Text selection is an individual decision by the instructor and may differ from instructor to instructor or semester to semester. The analysis of business cases is an important aspect of the course. Computer laboratory with spreadsheet software. Although the viewpoint of the financial manager is taken throughout the course, the material covered is also of value to those interested in government regulations of business, economic policy decisions, union and labor relations, investment analysis, marketing and production. Emphasis is placed on applied techniques for making financial decisions.
Different instructors evaluate students in different ways.
Also, some instructors may cover topics that are not covered by another. However, it is departmental policy that all professors teaching Finance 700 cover the following key topics and concepts. Module Number 1. To use Excel of other spreadsheet program for forecasting the net cash flows of a real domestic capital investment To use Excel of other spreadsheet program for forecasting the net cash flows of a real international capital investment To use Excel or similar spreadsheet program to calculate performance measures for a real capital investment To use Excel or similar spreadsheet program to perform sensitivity analysis and scenario analysis for a real capital investment. To be able to use the cost of capital in the analysis of real capital investments To understand and explain the factors that influence the weighted average cost of capital of a real corporation To understand and explain the limitations of the cost of capital and the major problems of applying the cost of capital in a complex organization with heterogeneous risk exposures 6.