COURSE NUMBER: EWMBA
231.11
COURSE TITLE: Corporate
Finance
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,
1:00PM-4:00PM
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
Homework
+/1 10% of your grade
Final 30%
of your grade
8
cases 50%
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 (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. 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.