Course Overview - Financial Management

Lucas S. Macoris

Welcome to the Course

  1. Overview and Course Organization
  2. Grading and Evaluations
  3. Navigating through the syllabus
  4. How you can get the best of this course
  5. Overall Q&A
  6. Introduction to Corporate Finance

Overview and course organization

  • Basic text-book

    1. We will extensively follow Corporate Finance (Berk and DeMarzo 2023), as our text-book
    2. Throughout the syllabus, it will be referred as [BDM]

  • Other mandatory reading

    1. [BMA] Principles of Corporate Finance (Brealey, Myers, and Allen 2020)
    2. [PH] Business Analysis and Valuation (Healy and Palepu 2012)
    3. [SS] Principles of Sustainable Finance (Schoenmaker and Schramade 2019)

  • Supplementary Reading

    1. Harvard Business Review (selected cases) - access granted on e-Class®
    2. Other focused contents previously defined on the syllabus

Grading and Evaluations

Grading will be composed of the following activities:

  1. Mid-term Examination (35%)
  2. Final Examination (40%)
  3. 4x Quizzes throughout the semester (15%)
  4. Practical work (10%)
  • You can find the details of any of these activities in the official syllabus (available on eClass)
  • In case of any questions, feel free to reach out to lucas.macoris@fgv.br

Office-hours

I also host office-hours (by appointment) on Thursdays, 5PM-6PM. In these sessions, I’ll be more than happy to help you with anything you need from this course. Use the Office-hour Appointments link at the bottom of this slide to schedule some time (or click here).

Getting the best of this course

Getting the best of this course

How you can get the best of this course

  1. Follow FGV-EAESP code of conduct
  2. Be organized: pay attention to pre-readings and deliverables!
  3. Be proactive: ask questions and participate in discussions, proactively study the list of exercises
  4. Take the lead on your learning: you are the ultimate responsible for your success!

How the professor can facilitate you getting the best of this course

  1. All mandatory content will be provided in English, classes will be held in Portuguese
  2. Provide a safe and open space for questions, both in-person and remote
  3. Motivate students, both from the academic and practitioner standpoints
  4. Provide opportunities to extend knowledge beyond the mandatory readings

References

@ Website | @ Slides | @ Office-hour appointments

Berk, J., and P. DeMarzo. 2023. Corporate Finance, Global Edition. Global Edition / English Textbooks. Pearson. https://books.google.com.br/books?id=m78oEAAAQBAJ.
Brealey, R. A., S. C. Myers, and F. Allen. 2020. Principles of Corporate Finance. The Irwin/McGraw-Hill Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate. McGraw-Hill Education. https://books.google.com.br/books?id=nsrHuwEACAAJ.
Healy, P. M., and K. G. Palepu. 2012. Business Analysis Valuation: Using Financial Statements. Cengage Learning. https://books.google.com.br/books?id=Qp0IzgEACAAJ.
Schoenmaker, D., and W. Schramade. 2019. Principles of Sustainable Finance. Oxford University Press. https://books.google.com.br/books?id=zoN8DwAAQBAJ.