Cuban MBA

Can you provide me the course structure of MBA (Master in Business Administration) Finance offered by Edinburgh Business School Heriot-Watt University in Cuba?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

The course structure of MBA (Master in Business Administration) Finance offered by Edinburgh Business School Heriot-Watt University in Cuba is as follows:

Module 1 The Basic Ideas, Scope and Tools of Finance
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Financial Markets and Participants
1.3 A Simple Financial Market
1.4 More Realistic Financial Markets
1.5 Interest Rates, Interest Rate Futures and Yields
1.6 Conclusion
Case Study 1.1: Bond and Interest Rate Arithmetic
Case Study 1.2: A Multiple-Period Resource Reallocation

Module 2 Fundamentals of Company Investment Decisions
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Investment Decisions and Shareholder Wealth
2.3 Investment Decisions in All-Equity Corporations
2.4 Investment Decisions in Borrowing Corporations
2.5 Share Values and Price/Earnings Ratios
2.6 Conclusion

Module 3 Earnings, Profit and Cash Flow
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Corporate Cash Flows
3.3 Cash Flows and Profits
3.4 Conclusion

Module 4 Company Investment Decisions Using the Weighted
Average Cost of Capital
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Free Cash Flow and Profits for Borrowing Corporations
4.3 Investment Value for Borrowing Corporations
4.4 Investment NPV and the Weighted Average Cost of Capital
4.5 The Adjusted Present Value Technique
4.6 The Choice of NPV Techniques
4.7 Conclusion

Module 5 Estimating Cash Flows for Investment Projects
5.1 Introduction
5.2 A Cash-Flow Estimation Example
5.3 Calculating the NPV, APV and IRR of the Example
5.4 Conclusion
Case Study 5.1: PC Problems plc 5/16

Module 6 Applications of Company Investment Analysis
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The Payback Period
6.3 The Average (Accounting) Return on Investment
6.4 Internal Rate of Return vs. Net Present Value
6.5 The Cost–Benefit Ratio and the Profitability Index
6.6 Summary of Alternatives to the NPV
6.7 Capital Rationing
6.8 Investment Interrelatedness
6.9 Renewable Investments
6.10 Inflation and Company Investment Decisions
6.11 Leasing
6.12 Managing the Investment Process
6.13 Conclusion

Module 7 Risk and Company Investment Decisions
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Risk and Individuals
7.3 The Market Model and Individual Asset Risk
7.4 Using the Capital Asset Pricing Model in Evaluating Company
Investment Decisions
7.5 Other Considerations in Risk and Company Investments 7/23
7.6 Conclusion
Case Study 7.1: NOSE plc

Module 8 Company Dividend Policy
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Dividend Irrelevancy I
8.3 Dividends and Market Frictions
8.4 Dividend Clienteles: Irrelevancy II
8.5 Other Considerations in Dividend Policy
8.6 Conclusion

Module 9 Company Capital Structure
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Capital Structure, Risk and Capital Costs
9.3 Capital Structure Irrelevance I: M&M
9.4 Capital Structure Decisions and Taxes
9.5 Capital Structure and Agency Problems
9.6 Making the Company Borrowing Decision
9.7 Conclusion
Case Study 9.1: R-D Star Productions plc

Module 10 Working Capital Management
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Risk, Return and Term
10.3 Management of Short-Term Assets and Financings
10.4 Cash Budgeting and Short-Term Financial Management
10.5 Conclusion
10.6 Appendix to Module 10: Financial and Ratio Analysis

Module 11 International Financial Management
11.1 Introduction
11.2 The Foreign Exchange Markets
11.3 International Financial Management
11.4 Conclusion

Module 12 Options, Agency, Derivatives and Financial Engineering
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Options
12.3 Agency
12.4 Derivatives
12.5 Financial Engineering
12.6 Conclusion
12.7 Appendix 1 to Module 12: an Alternative Derivation of Binomial
Call Option Value
12.8 Appendix 2 to Module 12: A Numerical Application of Agency Theory