Postgraduate - UnitBEX6012 - Corporate financial management

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0 points, SCA Band 3, 0.000 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Banking and Finance
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2014 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit introduces doctoral candidates to current research issues and empirical tools in corporate finance and corporate governance. This unit will cover theoretical and empirical papers in corporate finance and corporate governance and will benefit students interested in writing their thesis in corporate finance or corporate governance.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

acquire knowledge of contemporary issues in corporate finance and governance
critically evaluate current theoretical and empirical research in corporate finance and governance
develop analytical skills via understanding the intuition and logic behind theoretical and empirical research in corporate finance and governance
effectively convey ideas in writing and speech
demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the topics covered in this course.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 70% Examination: 30%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Christianus Veld

Workload requirements

36 hours per semester of formal class contact