BUSINESS FINANCE

Course objectives

The "Corporate Finance" course provides students with suitable principles and models to capture the managerial profile of Corporate Finance, and to translate the prospective equilibria of the companies into "value" and possible "prices" referref to liabilities and securities issued. The course is aimed at: - compose different lines of thought and research, linking the contributions that axiomatic finance, behavioral finance and conditional finance provide to the Theory and Analysis of Value; - know the outlines of the managerial discipline up to understanding the reasons of the centrality of Corporate Finance in the current globalized economy; - illustrate questions of method and merit relating to the estimate of the economic value attributable to the capital invested in the companies; - present professional figures typical of the financial industry, organizations and practices useful to guide students in their studies in Finance. Knowledge and understanding: At the end of the course the student will be able to have an organic set of useful knowledge: - to interpret the modern entrepreneurial phenomenon and new business models in a financial approach; - to understand the role of Corporate Finance in the definition of corporate strategies; - to recognize the typical responsibilities of the Finance Department in the different stages of corporate life (start-up, on going concern, crisis). Making judgements : At the end of the course the student will be able to use the critical analysis tools necessary to interpret and face the main problems concerning the financial management of the companies with independent judgment. Communication skills: The student will acquire the ability to communicate and express the knowledge acquired during the course Learning skills: At the end of the course the student will have the conceptual tools and knowledge necessary to continue his studies in the field of finance, financial analysis and Corporate Finance

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GIOVANNI PALOMBA Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
PARTE PRIMA – FONDAMENTI PARTE SECONDA – FINANZA STRATEGICA E ANALISI FINANZIARIE PARTE TERZA – POLITICHE FINANZIARIE PARTE QUARTA – MERCATI E VALORE The 6 CFU program considers the topics covered in chapters 12, 13 and 14 2022 edition (or chapters 10, 11 and 12, 2015 edition) already acquired in the curricular path. Only in this case, these chapters are to be considered excluded from the program.
Prerequisites
The first part of the course involves an alignment of the differentiated skills of the Students, and the adopted text provides tools to acquire the essential, important and useful knowledge that someone did not possess.
Books
Palomba G., Gennaro A. (2022), Corporate Finance. Financial Analysis, Decisions and Evaluations, McGraw-Hill The Text is a reference material for Attending and Non-Attending Students.
Frequency
The course is delivered exclusively in person; in order to obtain the required CFU, Students who decide not to attend the course will present themselves for the exam with the same standard applications as attending Students (individual applications: they will be assigned by the Teacher following a request to be made during office hours) to verify the level of actual application capacity achieved.
Exam mode
The exam consists of a written test and an oral test. At the written exam each Candidate presents his/her own individual paper (mandatory in order to pass the exam) required by the course and assigned by the Teacher. The oral exam requires passing a preliminary written exam aimed at determining the breadth and depth of the basic preparation as well as the operational skills acquired. All Students must register for the exam through the Infostud system, to allow the organization of the exam, the booking of the classroom, the production of the Candidates' attendance sheets. Students are invited to plan the exam in advance and to take adequate care of their preparation by following the instructions provided in the program.
Lesson mode
The lessons are organized by providing, in addition to the theoretical discussion, also applications (support to prepare the Student in terms of know-how) and tests (guided, individual) of the level of learning. Each participant, following the instructions provided in the classroom, will complete their preparation by studying and deepening the parts of the textbook connected to the lessons. All Students, even those who do not attend the course, produce (and present at the exam) specific works aimed at verifying the level of application capacity of the studies carried out. The lessons include: exposition of theories and models; practical applications; presentation of case histories; tests (aimed at detecting the progression of the Student's learning).
ALESSANDRO GENNARO Lecturers' profile
  • Lesson code1018185
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseBusiness sciences
  • CurriculumGestione d'impresa
  • Year3rd year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDSECS-P/09
  • CFU9