chapter 1 notes
BUSINESS FINANCE
FIN3000
Professor: Liuling Liu
General Information
1
Office: Room 206
Phone: 4193720267
E-mail: liulinl@bgsu.edu
Office Hours: 2:00 to 2:30 MW or by appointment
For each class, please try to…
Be here and on time
Take notes in class
1
Required materials
Text: Brigham & Houston, Fundamentals of Financial
Management, Concise 7th Edition, Southwestern Publishing
Company, 2012.
Other Readings: Wall Street Journal, Economist, Bloomberg
Business Week, etc.
2
Grading policy
Attendance
10%
Quizzes (4)
5% each
Exams (2)
25% each
Course Projects (2)
10% each
Total
100%
3
Grading Policy
4
Quizzes cover: TVM, Bond, Risk, Stock
Exams are not cumulative
Course Projects: Financial Statement Case Study &
Projects Valuation Case Study
Attendance=( # you signed the attendance sheet / # I handed out the attendance sheet) * 100
I will hand out practice questions after each chapter. I will review them in class.
4
Financial Calculator
5
You must have a financial calculator for this course.
You can choose any one of the following: Texas
Instrument BA II-Plus,TI-83, TI-84, Hewlett Packard
HP 10B,12C,17B, Sharp EL-733A
Please read the tutorial and watch the video carefully
(available on canvas) before we teach the “Time value of money”.
5
TOPIC 1. AN OVERVIEW OF
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
6
Chapter 1
1-7
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What is corporate finance?
Course objectives
Outline for Class
Forms of Business Organization
Balancing Shareholder Value and Society Interests
Intrinsic Values, Stock Prices, and Managerial Incentives
Important Business Trends
Conflicts Between Managers, Stockholders, and Bondholders
7
What is corporate finance
Every decision that a business makes has financial implications, and any decision which affects the finances of a business is a corporate finance
FIN3000
Professor: Liuling Liu
General Information
1
Office: Room 206
Phone: 4193720267
E-mail: liulinl@bgsu.edu
Office Hours: 2:00 to 2:30 MW or by appointment
For each class, please try to…
Be here and on time
Take notes in class
1
Required materials
Text: Brigham & Houston, Fundamentals of Financial
Management, Concise 7th Edition, Southwestern Publishing
Company, 2012.
Other Readings: Wall Street Journal, Economist, Bloomberg
Business Week, etc.
2
Grading policy
Attendance
10%
Quizzes (4)
5% each
Exams (2)
25% each
Course Projects (2)
10% each
Total
100%
3
Grading Policy
4
Quizzes cover: TVM, Bond, Risk, Stock
Exams are not cumulative
Course Projects: Financial Statement Case Study &
Projects Valuation Case Study
Attendance=( # you signed the attendance sheet / # I handed out the attendance sheet) * 100
I will hand out practice questions after each chapter. I will review them in class.
4
Financial Calculator
5
You must have a financial calculator for this course.
You can choose any one of the following: Texas
Instrument BA II-Plus,TI-83, TI-84, Hewlett Packard
HP 10B,12C,17B, Sharp EL-733A
Please read the tutorial and watch the video carefully
(available on canvas) before we teach the “Time value of money”.
5
TOPIC 1. AN OVERVIEW OF
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
6
Chapter 1
1-7
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
What is corporate finance?
Course objectives
Outline for Class
Forms of Business Organization
Balancing Shareholder Value and Society Interests
Intrinsic Values, Stock Prices, and Managerial Incentives
Important Business Trends
Conflicts Between Managers, Stockholders, and Bondholders
7
What is corporate finance
Every decision that a business makes has financial implications, and any decision which affects the finances of a business is a corporate finance