FINPCOF Corporate Finance in Central Europe

Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta v Karviné
léto 2013
Rozsah
2/1/0. 3 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
Ing. Pavlína Haltofová, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Ing. Pavlína Haltofová, Ph.D. (cvičící)
Garance
Ing. Pavlína Haltofová, Ph.D.
Katedra financí a účetnictví – Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta v Karviné
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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.
Osnova
  • 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.
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • 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
    doporučená literatura
  • 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
Výukové metody
Přednášení
Seminární výuka
Metody hodnocení
Písemná zkouška
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
Compulsory attendance at seminars 25 %, seminar paper, seminar discussions, ongoing test, final exam (written)
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