Corporate Finance II

Code: GES14875L

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Management

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Igualdade de género - Alcançar a igualdade de gênero e empoderar todas as mulheres e meninas.

Trabalho digno e crescimento económico - Promover o crescimento económico sustentado, inclusivo e sustentável, emprego pleno e produtivo, e trabalho decente para todos.

Reduzir as desigualdades - Reduzir as desigualdades dentro dos países e entre eles.

Learning Goals

OBJECTIVES:
- Develop an understanding of the instruments that are used to evaluate investments and companies.
- Understand the basic issues related to obtaining funds for the financing of investments.
- Evaluate how investment and financing decisions affect dividend policy.
- To know the financial decision-making practice of companies in Portugal.
- Valuation
- To know the financial markets in Portugal
SKILLS:
Intellectual Skills:
- Ability to work in a team;
- Aptitude for the study of evolution financial facts;
- Ability to handle and apply the techniques and instruments for evaluating financial decisions;
- Financial decision-making skills.
Practical Skills:
- Research skills in finance;
- Ability to apply knowledge in a future professional activity.
Interpersonal Skills:
- Oral and written communication skills.
Instrumental Skills:
- Know the main financial information sites

1 Introduction
2 - Financial planning and investment decision
3 - The financing decision
4 - The capital structure decision
5 - The dividend decision
6 - Financial Markets and Business Valuation

Teaching Methods

The teaching sessions are theoretical-practical, combining the concepts with their application to concrete cases. The sessions include the resolution of practical exercises and case studies, with students actively participating in their resolution or discussion. In addition to the sessions, students are encouraged to solve practical exercises on their own, in order to develop the spirit of autonomy.

Assessment

According to article 93 of the Academic Regulation (Service Order No. 13/2016), the student can opt for the Continuous Assessment Regime (RAC) or the Final Examination Regime (REF). Failure to attend one of the continuous assessment tests, or obtaining a grade lower than seven (7) points, requires the transfer to the final exam regime.
The Continuous Assessment Regime consists of two assessment tests and a team work, while the Final Examination Regime consists of a single test, the exam.
The final classification of the u.c. in a continuous assessment regime, it results from the weighted average of the classifications obtained in the different assessment tests (PA) 1st PA (35%), 2nd PA (35%) and Group Work (30%).
In the Final Exam Regime, the exam will count 100%