Course detail
Corporate Finance
FP-fpPDAcad. year: 2022/2023
The course focuses on the following areas: fundamentals of corporate finance, the aims of corporate finance, defining corporate needs, the content of financial decision making, financing corporate activities, and corporate cash flow.
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Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
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Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Skills: Students will be able to identify individual needs depending on the field the enterprise works in and justify the requirements for sources of financing, monetise processes taking place in the enterprise and select criteria for evaluating the efficiency of the chosen processes.
Abilities: Students will be able to establish a founding budget for the enterprise in various field of business, i.e. define property requirements and calculate the need for sources of funding. They will be able to assess the production capacity of the production capacity of the enterprise and apply methods for assessing property renewal projects. They will be able to establish the cost and expenditure associated with individual funding sources, and judge the suitability of using loans and leasing. They will be able to apply basic economic criteria in evaluating inventory systems and propose alternative solutions.
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
a) Active participation in seminars: the student has a duty to actively participate in a minimum of five seminars. Not being prepared for a seminar is penalised - 2 points for each seminar, which are subtracted from the points gained from tests on examples. Being excused from participation in seminars is governed by the internal regulations of BUT.
b) Credit examination: At the end of the seminar the student will take a test on examples, the score from which will account for a maximum of 40 % of the overall assessment.
Students will be awarded the credit if they have at least 50 % of the possible number of points from the seminars. The assessment from the seminars contributes to the overall assessment of the course.
Examination requirements:
Knowledge is tested by a written examination. Only students who have applied for the examination in IS and have the credit entered will be allowed to take the examination. The examination is made up of open questions, closed questions with a choice of more correct answers and examples. The examination lasts 60 minutes. There is a maximum of 60 points in the examination and a minimum of 30 points is needed to pass. The resulting assessment for the course is the sum of points from the seminars and the examination. The result is classified according to the ECTS scale. Incorrect or illegible answers are assessed as unsatisfactory.
Course curriculum
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
REŽŇÁKOVÁ, M. Efektivní financování rozvoje podnikání. Praha: Grada, 2012, 142 s. ISBN 978-80-247-1835-4. (CS)
SYNEK, M. a E. KISLINGEROVÁ. Podniková ekonomika. 6., přeprac. a dopl. vyd. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2015, 526 s. ISBN 978-80-7400-274-8. (CS)
VALACH, J. Investiční rozhodování a dlouhodobé financování. 3., přeprac. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Ekopress, 2010, 465 s. ISBN 978-80-86929-71-2. (CS)
Recommended reading
FOTR, J. a I. SOUČEK. Podnikatelský záměr a investiční rozhodování. 1. vyd. Praha, 2006. 356 s. ISBN 80-247-0939-2. (CS)
MAREK, P. a kol. Studijní průvodce financemi podniku. 2. vyd. Praha: Ekopress. 2009. 634 s. ISBN 978-80-86929-49-1 (CS)
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Course introduction. The business and its mission.
2. Corporate finance. Founding budget of an enterprise.
3. Managing capital invested in fixed assets.
4. Methods of evaluating investment projects – cost and revenue methods.
5. Managing capital invested in current assets.
6. Economic criteria for evaluating inventory management.
7. Managing receivables.
8. External own sources of corporate finance.
9. External sources of corporate finance.
10. Support programmes for financing.
11. Internal sources of financing.
12. Corporate cash flow – expenditure, income, methods for establishing cash flow.
13. Corporate financial objectives and their evaluation.
Exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Founding budget
2. Investment activities of the enterprise
3. Loan instalment plans
4. Comparing the advantages of loans and leasing
5. Inventory management
6. Credit examination