Seminar Profile
| General Details | |
|---|---|
| Title | Seminar Corporate Finance |
| Course code(s) | 374026 |
| Offered | SoSe 24 |
| Course availability | only summer term |
| Course content | Company valuation |
| Target Group | MSc WiWi PO 2018; MSc WiIng PO 2018: Area Finance, Banking & Insurance (Major und Minor) |
| Number of participants | 20 |
| Language | German or English |
| Location | External seminar with industry partner |
| Industry partner | PWC and a partnering company |
| Timetable | Block event |
| Completion of term paper | During the term |
| Requirements and Support | |
| Objectives | In this empirically oriented seminar, students work on practice-related questions of company valuation with the help of numerical software (Matlab, R, Python). Subsequently, the results are evluated economically and presented scientifically. |
| Prerequisites | BWL III |
| Introductory course to academic research | An introduction to scientific work at the Institute for Banking and Finance and Programming in R(170504 / 271042 / 374027) is mandatory. This takes place after the binding registration. Further information will be announced during the introductory event. |
| Formal guidelines | Guidelines for the preparation of scientific papers are available in Stud.IP. |
| General literature | Berk, J. B., & DeMarzo, P. M. (2007). Corporate finance. Pearson Education. Brooks, C. (2014). Introductory econometrics for finance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Inselbag, I., Kaufold, H (1997). Two DCF approaches for valuing companies under alternative financing strategies. Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 10 (1), 114 - 122. Levi, Y., Welch, I. (2017). Best Practice for Cost-of-Capital Estimates. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 52 (2), 427 - 463. |
| Basic literature to introduce each topic | Yes |
| Methodology | An empirical research or a simulation study |
| Specialised software | R / Python or similar statistical software |
| Recommended word processing software | LaTeX / MS Word |
| Page count | 24 (group of 3), 20 (group of 2), 16 (alone) |
| Meeting(s) to discuss outline | Multiple possible |
| Performance requirements / evaluation [indicate weighting] | Attendance during presentation session is required, consists of a written part and a presentation performance |
| Examiner | Prof. Dr. Dierkes |
| Contact person | M.Sc. Brian von Knoblauch |
| Group Assignments and Topics | |
| Group work | Required |
| Group size | 2 - 3 |
| Group formation | Based on preferences of the students, allocation by the institute |
| Topics | The topics will be announced at a presentation event. Further information can be found in Stud.IP. |
| Topic allocation | Based on preferences |
| Type of advance registration | Form filled out in ILIAS (Link will be available in Stud.IP) |
| Schedule | |
| Pre-registration / Application | - |
| Kick-Off-Meeting | 25.03.2024. Details will be announced via Stud.IP. |
| Topic assignment | 11.04.2023 |
| Binding registration | 14.04.2023 |
| Commencement of seminar paper | 17.04.2023 |
| Submission of seminar paper | 29.05.2023(6 weeks processing time) |
| Submission of presentation | - |
| Presentations | Probably 12.06.2023. Details will be announced via Stud.IP. |
| Additional Notes | |
The seminar is held in cooperation with the management consultancy PwC and a partner company. As part of the joint cooperation, three 90-minute events will be held in which PwC will introduce cash flow planning and discounted cash flow methods. The dates are expected to be: 08.04.2024, 15.04.2024, 22.04.2024. Participation in the dates is mandatory for seminar participants. Further information and documents will be published on StudIP. Please note that the whole seminar will be held in German language. | |
