Advanced Corporate Finance I - Valuation

1.5 units

This course considers issues faced by corporate financial managers in valuing projects, divisions, and entire companies. The prime focus is on assessing the profitability of different business alternatives in a forward-looking sense. The impact of financing decisions on the valuation of business alternatives is explicitly considered. Also covered is an introduction to measuring the role of flexibility inherent in business alternatives. The course is hands-on and heavily focuses on the direct application of the theory and the development of spreadsheet modeling skills. Students may not earn credit in both FIN 5340 and FIN 6340.