Core and basic concepts of corporate finance from the Latin American perspective, with special focus in the Argentinean context, applying the theory to practical problems and case studies related to the local context that would help the student to do business in the region.
Major topics covered include risk and return trade-off, discounted cash flow analysis, investment decision making, business plan, valuation techniques, cost of capital estimate and interaction between investment and financing decisions.
Active class participation, will be required, based on the readings assigned and discussion of the main financial news and events published in the local newspapers.
Prerequisites: introductory level of Accounting and Mathematics is very helpful but not required.