NBA 5520 - Cases in Finance

Fall. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: NCC 5060 or equivalent. Enrollment is limited to: second-year M.B.A.s and accelerated M.B.A. (AMBA) students.

H. Bierman.

Develops an understanding of the theories of corporate finance and discusses corporate finance cases. Cases and lectures deal with mergers, acquisitions, valuation, corporate restructuring, LBOs, MBOs, distribution policies, and the financing of corporations. The material applies to careers in investment banking, managerial finance, and top-level executives. A dozen (more or less) executives working in or with corporate finance will present cases. The goal is to develop a skill in analyzing the financing decisions of corporations.