Aims

The purpose of this course is to equip students with the fundamental tools and techniques essential for a financial manager or a general manager with a good understanding of corporate finance. This course is also designed to provide a foundation for more advanced courses in valuation, corporate finance, and investments. The aims of this course are:

• To understand the concept of present value in extensive detail
• To be able to apply the principles of valuation to value (a) investment projects and (b) financial securities (stocks and bonds)
• To analyze and measure risk from the perspective of modern portfolio theory
• To understand how to integrate cash flow valuation with risk to modify valuation techniques in the presence of uncertainty
• To learn about the basic budgeting techniques
• To analyze the capital structure (financing decision) and pay-out policy of firms

Previous knowledge

To successfully follow the course some basic notions of accountancy (equity, debt, depreciation,…) and statistics (normal distribution, expected value, variance, correlation) is necessary.

Order of Enrolment

This course unit is a prerequisite for taking the following course units:
L08I2B : Stage in sportbeleid en sportmanagement m.i.v. practicum en seminarie

Is included in these courses of study

• Voorbereidingsprogramma: master in de toegepaste economische wetenschappen / Master of Business Economics (Leuven) 61 ects.
• Voorbereidingsprogramma: Master in de economie, het recht en de bedrijfskunde (voor (bedrijfs)economische vooropleidingen) (Leuven) 41 ects.
• Master in de economie, het recht en de bedrijfskunde (Leuven) 120 ects.
• Master in het management (Programma voor studenten gestart vóór 2022-2023) (Leuven) 60 ects.
• Master in de beleidseconomie (programma voor studenten gestart vóór 2022-2023)(Leuven) 60 ects.
• Master in de bewegings- en sportwetenschappen (Leuven) (Major binnen de afstudeerrichting Sportbeleid en sportmanagement) 120 ects.
• Master in de beleidseconomie (programma voor studenten gestart in 2022-2023 of later) (Leuven) 60 ects.
• Master in het management (Programma voor studenten gestart in 2022-2023 of later) (Leuven) 60 ects.
• Voorbereidingsprogramma: Master handelsingenieur / Master of Business Engineering (Leuven) 99 ects.
• Voorbereidingsprogramma: Master handelsingenieur in de beleidsinformatica / Master of Business and Information Systems Engineering (Leuven) 111 ects.