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Parallels with physical investments

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Financial investment: more difficult to make profit, but easier to abandon than physical investment.
The option to abandon is a put option. The option to wait before investing is a call. Also sometimes doing a project give us the opportunity to go further in a second project. Ex: launching a new software may be followed by a n°2. This is exactly like a call option, and therefore increases the value of the investment.

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Corporate finance

The subject: corporate finance

PART ONE: CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
The present value
Investment decisions
Practical problems in capital budgeting
Firms evaluation

PART TWO. BASICS OF FINANCE
The financial markets
Options
The market efficiency
Risk
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Control
International Financial Management

PART THREE FINANCING DECISIONS
Corporate financing
Dividend policy and capital structure

PART FOUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Financial planning
Short-term financial management


Courses created and updated by Dr David Chelly, PhD in Management sciences from the University of Tours.