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Offered each semester. Prerequisites: ECON 1203 or ECON 2200.  ACCT 2100 is recommended.  Introduction to investment, financing, and dividend decisions of business firms. Topics include valuation, capital budgeting, working capital management, capital structure and cost of capital, sources of financing, and dividend policy.

The basic concepts and analytical tools of finance in both corporate finance and investments will inform this course. Topics will include risk and return, financial institutions, efficient markets, valuation theory, capital budgeting, portfolio theory, cost of capital, and international finance.  Key to this course would be global financial implications.  With the current situation in the EU, understanding the global financial community and its respective implications on the world, the course will include current financial analysis both domestically and internationally.

This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to the field of finance. Much of the course would focus on the analytical methods employed by corporate financial executives both domestically and internationally as well as the role of financial markets in our global economy. This course would serve as the foundation for more detailed discussions of specialized areas in finance.

The course will be composed of lectures, class discussion, case study problem solving and European business tours. Access to businesses would be available for students to tour and learn first-hand how European businesses operate.  Students will be encouraged to introduce current topics for discussion gathered through reading of the business press on line and these visits. 

The University of New Orleans International Summer School program has a mandatory class attendance policy. All students are required to attend class for all morning classes and any required afternoon and/or weekend fields trips and lectures. No unexcused absences are allowed. However, LFU students who have to miss a UNO class due to LFU examinations in the first two weeks of our program, can receive one excused absence for this. Any further unexcused absences will result in an academic penalty. Each faculty member determines the penalty for missed classes. Most professors deduct a letter grade for each additional missed class day. For details, please refer to your course syllabi, which will be distributed on the first day of class. Mail: Center-New-Orleans@uibk.ac.at

Die Anrechnung der Kurse der UNO-IBK International Summer School muss von den Studierenden selbst vorab mit den zuständigen StudiendekanInnen geklärt werden. Diese allein entscheiden über die Anerkennung der belegten Kurse für das jeweilige Studienfach. Es wird empfohlen, sich einen Vorabbescheid über die Anerkennung der Kurse ausstellen zu lassen.