COURSE NUMBER: MBA 231.1
This course is cross-listed with the EWMBA Program
COURSE
TITLE: Corporate Finance
UNITS
OF CREDIT: 3.0
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):
MBA203
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 MBA 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.