Financing Entrepreneurial Startups and Innovative Firms

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. explain different ways in which entrepreneurial start-ups, small- & medium-sized enterprises and multinational firms organize and manage major financial management functions;

2. describe the organization of international financial markets & institutions;

3. apply different valuation techniques, the modern portfolio theory and asset pricing models to financial assets like stocks, bonds and options;

4. undertake analysis to make asset allocation decision, design investment portfolios and financial models, and evaluate portfolio / investment performance;

5. analyze problems related to financial planning, capital structure, dividends & share repurchases, mergers & acquisitions, restructuring and risk management; and discuss the impact of these decisions on firm performance / value;

6. apply tools, methodologies and IT techniques used in making financial decisions; 

7.  distinguish between the operations of purely domestic and multinational firms, and explain the differences related to capital budgeting, capital structure, cash and risk management in global context;

8. describe how investors and firms deal with new financial innovation, financial technology, e-finance, and new trends in financing and investment such as crowd funding, socially responsible investments and emerging markets investment;

9. describe how human behavior and psychology influence investment decisions.