M.Sc. Economics in the profile "Finance",
  • M.Sc. VWL in Finance, Accounting, and Taxation.

 

Benutzerspezifische Werkzeuge