Scope

2 SS or 3 ECTS

Goals

This course provides an introduction to the financial management of enterprises. It will analyze the financial decisions made in a company. The students will acquire knowledge of the internal and external sources of financing and the process of raising capital for both private and public companies. They learn how to use project evaluation tools like NPV and IRR, and apply them to the evaluation of an investment opportunity. The students will get to know how to apply the basic tools of finance on investment and financing decisions.

Course Content

Clarification of the following basic terms will be covered:

• Overview of Financial Management
• Sources of Financing, Raising Capital
• Capital Budgeting
• Risk and Working Capital Management
• Capital Structure Decisions
• Value Management

Evaluation criteria

Exam

Literature

PERNSTEINER, Fundamentals of Financial Management, Wien 2021.

Language

English