COURSE NUMBER: EWMBA 231.1
This course is cross-listed with the FTMBA Program
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: Mondays, 6:00PM-9:30PM
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.