Corporate Financial Management

After a successful completion of the course students should be able to

• understand and analyze different financial instruments (debt, equity, and hybrids) available to a corporation.
• describe the debt characteristics and understand the global environment in which debt is issued.
• critically assess different financing alternatives.
• demonstrate a sound knowledge of different capital structure theories.
• understand and critically assess the process of capital structure optimization.
• understand the components of the cost of capital and why it might change over time.
• critically apply the obtained knowledge to several realistic problem sets.