Applied
Corporate Finance:
Instructor's Materials
An introductory course on finance, investments and financial markets.
by Ian H. Giddy, Stern School of Business, New York University
The Course • Computerized Test
Questions • Trading Game • Powerpoint
Slides • Online Version • The
author • The Stern School
1. The Course
This six-part module offers an overview of finance from the perspective
of the corporate financial manager. Beginning with the premise that the
goal of management is to increase the value of the firm, we will walk through
the key decisions - investment, financing and risk management - that contribute
to shareholder value. Using real-world case studies, the course will introduce
the key principles of selecting real investments, financing them, extracting
value and managing financial risk. The full course outline may be found
at http://www.giddy.org/ibmfinance.
2. Computerized Test Questions
I have developed a full set of on-line quizzes, both self-test and "real"
quizzes, for my applied corporate finance course. These are designed to
be used with WebCT, a Web-based course tool which allows students to go
onto the Web any time and take the quiz and, at the instructor's discretion,
obtain feedback in the form of suggested solutions (see sample
in Adobe Acrobat format). The questions
can be automatically graded or hand-graded by the instructor. These may
be purchased for instructor use for $375 for the set. To see it in action,
send a request to materialsrequest@giddy.org
and you'll be assigned a special, temporary, password.
(A similar set is available for my International
Finance and Foundations
of Finance courses.)
3. The Live Case Study
Each student will investigate the financial aspects of an actual company
during the course. The goal will be to evaluate whether the company is
maximizing its shareholder value, and in the end whether it is underpriced
or overpriced in the marketplace. Details may be found at the Live
Case Study website.
4. A complete set of PowerPoint slides
These lecture supplements have become an essential adjunct to my course
and have proved useful to a number of other lecturers. The package consists
of about 15 slideshows, with an average of about 40 slides per lecture
(see sample),.
In addition to the subjects covered in the textbook, they include financial
management topics such as international finance and financial risk analysis.
The slideshows are also available in .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format, so that
they can be downloaded from the Web by students.
The set is available for $500 from the author.
(A similar set is available for my International
Finance and Foundations
of Finance courses.)
5. Online Version of the Course
An on-line version of the course
may be offered in tandem with the class version. If you're interested,
contact the instructor.
Most materials will be made available for download from a special Website
upon receipt of payment in US funds.
Requests for materials should be made to materialsrequest@giddy.org.
Payment should be in the form of a check made out to "Ian H. Giddy" and
sent to:
Ian H. Giddy
giddyonline.com
119 West 82nd Street
New York, NY 10024
USA
Go to Giddy's Web Portal
• Contact Ian Giddy at ian.giddy@nyu.edu