Special Forms of Financing

Brief description

  • Capital structure management (Modigliani-Miller theorem, leverage effect etc.)
  • The principal-agent problem
  • The stock exchange and initial public offerings, dividends policies, investor relations
  • Portfolio management
  • Bank loans, corporate bonds
  • Mezzanine capital
  • Private equity, venture capital, business angels and crowd funding
  • Interest and currency management, hedging
  • Derivative financial instruments: options, futures and swaps
  • Project financing
  • Netting and group consolidated cash-pooling
  • Financing acquisitions

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Hehn/Hehn: Unternehmensfinanzierung, Praxisorientierte Einführung in die Corporate Finance

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lecture, discussions, quizzes

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuous assessment: 30 points can be obtained through participation in class (mini tests, homework, online quizzes) and 70 points through a written final exam

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Financial Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Management and Investment Decisions, Cost Accounting and Budgeting, Cost Management, Company Valuation

Infos

Degree programme

European Economy & Business Management (Bachelor)

Cycle

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

2.00

Language of instruction

German

Curriculum

Full-Time

Academic year

2023

Semester

5 WS

Incoming

No

Learning outcome

After successful completion of this course, students can:

  • explain the characteristics of different financing alternatives
  • compare the advantages and disadvantages for a specific financial need
  • support the decision with suitable calculation models
  • participate actively in the preparation and evaluation of financing and investment projects.
The learning outcomes of this course contribute mainly to the following (international) programme learning outcomes:
LO 3.2
LO 5.1

Course code

0389-20-01-VZ-DE-58a