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Corporate Financial Strategy - MAN00088M

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  • Department: The York Management School
  • Module co-ordinator: Information currently unavailable
  • Credit value: 15 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2023-24

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Online Teaching Window 2 2023-24
B Online Teaching Window 6 2023-24

Module aims

This module develops both theoretical and practical knowledge in the area of corporate financial management. Topics to be discussed are:

  • Different forms of corporate financing
  • Agency theory
  • Financial governance including the ethical implications of financial strategy
  • Mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring
  • Financial strategies from start-up to growth
  • Financial strategies from growth to maturity to decline
  • Financial strategies in mergers and acquisitions.

Module learning outcomes

Academic and graduate skills

Successful completion of the module will demonstrate that students are able to:

  • Explain a range of theoretical perspectives underpinning financial practice
  • Apply the several corporate finance models and theories to evaluate the operating environment
  • Consider the ethical implications of financial strategy
  • Analyse the role of finance theory in the determination of corporate behaviour and strategy
  • Appreciate the nature and purpose of financial planning techniques
  • Apply and critically evaluate different financial strategies
  • Evaluate several perspectives that challenge conventional opinions about the role of financial strategy in market economies.

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
2,500 word assignment		 N/A 100

Special assessment rules

None

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
2,500 word assignment		 N/A 100

Module feedback

Students will receive regular feedback on formative weekly activities and on the formative assessment. They will also receive a feedback sheet with detailed comments on the summative assessment explaining how they performed in relation to the assessment criteria. Turnaround time for summative assessment is 4 weeks. At the end of term, the module leader will develop a report about the module and the students’ performance which, once approved by the Board of Exams, will be uploaded onto VLE and made accessible to students.

Indicative reading

Essential reading:

Davies,T.,Crawford,I. (2014). Corporate Finance and Financial Strategy: Optimising corporate and shareholder value, Pearson, (Print and Electronic) .

Further reading:

Koller, T., Goedhart, M., and Wessels, D. (2010). Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, University Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 5th edition.


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