Instructor: Dan Sevall
This is another new course for us. Dan Sevall, who teaches Accounting in the DMBA program is also teaching this course.
This course emphasizes how management, through financial analysis, can increase the value of the firm. The course combines theory and practice. Simply put, this course enables the student to have a deep appreciation and understanding of the role of the CFO. The course begins with a review of financial ratios and Time Value of Money, and then progresses to more advanced topics such as valuation theory, cost of capital, real options, capital structure decisions, lease financing, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Multinational Finance.
Required textbook for the course is:
• Financial Management, 12th edition. by Eugene F. Brigham and Michael C. Ehrhardt
In addition, the course is using the following Harvard Business School cases:
• Whirlpool Europe (202-017)
• Netflix (201-705)
• Dell's Working Capital (201-029)
• A-Rod: Signing the Best Player in Baseball (203-047)
In addition, students will work in teams to develop a Finance Plan for an organization of their choosing.
This is another new course for us. Dan Sevall, who teaches Accounting in the DMBA program is also teaching this course.
This course emphasizes how management, through financial analysis, can increase the value of the firm. The course combines theory and practice. Simply put, this course enables the student to have a deep appreciation and understanding of the role of the CFO. The course begins with a review of financial ratios and Time Value of Money, and then progresses to more advanced topics such as valuation theory, cost of capital, real options, capital structure decisions, lease financing, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Multinational Finance.
Required textbook for the course is:
• Financial Management, 12th edition. by Eugene F. Brigham and Michael C. Ehrhardt
In addition, the course is using the following Harvard Business School cases:
• Whirlpool Europe (202-017)
• Netflix (201-705)
• Dell's Working Capital (201-029)
• A-Rod: Signing the Best Player in Baseball (203-047)
In addition, students will work in teams to develop a Finance Plan for an organization of their choosing.