University of North Carolina

THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO Joseph M. Bryan School of Business and Economics Department of Accounting and Finance Fall 2009

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Meeting Time and Place FIN 625.51, Corporate Strategy and the Finance Function 2:00 pm – 4:45 pm M, Bryan School (Room 205 Bryan Bldg.)1

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Instructor Daniel T. Winkler Office: 324 Bryan Bldg. Phone: (336) 256-0122 E-mail: dt_winkler@uncg.edu (best way to contact me) Blackboard: http://blackboard.uncg.edu Office Hours: 1:00 – 2:00 pm TR or by appointment; 5:15 - 6:15 pm T (starting Oct. 20)

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Prerequisites Prerequisites: MBA 605, 617; Co-requisite is MBA 620

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Course Materials Douglas R. Emery, John D. Finnerty, and John D. Stowe. Corporate Financial Management, 3rd Ed., Prentice Hall Publishing (Pearson), 2007. ISBN: 9780132278720. Harvard Business Review Cases (HC) purchased and downloaded online at: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/cases/cases_home.jhtml. Case ordering numbers are given in parentheses next to each case in the Tentative Schedule. Darden Business Case Studies purchased and downloaded online at: https://store.darden.virginia.edu/. Case ordering numbers are given in parentheses next to each case in the Tentative Schedule. HP (Hewlett Packard) 10 B II, 17BII financial calculator or the equivalent.

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Course Description and Purpose The UNCG Graduate Bulletin describes MBA 625 as follows: "Finance in the strategic management process; corporate strategies and shareholder value creation, financing decisions, distribution policy, and long-term investment decisions.”

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Note that due to the Labor Day holiday, the class normally scheduled for Monday, September 7th will meet on Friday, September 11th at 2:00 pm – 4:45 pm in 205 Bryan.

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The learning outcomes from this course are as follows: 1. 2. Recognize the role played by the finance function in developing a global strategic plan. Evaluate the extent to which a firm’s investment, financing, and...