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ME2721 Corporate Finance and Markets I 7.5 credits
ME2721 provides a broad overview of Corporate Finance starting from an international perspective.
Financial strategy is a key focus area of industrial businesses as well as other major corporations. It is essential for a company to: establish a sound financial structure, implement efficient allocation of financial resources, and to maintain continuous financial monitoring of operations. Successful companies deploy advanced corporate finance methods which provides financial stability as well as comparative and competitive advantages.
Specific areas covered in the course include: cash flow analysis, interest rates and the time value of money, valuation models for bonds and stocks, portfolio theory, risk management, decisions on capital structure, and financial options
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Course syllabus as PDF
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Course syllabus ME2721 (Autumn 2019–)Headings with content from the Course syllabus ME2721 (Autumn 2019–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )
Content and learning outcomes
Course disposition
Course contents
The course includes in-depth studies of financial economics in connection with innovation, technical development and economical growth
Intended learning outcomes
The course intends to provide knowledge of corporate finance and financial markets. After passing the course, the students should be able to:
describe, explain and summarise the organisation of the financial market
analyse, design and implement a company's financing strategy
analyse and calculate how the company's capital structure can influence the company's value
justify, calculate and evaluate the cash flows of different investments and the financial consequences of these investments.
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
ME1314/ME1305 Introduction to Industrial Engineering and Management completed
Achieved the requirements for a Degree of Bachelor of Science
Documented knowledge equivalent to English B
Literature
You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.
Examination and completion
Grading scale
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Examination
- PRO1 - Project, 2.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
- TEN1 - Exam, 5.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course room in Canvas
Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.
Offered by
Main field of study
Industrial Management
Education cycle
Second cycle
Supplementary information
Courses with similar/overlapping content are ME1311 and ME2064.
Only one of the courses ME2721, ME1311 and ME2064 can be chosen.