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This course aims to build upon the level 3 Corporate Finance courses to develop an advanced understanding of the ideas necessary to analyse the firm’s financing decisions. The class is based mainly on academic research articles that have influenced and directed current understanding in corporate financial and investment theory and policy.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course builds on the knowledge and understanding gained in the year 3 corporate finance courses. This course is mainly on academic research articles that have influenced and directed current understanding in corporate financial and investment theory and policy. A main objective of the course is to provide students the confidence to read research papers and to develop in the students a constructively critical mindset by exposing them to a mix of academic literature.
Topics covered will represent current advances in corporate finance and as such will be updated to reflect contemporary issues and academic thought.
Topic areas may include but may not be limited to:
• capital structure
• security issuance
• payout policy
• Ownership structure
• corporate restructuring
• corporate governance
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | 18 | Feedback Weeks | 26 | |
| Feedback |
Essay (Critical Review) - 2,000 words. Individual feedback will be provided alongside generic class based feedback within the lecture. |
Word Count | 2000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Identify and evaluate the current topical issues in corporate financing behaviour |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Identify, understand, develop and critique arguments |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | The confidence to read and critically appraise advanced research papers |
| Conceptual | Understand | Recognise the limitations of formal models in corporate finance theory, including an awareness of methodological approaches and data collection and analysis |
| Conceptual | Understand | The ability to understand and convey complex issues within corporate financial policy in a manner that is suitable to a financially trained and non-financially trained audience |
| Factual | Apply | Present information on corporate financing issues in a concise and informative manner |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | 13 | Feedback Weeks | 15 | |
| Feedback |
Essay (Critical Review) - 2,000 words. Individual feedback will be provided alongside generic class based feedback within the lecture. |
Word Count | 2000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Identify, understand, develop and critique arguments |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | The confidence to read and critically appraise advanced research papers |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Identify and evaluate the current topical issues in corporate financing behaviour |
| Conceptual | Understand | The ability to understand and convey complex issues within corporate financial policy in a manner that is suitable to a financially trained and non-financially trained audience |
| Conceptual | Understand | Recognise the limitations of formal models in corporate finance theory, including an awareness of methodological approaches and data collection and analysis |
| Factual | Apply | Present information on corporate financing issues in a concise and informative manner |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | 50,51 | Feedback Weeks | ||
| Feedback |
Essay (Critical Review) - 2,00 words. Individual feedback will be provided. |
Word Count | 2000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Understand | The ability to understand and convey complex issues within corporate financial policy in a manner that is suitable to a financially trained and non-financially trained audience |
| Conceptual | Understand | Recognise the limitations of formal models in corporate finance theory, including an awareness of methodological approaches and data collection and analysis |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Identify and evaluate the current topical issues in corporate financing behaviour |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Identify, understand, develop and critique arguments |
| Factual | Apply | Present information on corporate financing issues in a concise and informative manner |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | The confidence to read and critically appraise advanced research papers |
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