COURSE NUMBER: MBA 231.1
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 DAY(S)/TIME: Monday and Wednesday 11:00AM – 12:30PM
PREREQUISITE(S): MBA 203
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 +/-
5% of your grade
Midterm 20%
of your grade
Final 30%
of your grade
5 cases 50%
of your grade (to be done in groups)
ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:
This course is
a continuation of MBA 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.