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Faculty of Economics

ECTS Course Overview



Finance

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Course Unit Code154-0500/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated6 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionEnglish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
CUL33doc. Ing. Miroslav Čulík, Ph.D.
GUR022Ing. Petr Gurný, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject is focused on the particular areas of the financial management and
decision – making of a firm including its relation to the economics surroundings.
The aim is to present the complex view on a firm’s management and micro and macro aspect of entrepreneurial activities. Teaching is based on present situation in the Czech Republic including actual legal changes.
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:
DAMODARAN, Answath. Applied Corporate Finance. New York: Wiley, 2018. 638 p. ISBN 978-0-471-66093-4.
DAMODARAN, Answath. Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice. 2nd Edition. New York: Wiley, 2019. 1008 p. 978-0-471-28332-4.
ROSS, A., WESTERFIELD, W. Corporate Finance. 6th Edition, London: McGraw Hill/Irwin, 2022.882 p. ISBN 978-0-07-724612-9.


BERK, Johnathan and Peter DEMERZO. Corporate Finance. Harlow: Pearson, 2020. 1144 p. ISBN 0273792024.
DLUHOŠOVÁ, Dana, et al. Financial Management and Decision-making of a Company. SAEI, Vol. 28. Ostrava: VSB-TU Ostrava, 2014. 259 p. ISBN 978-80-248-3619-5.
RICHTAROVÁ, Dagmar et al. Financial management and decision-making of a company: workbook with solution. SOT, vol. 15. Ostrava: VSB-TU Ostrava, 2013. 196 p. ISBN 978-80-248-3166-4.

Recommended Reading:
BENNINGA, S. Principles of Finance with Excel. London: Oxford University Press, 2017. 801 p. ISBN 978-0-19-975547-9.
LASHER, W.R. Financial Management.A Practical Approach. New York: South-Western College Pub, 2018. 837 p. ISBN 978-0-538-74358-7.
ROBINSON, T.R., et al. International Financial Statement Analysis. New York: Wiley, 2018. 828 p. ISBN 978-0-470-28766-8.
BRIGHAM, Eugene. Financial Management: Theory & Practice. New York: South-Western College Pub, 2019. 1180 p. ISBN 130563229X.
CLAYMAN, Michelle, et al. Corporate Finance: a practical approach. New York: Wiley, 2018. 528 p. ISBN 1118105370.
VERNIMMEN, Pierre et al. Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice. New York: Wiley, 2015. 1056 p. ISBN 0470092254.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Tasks are not Defined