financial mgmt

FIN 819: Financial
Management
Administrative Issues
Course Overview

FIN 819: Lecture 1

Today’s plan l Administrative issues

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Course overview

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Team formation

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

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The instructor l l l l

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My name is George Li
Office: DTC 582 and BUS 315
Email: [e-mail]
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. l FIN 819: Lecture 1

Textbook l 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 l

FIN 819: Lecture 1

Add, drop and withdrawal policy l 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 FIN 819: Lecture 1

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