COURSE NUMBER: EWMBA 231.11
COURSE TITLE: Corporate Financial Management
UNITS OF CREDIT: 3
INSTRUCTOR: Susan Cheng
E-MAIL ADDRESS: susan_cheng@haas.berkeley.edu
CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION: https://bspace.berkeley.edu/portal
MEETING DATE/TIME: Saturdays, 9am-12pm
PREREQUISITE(S): EWMBA203
CLASS FORMAT: The class is comprised
of lectures and case discussions.
REQUIRED READINGS: 1 text and a course reader with cases
BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE:
Class
Participation +/- 10% of your grade
Midterm 20% of your grade
Final 30% of your grade
5
cases 40% of your
grade (to be done in groups)
ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND
OBJECTIVES:
This course is a continuation of EWMBA 203. It covers techniques for valuing projects and corporations, topics in capital structure (payout policies, distress, mergers and acquisitions, public financing), topics of interest relating to small companies (working capital management, private equity financing, venture capital), and an introduction to real options (time permitting) . The course is meant to provide a good understanding of major issues confronting financial managers in companies large and small.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Susan Cheng is currently the
managing director of IDG Venture Services which oversees and coordinates
activities across the IDG global family of venture and private equity funds
(www.idgventures.com). In 1997, she
helped to found IDG Ventures in San Francisco, a venture capital fund investing
in early-stage IT and new media companies.
As a general partner and CFO of the fund, Dr. Cheng represented IDG
Ventures on the boards of fourteen portfolio companies. In 2007, Dr. Cheng retired from active
investment in new companies. Prior to
her work with IDG Ventures, Dr. Cheng was Vice President and Treasurer of Teknekron Corporation where she managed portfolios of both
public and private investments.
Before entering the private equity,
Dr. Cheng was an assistant professor at Columbia University Graduate School of
Business and at UC-Berkeley Haas School of Business. Dr. Cheng has a PhD in
finance from Stanford University, an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania –
Wharton, and a MA and BA in Mathematics from the University of Illinois and
Northwestern University, respectively.