OPF:FINPCOF Corporate Finance in Central E - Course Information

FINPCOF Corporate Finance in Central Europe

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Guaranteed by

Ing. Pavlína Haltofová, Ph.D.
Department of Finance and Accounting – School of Business Administration in Karvina

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Corporate Finance (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)

Course objectives (in Czech)

The purpose of the course Corporate Finance in Central Europe is to develop an understanding of the rapidly evolving situation in the field of Corporate Finance in the former centrally planned economies of Central Europe. Students will be able to understand not only the major topics of Corporate Finance, but also to evaluate the influence of privatization processes on corporate culture in these countries, and to evaluate consequences of these processes.

Syllabus (in Czech)

• 1. Corporate finance - an overview
  What is corporate finance? Corporate securities as contingent claims on total firm value, the corporate firm, goals of the firm, the theories of firm.
  2. Capital budgeting
  The financial market economy, the competitive market, the basic principles, making consumption choices, corporate investment decision-making,
  3. Investment - basic investment rules
  Future value, present value, net present value. Simplifications - perpetuity, growing perpetuity, annuity, growing annuity. Basic investment rules - net present value, internal rate of return, profitability index, payback period, discounted payback period. Net present value and capital budgeting, net present value and inflation.
  4. Risk concepts and valuation
  Risk statistics, normal distribution and its implications for standard deviation, discount rate for risky projects, risk of simple portfolio.
  5. Capital structure
  Influence of capital structure on firm's value, Modigliani and Miller analysis, costs of capital, financial leverage and firm value.
  
  6. Long-term financing
  Issuing equity securities to the public, long-term debt, the public issue of bonds, warrants and convertibles, leasing, hedging risk.
  7. Long-Term financing in Central Europe
  Issuing Equity Securities to the Public - Initial Public Offering, Long-Term Debt, Leasing, European lease accounting.
  8. Short-term financing
  Tracing cash and net working capital, the operating cycle and the cash cycle, cash budgeting and cash management, credit management. The decision to grant credit: risk and information, optimal credit policy, credit analysis.
  9. Short-Term financing in Central Europe
  Tracing cash and net working capital, defining cash in terms of other elements, managing the collection and distribution of cash.
  10. Privatization processes and corporate finance - an overview
  Starting lines, current situation, ongoing integration of Central European capital markets, the necessity of the harmonization with other European countries, European corporate tax systems.
  11. Structure of ownership in privatized firms
  Development of ownership during the 90th, a continuation of privatization of remaining strategic companies.
  12. Capital structure of privatized firms
  Influence of financial market in Central Europe on capital structure of the firms, financial leverage in privatized firms.
  13. International corporate finance
  International capital budgeting, international financial decisions, international capital structure, exchange-rate risk. Foreign trade in Central European Countries. International exposure of Central European firms.

Literature

required literature
• ROSS, SR., WESTERFIELD, RW., JORDAN, BD. Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (7th Edition). Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2006. ISBN 0-07-319262-7. info
• BURKLEY, A., ROSS, SA., WESTERFIELD, RW., JAFFE, JF. Corporate Finance Europe. Cambridge: McGraw-Hill, 2004. ISBN 0-256-13473-1. info

recommended literature
• Various readings from The Economist, The Euro and other financial magazines. info
• BREALEY, A., MYERS, SC., ALLEN, F. Corporate Finance. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2005. ISBN 0-07-111795-4. info
• BLOCK, SB., GEOFFREY, GA. Foundations of Financial Management. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2005. ISBN 0-07-284229-6. info
• MADURA, J. International Corporate Finance. New York: Thompson South-Western, 2005. ISBN 0-32-432382-4. info
• Mejstřík, M. The Privatization Process in East-Central Europe. International Studies in Economics and Econometrics. Dordrecht-Boston-London: Kluwer Academic Publish, 1997. ISBN 0-7923-4096-5. info

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

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