Overview

(Joint session: Finance, Marketing & Marketing)

• Business Practice and Business Education
• The Pamplin College of Business and the Departments of Finance and Marketing
• Trends in Business Faculty Hiring and Retention
• Research and Pedagogy in Finance : Overview

Presentations and Discussions lead by the Dean and Department Heads

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Concepts and Skills

• Introduction to Finance and Financial Markets
• Financial Statement/Spreadsheet Analysis
• Time Value of Money
• Risk-Return and the Capital Asset Pricing Model
• Market Efficiency

Lecture Discussion
Problem Assignments

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Corporate Finance

• Financial Statements and Cash Flows
• Financial Forecasting and Long Term Financial Planning
• Capital Investment Policy/Capital Budgeting
  • Project selection criteria
  • Cost of capital, cash flow analysis, risk analysis
  • Introduction to real options
• Capital Structure Policy
• Business Risk-Financial Risk Tradeoff
• Tax, Agency, and Information Models
• Dividend Policy
• Working Capital Management

• Content and Pedagogy
  • Lecture Discussion
  • Problem Assignments
  • Cases and Projects
  • Course Design and Management

• Research Paper
  

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Investments

• Financial Securities, Markets and Trading Mechanisms
• Interest Rate Determination and Term Structure
• Equity and Fixed Income Securities: Analysis and Valuation
• Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing Models
• Investment Companies and Performance Evaluation
• Options and Futures

• Content and Pedegogy
  • Lecture Discussion
  • Problem Assignments
  • Cases and Projects
  • Course Design and Management
    
    
• Research Paper

   

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International Finance

• Exchange Rate Determination
• Parity Conditions and Currency Forecasting
• Balance of Payments and International Monetary Systems
• Foreign Exchange Markets
• Measuring and Managing Exchange Rates & Political Risk
• Evaluating Cross Border Capital Investments
• International Portfolio Investments

• Content and Pedegogy
  • Lecture Discussion
  • Problem Assignments
  • Cases and Projects
  • Course Design and Management
    
    
• Research Paper

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Research

• Introduction to Finance Journals and Editorial Expectations
• Reading of Selected Working Papers
• Research Methodology: Introduction to SAS and Databases
• Replication of Selected Research Papers
• Research and Publication Process and Strategy
• Development of Research Topics and Research Design

Instruction and Mentoring by Research Faculty

Deliverable: Research Proposals with Publication Potential

Proposal Presentation

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