Financial Management Lecture

FIN 819: Financial Management

Administrative Issues Course Overview

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Today’s plan

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Administrative issues

•  prerequisite •  add, drop and withdraw •  projects •  case writing and discussion •  final exam •  final grade

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Course overview Team formation

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The instructor

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My name is George Li Office: DTC 582 and BUS 315 Email: li123456@sfsu.edu Office hours: Monday: 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at BUS 315 Thursday: 3:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at DTC 582 Research interest: • Corporate finance: real options • Asset pricing: information and stock prices

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My website

All the lecture slides, solution to homework problems, sample final exam will be posted on my website: l  http://online.sfsu.edu/~li123456 l  I only use ilearn to send you emails.

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Textbook

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The textbook for background reading

•  Principles of Corporate Finance, 9th

Edition, by Richard A. Brealy and Stewart C. Myers, published by Irwin McGraw-Hill, 2008.

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Prerequisite

You are required to take BUS 785 with a grade of at least B-, or have a waiver of this course. l  It is the school’s policy that all the students in this course must satisfy this requirement and there is no exception, unless you get the waiver of this prerequisite

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Add, drop and withdrawal policy

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The business school has the policy for add, drop and withdrawal

•  Students can withdraw once •  If you like to withdraw, you have to do it in the

first two weeks •  Please read the Spring 2012 bulletin for detail information

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Homework problems

In the first several lectures, I will review most important concepts in corporate finance l  In order to help you to understand these concepts, homework problems are assigned. l  I will not grade homework but its solution will be posted on my website.

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