MBR514 - Business Finance Issues for Research Projects

Credit Points: 20

Workload: 60 contact hours

Prerequisite: None

Co-requisite: N/A

Aims & Objectives

The business finance research domain offers many exciting opportunities for research projects. This unit introduces students to issues associated with the valuation of cash flow, capital budgeting and short-term versus long-term financing. This unit considers the research opportunities in these areas as well as the emerging research opportunities in international financial management.

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the key issues associated with contemporary corporate finance in business development.
  2. Synthesise the advantages and disadvantages of knowledge of time value of money (TVM) concepts and techniques, capital market theories, and methods of financing businesses.
  3. Explain the opportunities and limitations of the concepts to evaluate economic and investment decisions, including the valuation of bonds and shares and the assessment of capital budgeting decisions to business development.
  4. Synthesise the key developments in theory for professional financial management practice.

Assessment

Textbook and Reference Materials

Ross, S. A., Trayler, R., Koh, C., Hambusch, G., Westerfield, R. W. and Jordan, B. D. (2019.). Essentials of Corporate Finance (5th Edition). NSW, McGraw-Hill Education.

Graduate Attributes

MIT is committed to ensure the course is current, practical and relevant so that graduates are “work ready” and equipped for life-long learning. In order to accomplish this, the MIT Graduate Attributes identify the required knowledge, skills and attributes that prepare students for the industry.
The level to which Graduate Attributes covered in this unit are as follows:

Ability to communicate Independent and Lifelong Learning Ethics Analytical and Problem Solving Cultural and Global Awareness Team work Specialist knowledge of a field of study

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The attribute is covered by theory and practice, and addressed by assessed activities in which the students always play an active role, e.g. workshops, lab submissions, assignments, demonstrations, tests, examinations.
The attribute is covered by theory or practice, and addressed by assessed activities in which the students mostly play an active role, e.g. discussions, reading, intepreting documents, tests, examinations.
The attribute is discussed in theory or practice; it is addressed by assessed activities in which the students may play an active role, e.g. lectures and discussions, reading, interpretation, workshops, presentations.
The attribute is presented as a side issue in theory or practice; it is not specifically assessed, but it is addressed by activities such as lectures or tutorials.
The attribute is not considered, there is no theory or practice or activities associated with this attribute.