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Class Time: Thursdays 3:30-5:30 pm
Classroom: Broida 1640
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Office: Building 937, Room 1008
Office Hours: by appointment and
immediately before and after class
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This course provides students with the tools necessary for the strategic analysis and understanding of financial information particular to new ventures. The course will provide insights into how financial information can be used to design optimal financing strategies, prepare valuation models for new ventures and assist in strategic planning for the venture. Also discussed will be the alternative capital sources for firms. Guest speakers will be used to provide applied examples of core concepts.
REQUIRED READING
Entrepreneurial Finance, Janet Smith and Richard Smith, John Wiley & Sons, available on reserve in Library Reserve Section. Select readings will be assigned in the Entrepreneurial Finance text but it does not require purchasing it. If you do wish to purchase this text, it is available online – please check with me if you need information.
Other course reading handouts may be provided and select class notes and assignments will be posted on TMP website.
Additional reference can also be made to the following texts (available in Library Reserve Section):
Pratt, Jamie “Financial Accounting”, 4th Edition, South Western (1999)
Brealey, Richard A, and Myers, Stewart C., “Principles of Corporate Finance” 6th edition, Irwin (2000)
ASSESSMENT
The course will be assessed on the basis of class participation, class projects and a final examination. Weighting will be as follows – 15% participation, 85% projects/final exam. Graduate students will be given additional project(s) and reading assignments. |
