ENT4330 - Financial Management
Course content
This course provides a general introduction into the specialist areas of financial management, including financial statement and ratio analysis, investment analysis, valuation and sources of finance.
The course elaborates on entrepreneurial finance, and focuses on equity finance for new ventures, including venture capital and business angel financing. The primary objectives of the course are:
To develop knowledge of:
• Financial planning, including income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements
• Ratio-analysis, including solvency, liquidity and profitability
• Valuation
• What venture capital (VC) is and how the venture capital industry has originated and grown
• The differences between VC financing and other types of financing
• What deals VCs are looking for to realise their objectives
• How VCs screen and select their investment targets
• How VCs structure deals, monitor and add value to their portfolio companies
To enhance and develop skills in:
• Venture capital negotiations and deal structuring
• Elevator pitch presentations to VCs
• The evaluation of business opportunities from a VC point of view
Learning outcome
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
• Undertake investment and financial analyses
• Carry out a valuation for a new or existing company
• Understand why venture capital exists, why it has grown and what deals VCs are looking for
• Understand how VCs reason during the deal screening and selection process
• Understand how VCs structure deals and follow up on them
• Understand how VC negotiations take place
Admission
Students at UiO must apply for courses in StudentWeb.
International applicants, if you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
The examination in this course is not available for external candidates. Only students admitted to the course may sit for the examination.
Prerequisites
Formal prerequisite knowledge
Id does not exist in shared textBachelor's degree or an equivalent qualification is required.
Overlapping courses
5 credits overlap with ENT4310 - Business economics and marketing (discontinued).Teaching
Lectures, cases, exercises and business game. The assignment will be based on the business game preparation (due diligence of an existing business plan, including valuation and financial analysis) from the point of view of 1) the entrepreneur or 2) the VC and the final presentation of the deal and an evaluation of the deal after the course. The first assignment is a group assignment, the second one is an individual one.
Teaching will take place through intensive seminars on Thursdays.
Access to teaching
A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.
Examination
The assignment is divided in two where the first assignment is a group assignment, the second one is an individual one. They both account for 50% of the final grade. More information regarding the assignment will be found under "Teaching".
Students have to pass both activities to obtain a grade in the course.
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Language of examination
Id does not exist in shared textGrading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Explanations and appeals
You may request an explanation of your grades, and you may also appeal against your grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals.
Grounds for and appeal against determination of the grade
Resit an examination
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Withdrawal from an examination
A student may sit this exam up to 3 times. If a student wishes to withdraw from the exam, s/he must do so in StudentWeb at least two weeks prior to the first day of the exam. Failure to do so will be counted as one of the three opportunities to sit the exam.
Special examination arrangements
If you have a disability or a health problem that entails significant inconvenience in an examination situation, you may be considered for special examination arrangements. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.
Evaluation
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