Financial Management and Investment Decisions

  • Basic terms of financial planning
  • Static investment appraisal methods (cost comparison method, profit comparison method, average return method)
  • Dynamic investment appraisal methods (net present value, internal rate of return, annuity etc.)
  • Key questions of investment (consideration of risk and taxes, investment planning, optimal useful life)
  • Various forms of financing
  • Equity financing (esp. stocks, stock market, capital market)
  • Internal financing (self-financing, financing through depreciation, financing through accruals etc.)
  • Debt financing (bank loans, bonds, trade credit etc.)
  • Innovative forms of financing (leasing, factoring, mezzanine financing etc.)
  • Cash flow statements
  • Financial planning and liquidity

Art der Vermittlung

Präsenzveranstaltung

Art der Veranstaltung

Pflichtfach

Empfohlene Fachliteratur

Recommended: Brooks (2019): Financial Management, Core concepts, 4th edition, Pearson

Lern- und Lehrmethode

Face-to-face learning (input, discussions, written individual and group activities, short presentations of solutions in class), written tests in class

Prüfungsmethode

Continuous assessment: 30 points can be received through participation in class (mini tests) and 70 points through a written final exam.

Voraussetzungen laut Lehrplan

Financial Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis

Schnellinfos

Studiengang

European Economy and Business Management (English)

Akademischer Grad

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

3.00

Unterrichtssprache

Englisch

Studienplan

Vollzeit

Studienjahr, in dem die Lerneinheit angeboten wird

2023

Semester in dem die Lehrveranstaltung angeboten wird

3 WS

Incoming

Nein

Lernergebnisse der Lehrveranstaltung

After successful completion of this course, students can

  • name the various forms of financing, and outline advantages and disadvantages,
  • prepare a comparison to select adequate forms of financing,
  • evaluate the liquidity situation
  • select decision-relevant data for investment projects and aggregate them into meaningful reports
  • identify use cases for static and dynamic investment appraisal methods
  • apply dynamic investment appraisal methods to decide on the allocation of financial resources to investment projects and thereby
  • help prepare investment decisions.

Kennzahl der Lehrveranstaltung

1389-20-01-VZ-DE-23