Course detail

Financial Management

FAST-DVB070Acad. year: 2025/2026

The course will focus on the presentation of current theoretical trends in corporate finance and its feasibility in practice. The main themes included in the subject teaching will be based on the theory of value management in business finance, i.e. in particular the presentation of approaches to determining the value of an enterprise, the study of mergers and acquisitions, optimisation of capital structure of a company, determination of capital costs, business performance factors and the enterprise's payment risk.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

8

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Mária Režňáková, CSc.

Department

Institute of Structural Economics and Management (EKR)

Entry knowledge

Knowledge of business finance at Masters level.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

Not applicable.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BRIGHAM, E. F. & M. C. EHRHARDT. Financial Management. Theory and practice. 13. ed. USA: South-Western Cengage Learning, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4390-7810-5. (EN)
DAMODARAN, A. Investment valuation: tools and techniques for determining the value of any asset. 3rd Edition. Hoboken, N. J.: Wiley, 2012. 974 s. ISBN 9781118011522. (EN)

Recommended reading

MAŘÍK, M. a kol. Metody oceňování podniku: Proces ocenění, základní metody a postupy. 4. vyd. Praha: Ekopress, 2018. 551 s. ISBN 978-80-87865-38-5. (CS)
REŽŇÁKOVÁ, M. a kol. Řízení platební schopnosti podniku. Praha: Grada, 2010. 190 s. ISBN 978-80-247-3441-5. (CS)
REŽŇÁKOVÁ, M. Efektivní financování rozvoje podnikání. Praha: Grada, 2012, 142 s. ISBN 978-80-247-1835-4. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme DKA-E Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DPC-E Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DPA-E Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DPC-E Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Mária Režňáková, CSc.

Syllabus

  • 1. Corporate financial goals from a variety of perspectives, including behavioral.
  • 2.-3. Measuring and evaluating business performance
  • 4.-6. Businesses valuation and value drivers identification
  • 7.-9. Capital structure, costs of capital
  • 10.-11. Mergers and acquisitions efficiency
  • 12.-13. Debt financing, solvency management and bankruptcy prediction.