Course title

Corporate financial strategy

Code

 CFM 512

Professor

Assoc. prof. Aleksandar Naumoski

Course objectives (competences):

After comlpeting this course, student shall be able to:

• Understand the central role of valuation as a fundamental principle in the domain of financial decision-making
• Understanding how individual finance decisions affect the value of the company and the achievement of its goals
• Apply the framework and concepts of corporate finance to real-world decision making
• Formulate a capital investment strategy and carry out analysis and evaluation of investment projects
• Understand the importance of capital structure and its impact on company value
• Understand how and when the dividend and redemption of the shares increase the value of the company and when not
• Formulating the best financial strategy that is most appropriate for the phase of the business life cycle of the company
• Build effective collaborative skills in individual and team problem solving

·        Corporate goals

·        Roles and responsibilities of the Chief Financial Officer

·        Corporate finance and financial strategy

·        Linking corporate and financial strategy

·        Investor behavior and capital market efficiency

·        Company share price: analysis and monitoring

·        The value of the company and the value of the share capital

·        Investment decisions and strategies

·        International operations and investments

·        Identifying and evaluating real options

·        Strategic working capital management

·        Dividend policy

·        Capital structure and capital expenditure

·        Business lifecycle and financial strategy start financial strategy from start-up to growth

·        Financial strategy from growth to maturity and decline

·        Mergers and acquisitions