Business Administration

This course aims to fill gaps in management education with respect to business and the natural environment by introducing pressing environmental issues confronting business today and providing effective tools for understanding and addressing these challenges. 

This course provides a solid foundation in essential mathematical concepts for students in economics and management. It ensures a consistent level of mathematical proficiency to prepare for further study of advanced quantitative techniques. The course covers linear functions, absolute values, square roots and inverses, second-degree polynomials, and derivatives.

This course introduces the concepts and methods of decision making and analysis, which involves the application of mathematical modeling and analysis to business problems. Models are simplified representations of real situations and can be invaluable tools in decision making. Students learn the basic elements of modeling-how to formulate a model and how to use and interpret the information a model produces. The emphasis is on models that are widely used in diverse industries and functional areas, including finance, operations, and marketing. Applications include production planning, revenue management, sales force planning, risk management, portfolio optimization, among others. Spreadsheets and other tools are used to implement, solve, and analyze the models  developed.

This course introduces the fundamental accounting principles and processes involved in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). It focuses on how financial information is used to evaluate potential acquisition targets and the subsequent accounting required after a merger. The course emphasizes practical applications of accounting data, helping students understand its role in strategic decision-making within the M&A context. Key topics include financial statement analysis, basic valuation methods, and an overview of the due diligence process. The course also touches on the legal aspects that influence accounting practices in M&A transactions.

This course covers the key elements of private credit within the alternative asset class. Private credit has become a significant component of alternative investments and an important source of financing for companies that may not have access to public capital markets or large institutional loans. The course emphasizes the importance of aligning financing solutions with the specific needs and risk profiles of middle-market companies as well as the investment options of investors in this alternative asset class. Prerequisites FINA1310: Corporate Finance

This pioneering course combines academic instruction with industry collaboration, featuring training delivered by a professional Alibaba Cloud instructor and preparation for an industry-recognized cloud computing certification. The course introduces the use of information technology with an emphasis on entrepreneurship, covering fundamental cloud computing concepts and their application in entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial contexts. Topics include key business processes, challenges, risks, and rewards, with a focus on developing digital business projects grounded in real-world technology industry examples and suitable for presentation to stakeholders, including potential investors.

This course introduces students in the various topics that are related to business administration so that students have basic knowledge for the more specialized courses in marketing, organization, finance, strategy, supply chain management, and accounting. The course is centered around a real-life management simulation: Market Place live.

This course introduces the key components of commercial sales management and their role in creating value for both the consumer and the company. It covers how to make coherent business decisions by understanding the interactions between the commercial department and other organizational functions.

This course covers fixed income securities, the mechanisms of domestic and international debt markets, fixed income instrument analyses, pricing, risk behavior, the security design, debt instruments with complex structures, investment strategies and risk management of debt portfolios. It addresses the institutions and trading, arbitrage in the bond markets, volatility of bonds, valuation, and different types of bonds including corporate bonds. The course also presents an understanding of risks in investing in bonds specifically and other fixed income bond-like securities. It also teaches the basics of usage and valuation of some common fixed income derivatives. The course presents new and innovative instruments and issues in the fixed income market.

Why do some companies succeed while others fail? The efficient use of resources in organizations and the harmonization and alignment of various interests broadly define the topic of “corporate governance.” To shed some light on conceptual as well as practical issues in this area, this course first covers some aspects of financial management, with a particular focus on valuation and value-based management. The course then discusses how the governance of a corporation can be set up in order to enhance the value creation in the company. The course utilizies theoretical, conceptual material as well as case studies.