Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences

Department of Economics

FIN302-CORPORATE FINANCE

Course: Corporate Finance

Code: FIN302

Semester: B

Instructor: D. Kenourgios

This course focuses on financial decision making in the modern corporation. The basic issues include: Time value of money (Present value, Future value, Perpetuities), Valuing stocks and bonds, Capital budgeting (Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return, Payback period rule, Discounted Payback period rule, Profitability index), Accounting statements and Cash Flow, Financial planning (Long-term planning, Short-term financing and planning, Net working capital, Operating cycle, Cash cycle, Cash budgeting, Credit management and policy), Long-term financing (Common stock, Preferred stock, Long-term debt), Cost of Capital and Capital structure (Financial leverage, Modigliani and Miller Propositions, Taxes, Costs of financial distress, Weighted Average Cost of Capital), Dividend policy and Mergers & Acquisitions.

Course Books:

1. Μ. Ξανθάκης, Χρ. Αλεξάκης, Χρηματοοικονομική Ανάλυση Επιχειρήσεων, Εκδόσεις Σταμούλης, Αθήνα 2006.

2. Αρτίκης Γεώργιος Π., Χρηματοοικονομική Διοίκηση, Ανάλυση και Προγραμματισμός, Εκδόσεις Interbooks, Αθήνα, 2003.

3. Brealy R., Myers S., Principles of Corporate Finance, McGraw Hill, 2002.

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