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MBA 643 Managerial Finance

MBA 643 Managerial Finance. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY School of Management Spring 2006 Jim Hsieh. Contact Information. Office: 236 Enterprise Hall Phone: (703) 993-1840 Email: jhsieh@gmu.edu Course web page: http://mason.gmu.edu/~jhsieh/mba643/mba643.html Office Hours: By appointment.

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MBA 643 Managerial Finance

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  1. MBA 643Managerial Finance GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY School of Management Spring 2006 Jim Hsieh

  2. Contact Information • Office: 236 Enterprise Hall • Phone: (703) 993-1840 • Email: jhsieh@gmu.edu • Course web page: http://mason.gmu.edu/~jhsieh/mba643/mba643.html • Office Hours: • By appointment

  3. 3 Major Areas of Finance • Derivatives & Risk Management (704) • International Finance (717) • Real Estate (not offered)

  4. 3 Major Areas of Finance • Investments • Valuing financial assets (stocks, bonds, options,…) • Managing portfolios (combinations of assets, mutual funds) • Financial markets and institutions • Exchanges of financial assets and liabilities • Organizations that facilitate the exchange process • Regulators (SEC, FTC, Fed, …) • Corporate finance • Building a firm’s financial resources. • Deciding where to invest those raised capitals.

  5. MBA 643 Course Plan(The First Course in Finance) • Build basic financial knowledge (Ch. 1-6) • Time value of money, NPV, valuing bonds & stocks • Capital budgeting process • Accounting issues in finance • Portfolio Theory/CAPM/Cost of Capital (Ch. 9, 10, 12) • RP, P, Ri = Rf + i(RM – Rf) • Introduction to corporate valuation (Ch. 7) • What does a financial manager do? (Ch. 13~) • Financing decisions • Investment decisions

  6. This is the first course in finance(at an advanced level!!) • Required Textbook • Ross, Westerfield, & Jaffe, Corporate Finance, 7th Ed., 2005. • The accompanied Solutions Manual. • A calculator is required. • A subscription to the WSJ is strongly recommended. • Do not skip lectures. • Cold calls are expected. • No way to take this course without some mathematics and formulae.

  7. Course Requirements • Prerequisites • No. But requires working knowledge in ECON, ACCT, and STAT • Exams: • Midterm (25%) • Final (30%, cumulative) • Two Projects: (35%) • One accounting case and one takeover case • In groups of 3 to 5 • Class participation counts (10%); absence costs. • Homework assignments

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