Course detail
Corporate Finance
FP-fpPAcad. year: 2018/2019
The course focuses on the following topics: fundamentals of corporate finance (basic concepts of corporate finance, objects of corporate finance, corporate finance management roles, ..), financing of entrepreneurship (the classification of financial resources, financing and risks, internal and external financial resources, specific forms of corporate finance), business needs (forms of business needs, determinants of business needs, the time structure of business needs, planning of business needs ..).
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Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
a) Active participation in seminars: the student has a duty to actively participate in a minimum of five seminars. Not being prepared for a seminar is penalised - 2 points for each seminar, which are subtracted from the points gained from tests on examples. Being excused from participation in seminars is governed by the internal regulations of BUT.
b) Credit examination: At the end of the seminar the student will take a test on examples, the score from which will account for a maximum of 40 % of the overall assessment.
Students will be awarded the credit if they have at least 50 % of the possible number of points from the seminars. The assessment from the seminars contributes to the overall assessment of the course.
Examination requirements:
Knowledge is tested by a written examination. Only students who have applied for the examination in IS and have the credit entered will be allowed to take the examination. The examination is made up of open questions, closed questions with a choice of more correct answers and examples. The examination lasts 60 minutes. There is a maximum of 60 points in the examination and a minimum of 30 points is needed to pass. The resulting assessment for the course is the sum of points from the seminars and the examination. The result is classified according to the ECTS scale. Incorrect or illegible answers are assessed as unsatisfactory.
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Basic literature
KORÁB, V.; REŽŇÁKOVÁ, M.; PETERKA, J. Podnikatelský plán v praxi. Brno:Computer Press, 2007. 216 s. ISBN 978-80-251-1605-0.
REŽŇÁKOVÁ, M.; HEDIJA, V.; KARAS, M.; SÁGHY ESTÉLYI, K.; ŽIŽLAVSKÝ, O.: Finance podniku. Průvodce studiem pro kombinovanou formu studia. Brno, 2016 (elektronicky)
SRPOVÁ, J.; ŘEHOŘ, V. a kol. Základy podnikání. Teoretické poznatky, příklady a zkušenosti českých podnikatelů. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2010. 432 s. ISBN 978-80-247-3339-5.
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Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BAK-EP Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
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Syllabus
1. Course introduction. The business and its mission.
2. Corporate finance. Founding budget of an enterprise.
3. Managing capital invested in fixed assets.
4. Methods of evaluating investment projects – cost and revenue methods.
5. Managing capital invested in current assets.
6. Economic criteria for evaluating inventory management.
7. Managing receivables.
8. External own sources of corporate finance.
9. External sources of corporate finance.
10. Support programmes for financing.
11. Internal sources of financing.
12. Corporate cash flow – expenditure, income, methods for establishing cash flow.
13. Corporate financial objectives and their evaluation.