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3.00 Credits
This course teaches MBA/M.S. Management students advanced theory and practice of contemporary accounting issues. The first part, advanced financial accounting, examines accounting for business combinations, consolidation of financial statements, foreign currency translation, leases, pensions, and employee stock options. The second part, advanced managerial accounting, covers applications of advanced costing models and advanced managerial accounting systems, including activity-based costing, balanced scorecard, and EVA. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: For MBA cohorts: MGMT 6020. When Offered: Spring term. Credit Hours: 3
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This course introduces interactive trading in financial instruments. Students learn the principles of asset price discovery through real-time trading in a variety of markets, including equities, bonds, options, derivatives. Topics addressed include asset valuation, portfolio management and risk management in the context of real-time trading of financial instruments. The course uses the facilities of the Lally School's Virtual Trading Room. Students will work in teams of two in many trading assignments. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 6020 and MGMT 6030; or permission of instructor. When Offered: Spring term. Credit Hours: 3
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This course addresses the behavioral sciences background of modern finance theory; the inclusion of risk and future uncertainty in general economic equilibrium; efficient markets; investor utility, objectives, and behavior; rational expectations and prospect theory; asset pricing in the context of general economic equilibrium; transaction costs, markets and institutions; information asymmetry and agency theory; capital structure and corporate finance. Other topics will be selected from corporate governance; futures and options; international exchange and risk management. The topics dealt with in depth will vary as the content responds to important issues in the field. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: doctoral student standing or permission of the instructor. When Offered: Spring term. Credit Hours: 3
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The overall objective of this course is to understand how entrepreneurs and investors create value, noting that their interests do not always coincide. This involves learning about topics which trace out the "venture capital cycle": opportunity recognition; valuation and evaluation; negotiation; structuring financing contract; managing investment; exit strategy. This course is structured into three modules: valuation, private equity market, and harvesting entrepreneurial value.When Offered: Fall term. Credit Hours: 3
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the tools and concepts used in microeconomic analysis and will study the behavior of the basic building blocks of a market - consumers and firms and different market structures and their welfare properties. These models help with understanding the functioning of a capitalist market system and provide a useful framework to analyze various policy interventions. This course also provides a foundation for studying public finance, game theory, labor economics, etc. When Offered: Fall term. Credit Hours: 3
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This course identifies major forces acting on the enterprise from the macroeconomic and international environment. Key factors include national income and output, interest rates, economic growth and business cycles, international trade and balance of payment, exchange rates, monetary and fiscal policy. Factors are analyzed in terms of their impact on the economic and technological decisions of the enterprise. Credit Hours: 3
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the economic environment in which a manager operates. Elements of this environment include the concepts of marginality and the trade-offs among conflicting goals. Microeconomic dimensions include cost and production theory, demand theory, and market theory. The macroeconomic elements of importance include the relations among gross output, income, and employment, and the effect of governmental economic policy on the operations of the firm. Students enrolled in the full-time MBA program cannot use this course on the Plan of Study. This course is intended for students enrolled in the part-time MBA, M.S. in MGT or those seeking degrees in other schools at Rensselaer. When Offered: Summer term. Credit Hours: 3
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to investment instruments and modern methods of pricing them. Basic components of viable investment programs are outlined. Topics include expected utility theory and risk aversion, modern portfolio theory, equilibrium in capital markets (CAPM, APT), index models, futures and options, theory of active portfolio management. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 6020. This course available to Hartford students only. When Offered: Fall term. Credit Hours: 3
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3.00 Credits
Advanced study in investment analysis, decision making, and practice. Emphasis on bond market analysis and bond portfolio management, including asset-backed securities, high-yield bonds, venture capital, and derivative securities. Topics include bond pricing, the term structure and risk structure of interest rates, duration concepts and immunization strategies, analysis of embedded options in fixed income securities. Application of strategies to real data set. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 6320 or permission of instructor. This course available to Hartford students only. When Offered: Spring term. Credit Hours: 3
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3.00 Credits
Focus on financial markets, new instruments and techniques for financing, risk management and its application to financial institutions. Overview of U.S. financial system, the Federal Reserve system, and monetary policy. Emphasis on impact of technology on securities markets and banks. Discussion of current issues in securities markets and banking, such as securitization, financial derivatives, junk bonds, bank failures, mergers and acquisitions, and international banking. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 6020 and MGMT 6300. When Offered: Fall term. Credit Hours: 3
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