COURSE NUMBER: EWMBA231-1
This course is cross-listed with the Full-Time MBA
Program.
COURSE TITLE:
Corporate Finance
UNITS OF CREDIT:
3 units
INSTRUCTOR:
Gustavo Manso
E-MAIL ADDRESS: manso@haas.berkeley.edu
CLASS WEB PAGE
LOCATION: http://bspace.berkeley.edu
MEETING DAY(S)/TIME: Wednesday
6:00 – 9:30PM
PREREQUISITE(S): EWMBA203
(Core Finance)
CLASS FORMAT:
Cases, lectures
REQUIRED READINGS:
J. Berk and P. DeMarzo, Corporate Finance, 2nd ed., Pearson,
2010
R.C. Higgins, Analysis for Financial Management, 10th ed.,
Irvin, McGraw-Hill, 2011
BASIS FOR FINAL
GRADE: Final, cases, class discussion
ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S
CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:
The course takes as its viewpoint the CFO of a firm. We
assume that the CFO’s job is to maximize firm value and deal with three types
of decisions: which projects to invest in, how to finance that investment, and
how to manage the cash flows of the firm. This is an applied course that will
primarily use case studies to introduce financial tools needed to make
value-enhancing business decisions.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Gustavo Manso received his Ph.D. in Finance from Stanford Graduate
School of Business. Prior to joining Haas in 2012, Manso served on the faculty
of MIT Sloan School of Management. His research in the areas of corporate
finance, entrepreneurship, and organizations has been published extensively in
leading academic journals and has received numerous awards. Some of his recent
research projects have been concerned with incentives for innovation and
dynamic investment and financing decisions of firms.
At Haas, Manso teaches “Corporate Finance,” an MBA elective.
In 2012, he was awarded the Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching in
the full-time MBA program.