IDENTIFYING DATA 2015_16
Subject (*) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: INVESTMENT Code 16214101
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management (2009)
Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
6 Compulsory Second 2Q
Language
Anglès
Català
Department Gestió d'Empreses
Coordinator
ANDREU CORBATON, JORDI
BORRAS BALSELLS, FRANCESC XAVIER
MOLINA COBO, M.CARMEN
BLASCO PÉREZ, MARIA JESUS
CÀMARA TURULL, XAVIER
E-mail francescxavier.borras@urv.cat
xavier.camara@urv.cat
mcarmen.molina@urv.cat
jordi.andreuc@urv.cat
mariajesus.blasco@urv.cat
Lecturers
BORRAS BALSELLS, FRANCESC XAVIER
CÀMARA TURULL, XAVIER
MOLINA COBO, M.CARMEN
ANDREU CORBATON, JORDI
BLASCO PÉREZ, MARIA JESUS
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General description and relevant information The course intends to raise necessary tools for decision-making in business investment. Students will study in depth the criteria regarding classical valuation and selection of investment (NPV, IRR, VFN). Venture capital projects will be introduced and necessary valuation measurements will be further provided.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A2 Find, analyze and interpret quantitative and qualitative information of a financial, accounting, economic, social and legal nature that is relevant to the taking of business decisions.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 B4 Autonomy, responsibility and initiative
Type C Code Competences Nuclear
 C1 Have an intermediate mastery of a foreign language, preferably English
 C2 Be advanced users of the information and communication technologies
 C4 Be able to express themselves correctly both orally and in writing in one of the two official languages of the URV

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A2 Understand the functions and tasks performed by the financial director within the company and short and long-term financial cycles.
Understand and use the analysis criteria of analysis required to make investment decisions.
Know how to solve problems related to evaluating investment projects.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 B4 Do the work planned in accordance with the quality criteria provided.
Recognize the good and bad points of their approach to a particular task.
Type C Code Learning outcomes
 C1 Understand instructions about classes or tasks assigned by the teaching staff.
Understand routine information and articles.
Understand the general meaning of texts that have non-routine information in a familiar subject area.
 C2 Use software for off-line communication: word processors, spreadsheets and digital presentations.
Use software for on-line communication: interactive tools (web, moodle, blogs, etc.), e-mail, forums, chat rooms, video conferences, collaborative work tools, etc.
 C4 Produce well structured, clear and effective oral texts.
Produce well-structured, clear and rich written texts

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. Financial cycle of the firm 1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Investment and financial management
1.1.2 Introduction to financial dynamics of the firm
1.2 Short-term cycle
1.3 Long-term cycle
1.4 The excess of the cycle: internal financing
2. Valuation and selection of investments (I) 2.1 Introduction
2.2 Static methods
2.3 Dynamic methods: NPV, IRR and VFN
2.3.1 The value of money through time
2.3.2 Net Present Value (NPV)
2.3.3 Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
2.3.4 Similarities and differences between the NPV and IRR
2.3.5 Disadvantages of NPV and IRR. Inconsistencies and other problems
2.3.6 Modification of the basic hypotheses
2.3.7 Net Final Value (NFV)
2.3.8 Inter-relationships among NPV, IRR and VFN
2.3.9 Payback dynamic (PBD)
3. Valuation and selection of investments (II)

3.1 Introduction
3.2 Sensitivity as a measure of risk
3.3 Investment decisions in a random environment
3.4 The expectation and variance of NPV
3.5 The equivalence of investment project

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
1 0 1
Lecture
A2
B4
C4
28 26 54
ICT practicals
A2
B4
C2
C4
26 62 88
Personal tuition
1 2 3
 
Objective multiple-choice tests
A2
B4
C2
4 0 4
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Introduce the global objectives of the course and the structure of the lectures.
Lecture Define and provide the theoretical and practical knowledge which allows students to make a correct analysis and selection of investments.
ICT practicals Use computer software tools (spreadsheets, etc.). Automate to research information and calculation.
Personal tuition

Personalized attention
Description
Students have office hours to consult the syllabus, exercises and all other activities.

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
ICT practicals
A2
B4
C2
C4
The knowledge and practices will be evaluated in different sessions and with the realization of one or more assignments. 20%
Objective multiple-choice tests
A2
B4
C2
The theoretical and practical sessions including the practice through TIC will be assessed through unbiased multiple choice tests. 80%
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

L'assignatura, tant en primera com en segona convocatòria, és avaluable a través d'avaluació continuada (AC), que consisteix en les següents activitats:

Proves i treballs: un 50% de la nota provindrà de les diferents proves realitzades durant el curs (tests, presentacions, treballs, exercicis...).

Examen final: el 50% restant provindrà d'un examen final tipus test.

Comentaris:

En segona convocatòria, en cas de que la nota de l'examen final sigui superior a la que s'obtindria d'aplicar els criteris (50-50%) prevaldrà la nota de l'examen final, passant a suposar aquesta el 100% de la nota.


Sources of information

Basic BORRÀS, F.X.; CÀMARA, X., Introducció a la direcció financera, , 2009
BREALEY, R.; MYERS, S.C.; MARCUS, A.J., Fundamentos de finanzas corporativas, , 2007
KELETY ALCAIDE, A. , Análisis y evaluación de inversiones., , 1992
MENÉNDEZ, C.; MONTLLOR, J. , “Planificación financiera y análisis de viabilidad de inversiones por medio de proyectos agregados: el valor final neto", Técnica contable, , 1991
SUÁREZ SUÁREZ, A.S. , Decisiones óptimas de inversión y financiación de la empresa, , 2005

Complementary FERNÁNDEZ, A.I.; GARCÍA OLALLA, M, Las decisiones financieras de la empresa., , 1992
ROSS, S.A.; WESERFIELD, R.W.; JAFFE, J.F. , Finanzas Corporativas. , , 1997
BLANCO, F.; FERRANDO, M. , Dirección financiera de la empresa. , , 1996
PÉREZ, C.; DE LA TORRE, A. ; JIMÉNEZ, J.L. , Dirección financiera de la empresa : teoría y práctica, , 2007

Recommendations

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously
ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS/16204108

Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING/16204002
MATHEMATICS OF FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONS/16204112
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