COURSE NUMBER: MBA231.1
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: Monday and Wednesday, 9:30-11:00AM
PREREQUISITE(S): MBA203
CLASS FORMAT: Cases, lectures
REQUIRED READINGS:
J. Berk and P. DeMarzo,
Corporate Finance, 3rd ed., Pearson, 2013
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.