The course discusses how to formulate a corporate financial strategy from the perspective of the company manager. It starts with a general discussion of the principles, as well as fallacy and trap, of the value creation. After a brief review of the basic valuation methods, the course will cover the corporate financial strategy topics such as working capital, capital structure, deal making, investor relation, and corporate governance.

The course will focus on the equity markets and the conceptual framework for investing in equity securities. It will provide a broad overview of equity investing and prepare the students with sufficient knowledge to make informed investment decisions.

This course provides an analysis of cost/revenue information in managerial decision-making contexts and examines issues related to management control. Topics include cost-volume-profit (CVP) relation, performance evaluation, cost allocation, and transfer pricing

A corporate merger and acquisition (M&A) can have a profound effect on a company’s growth prospects. This course focuses on the design, analysis and execution of an M&A transaction. The class will have a balanced discussion on the potential value creation opportunity and risk exposure of an M&A deal. Students will gain insight into the core value creating M&A strategies. Such insight will not only guide professionals in financial intuitions but also help corporate managers in pursuit of their corporate strategy.

The aim of the course is to bring together insights from finance and macroeconomics that are useful for formulating investment strategies and asset allocation decisions. The first part of the course describes the business cycle, including its stages and subcycles and focuses on the major role that monetary policy plays in managing and causing business cycles. The second part relates the financial trends that are particularly important to their absolute and relative return performance.