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Finance

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Course Unit Code154-0300/08
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
DLU30prof. Dr. Ing. Dana Dluhošová
RIH40Ing. Dagmar Richtarová, Ph.D.
CUL33doc. Ing. Miroslav Čulík, Ph.D.
LIS10Ing. Karolina Lisztwanová, Ph.D.
GUR022Ing. Petr Gurný, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject is focused on different areas of financial management and
decision – making of a firm including its relation to economics surroundings.
The aim is to present complex view on a firm’s management and micro and macro
aspect of entrepreneurial activities.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of the course is to learn the students fundamental principles of corporate finance.
Students will be able:
- to describe financial systemand to identify basic relationships between company and its surrounding,
- to explain financial statements of a company,
- to analyze financial situation of a company,
- to describe financial sources,
- to valuate an investment projects by applying given criterions.

Course Contents
1. Financial system. Fundamentals and principles of corporate finance. Goals and objectives of financial decision-making of a company.
2. Impact of taxation and financial markets on financial decision-making of a company.
3. Balance sheet.
4. Optimization of capital structure, costs of capital.
5. Income statement. Revenues, cost and expenses. Profit/loss of a company. Transformation of EBT to tax basis. Distribution of company´s profit.
6. Company´s cash flow. Inflows, outflows and their relationship to revenues and costs and expenses. Format of cash flow statement. Relationship between financial statements.
7. Financial analysis of a company – importance for company, methods, analysis of results.
8. Financial ratios – profitability, liquidity, solvency, activity, other ratios.
9. Current assets management. Classification of current assets, functions. Inventories management.
10. Accounts receivable management,, cash and marketable securities management.
11. Short-term sources of capital.
12. Time value of money. Risk in financial management.
13. Capital budgeting. Methods for investment project valuation.
14. Long-term sources of capital. Internal and external sources of long-term capital.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
DLUHOŠOVÁ, Dana a kol. Finanční řízení a rozhodování podniku. Analýza, investování, oceňování, riziko, flexibilita, interakce. Jesenice: EKOPRESS, 2021. 257 s. ISBN 978-80-87865-71-2.
VERNIMMEN, Pierre, Pascal QUIRY, Maurizio DALLOCCHIO, Yann LE FUR a Antonio SALVI. Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice. Chichester: Wiley, 2018. ISBN 9781119424444.
VOCHOZKA, Marek a kol. Finance podniku: komplexní pojetí. Praha. Grada, 2021. 312 s. ISBN 978-80-271-3267-6.

DLUHOŠOVÁ, Dana a kol. Finanční řízení a rozhodování podniku. Analýza, investování, oceňování, riziko, flexibilita, interakce. Jesenice: EKOPRESS, 2021. 257 s. ISBN 978-80-87865-71-2.
VERNIMMEN, Pierre, Pascal QUIRY, Maurizio DALLOCCHIO, Yann LE FUR a Antonio SALVI. Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice. Chichester: Wiley, 2018. ISBN 9781119424444.
VOCHOZKA, Marek a kol. Finance podniku: komplexní pojetí. Praha. Grada, 2021. 312 s. ISBN 978-80-271-3267-6.

Recommended Reading:
BREALEY, R. A., S. C. MYERS, and F. ALLEN. Principles of Corporate Finance. New York: McGraw-Hill/Education, 2019. ISBN 978-1260013900.
FOTR, J., VACÍK, E., SOUČEK, I., ŠPAČEK M., HÁJEK M. Tvorba strategie a strategické plánování: Teorie a praxe. Praha: Grada, 2020. 416 s. ISBN 978-80-271-1633-1.
GRÜNWALD, R., HOLEČKOVÁ, J. Finanční analýza a plánování podniku. Praha: Ekopress, 2007. 318 s. ISBN 978-80-86929-26-2.



BREALEY, R. A., S. C. MYERS, and F. ALLEN. Principles of Corporate Finance. New York: McGraw-Hill/Education, 2019. ISBN 978-1260013900.
FOTR, J., VACÍK, E., SOUČEK, I., ŠPAČEK M., HÁJEK M. Tvorba strategie a strategické plánování: Teorie a praxe. Praha: Grada, 2020. 416 s. ISBN 978-80-271-1633-1.
GRÜNWALD, R., HOLEČKOVÁ, J. Finanční analýza a plánování podniku. Praha: Ekopress, 2007. 318 s. ISBN 978-80-86929-26-2.



Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit25 (25)13
                Zápočtový testWritten test25 13
        ExaminationExamination75 (75)38
                Písemná zkouškaWritten examination15 8
                Ústní zkouškaOral examination60 30