FI 4320, Spring 2005
Cases and Readings in Corporate Finance
Instructor
Professor David C. Nachman
Office: RCB 1239
Phone: 651-1696
email:
Office Hours: W 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, or by appointment
Prerequisites
FI 4000
CSP: 1, 2, 4, 6
Course Description
This course focuses on financial policymaking through case analyses, contemporary readings from the
professional literature, and problem solving. The emphasis in the course is on investment and financing
decisions and their impact on firm value and on capital market imperfections and their impact on the
raising of corporate capital. The course also provides an opportunity for the study of additional topics of
special current significance such as capital structure and dividend policy, corporate restructuring and the
market for corporate control, real options, risk management, international capital budgeting and
financing, financial planning and working capital management, project financing, reorganizations and
advanced equity valuation.
Course Material
Required text material
• (BMA) R. A. Brealey, S. C. Myers and F. Allen, Principles of Corporate Finance, 8th ed., McGraw-
Hill/Irwin, Inc., 2006.
•(RP) Reading Packet
•(CP) Case Packet
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, The required text (BMA) and the materials that make up the Case Packet (CP) are available at the GSU
Book Store. The Reading Packet (RP) is available at ERes. Contents of (CP) and (RP) (with ERes access
instructions) follow at the end of this syllabus.
The CDROM that comes with your text has the Financial Tutor Series with three modules, PowerPoint
presentations for the text, Financial Analysis Spreadsheet Templates (F.A.S.T.) tied to specific problems
in the text, video clips and Web links that make using this text easier and more fun. The website for this
text is www.mhhe.com/bma8e and has in addition chapter summaries with news, articles, links and
PowerPoint slides for each chapter and some selected advanced topics. The PowerPoint slides for
assigned material will be used in class.
Many lecture notes and spreadsheets are available at my web site at
http://www2.gsu.edu/~fncdcn/website/index.htm, under Teaching, Cases and Readings in Corporate
Finance. Make a copy of each and bring them to each class. I have indicated when each will be covered
on the course outline that follows.
Course Work and Grades
A topic outline with reading and case assignments follows. Each assignment should be done before the
class for which it is scheduled and students should be prepared to answer questions and to partake in
discussion in class on this material. Classes will be a mixture of lecture and discussion and problem
solving.
Case Assignments. There are five cases assigned. These appear in boldface on the topic outline that
follows. You must prepare each assignment before the class for which it is scheduled. Each assignment
will be handed in for grading at the beginning of the class for which it is scheduled, so make a copy for
class discussion. NO late work will be accepted.
Your solution to these assignments will be an individual effort. The case report consists of answering a
list of questions pertaining to the case. The list of questions for each assignment follows at the end of
this syllabus. The report must be typewritten, doublespaced, with one inch margins top, bottom, and
sides, three pages of prose at the max. Supporting spreadsheets and other calculations should be
included as attachments to the report. Please use a binder clip to secure your report. I must be able to see
and read your work. Reports in improper format or improper use of the English language will be
penalized severely. NO handwritten work will be accepted.
The case assignments require use of spreadsheets. If you use a spreadsheet or spreadsheet template
that you get from my website or some other source, you must cite the source. Failure to do so is
plagiarism. First offense gets you a grade of zero. Second offense gets you a grade of F for the
course.
Exams. There will be two exams, a midterm exam (ME), and a final exam (FE). These exams will be
multiple choice questions with a mix of verbal and problem type questions. (ME) This is an open book,
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Cases and Readings in Corporate Finance
Instructor
Professor David C. Nachman
Office: RCB 1239
Phone: 651-1696
email:
Office Hours: W 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, or by appointment
Prerequisites
FI 4000
CSP: 1, 2, 4, 6
Course Description
This course focuses on financial policymaking through case analyses, contemporary readings from the
professional literature, and problem solving. The emphasis in the course is on investment and financing
decisions and their impact on firm value and on capital market imperfections and their impact on the
raising of corporate capital. The course also provides an opportunity for the study of additional topics of
special current significance such as capital structure and dividend policy, corporate restructuring and the
market for corporate control, real options, risk management, international capital budgeting and
financing, financial planning and working capital management, project financing, reorganizations and
advanced equity valuation.
Course Material
Required text material
• (BMA) R. A. Brealey, S. C. Myers and F. Allen, Principles of Corporate Finance, 8th ed., McGraw-
Hill/Irwin, Inc., 2006.
•(RP) Reading Packet
•(CP) Case Packet
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, The required text (BMA) and the materials that make up the Case Packet (CP) are available at the GSU
Book Store. The Reading Packet (RP) is available at ERes. Contents of (CP) and (RP) (with ERes access
instructions) follow at the end of this syllabus.
The CDROM that comes with your text has the Financial Tutor Series with three modules, PowerPoint
presentations for the text, Financial Analysis Spreadsheet Templates (F.A.S.T.) tied to specific problems
in the text, video clips and Web links that make using this text easier and more fun. The website for this
text is www.mhhe.com/bma8e and has in addition chapter summaries with news, articles, links and
PowerPoint slides for each chapter and some selected advanced topics. The PowerPoint slides for
assigned material will be used in class.
Many lecture notes and spreadsheets are available at my web site at
http://www2.gsu.edu/~fncdcn/website/index.htm, under Teaching, Cases and Readings in Corporate
Finance. Make a copy of each and bring them to each class. I have indicated when each will be covered
on the course outline that follows.
Course Work and Grades
A topic outline with reading and case assignments follows. Each assignment should be done before the
class for which it is scheduled and students should be prepared to answer questions and to partake in
discussion in class on this material. Classes will be a mixture of lecture and discussion and problem
solving.
Case Assignments. There are five cases assigned. These appear in boldface on the topic outline that
follows. You must prepare each assignment before the class for which it is scheduled. Each assignment
will be handed in for grading at the beginning of the class for which it is scheduled, so make a copy for
class discussion. NO late work will be accepted.
Your solution to these assignments will be an individual effort. The case report consists of answering a
list of questions pertaining to the case. The list of questions for each assignment follows at the end of
this syllabus. The report must be typewritten, doublespaced, with one inch margins top, bottom, and
sides, three pages of prose at the max. Supporting spreadsheets and other calculations should be
included as attachments to the report. Please use a binder clip to secure your report. I must be able to see
and read your work. Reports in improper format or improper use of the English language will be
penalized severely. NO handwritten work will be accepted.
The case assignments require use of spreadsheets. If you use a spreadsheet or spreadsheet template
that you get from my website or some other source, you must cite the source. Failure to do so is
plagiarism. First offense gets you a grade of zero. Second offense gets you a grade of F for the
course.
Exams. There will be two exams, a midterm exam (ME), and a final exam (FE). These exams will be
multiple choice questions with a mix of verbal and problem type questions. (ME) This is an open book,
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