Learning Outcomes
What? Students will analyze interactive case studies covering key topics in corporate finance and accounting, such as evaluating investment opportunities, conducting company valuations and implementing Activity-Based Costing (ABC) for process costing. How? Students will work in teams and apply quantitative methods (e.g., financial modeling, valuation techniques), interpret financial statements and market data and assess strategic implications (e.g., capital structure, pricing, customer portfolio). Why? By the end of the module, students will be able to analyze financial decisions and their impact on firm value, evaluate investment opportunities and valuation models and recomend optimal strategies based on case-specific scenarios.
Content
- Weighted Average Cost of Capital
- Evaluation of investment opportunities
- Company Valuation using DCF, DDM and multiples
- Activity-based costing and its implementation in a company
Methods
Case Studies related to different topics Sublemented by lectures/ Workshops
Literature
Berk / De Marzo (2024): Corporate Finance, 6th international edition, Pearson Bhimani / Datar / Horngren, Rajan (2023): Management and Cost Accounting, 8th edition, Pearson