Online MBA with Corporate Finance Concentration

Introduces selected advanced topics in financial management. Topics include: investment and financial decisions in perfect markets under certainty and uncertainty, single- and multi-period valuation models, implications of imperfect capital markets, capital asset pricing model, applications of portfolio theory.

Surveys the financial environment, goals, and problems of the multinational corporation. Analyzes the financial opportunities and risks resulting from business operations in differing political, economic, and monetary systems. Topics include: balance of payments accounting and analysis techniques, the evolution of the international monetary system with special emphasis on current issues, foreign exchange rate determination and forecasting, foreign exchange risk and exposure management techniques, environmental risk management. Covers special topics in international finance such as working capital management strategies, capital budgeting, cost of capital, and optimal financial structure.

This course uses an integrated framework to explore the implications of financial decisions such as working capital management, capital structure, and financial risk management for non-financial business decisions. Tools such as the Porter model, Dupont Analysis, and game theory are used to show how finance theory can be used to craft strategy in operational domains such as marketing, human resource management, supply chain management, and competitive positioning.

This course introduces students to the field of behavioral finance and economics. It will discuss behavioral aspects of the decision making of professional investors, traders, strategy consultants, as well as senior managers in the corporate world, NGOs, and academia. The course will emphasize behavioral biases and their impact on decision making. In addition, the course will explore how behavioral theories could explain market anomalies, such as excess volatility.