This course intends to learn the fundamental finance knowledge and related skills requisite for MOT study, with special emphasis on investment decision. Unlike MBA students, MOT students are unlikely to be financial experts who have to be able to exploit the wide range of finance knowledge underpinned by the deep understanding of the theory. Given this understanding, this course is designed to help the students apply the financial knowledge in practice. More specifically, the course focuses on investment decision making which is most relevant to practitioners in general.The course starts with the basic framework and grasps the theories forming the modern finance.Then the students will learn risk in finance, leading to the concept of cost of capital.The students learn the investment decision making comprising of project definition, hurdle rate and return measurement. Finally, the students will apply the knowledge to develop a business plan.
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