SemesterSpring Semester, 2025
DepartmentIMBA Program, First Year IMBA Program, Second Year
Course NameFinancial Management
InstructorTSAI CHENG-HSIEN
Credit3.0
Course TypeRequired
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

















































































































Week


 Date

Topic

Assigned Reading

Minicase/Discussion

 

1


 2/17

Financial Decision Making

Chapters 1

 

2


 2/24

Time Value of Money

Chapter 2

 

3


 3/3

Bond Valuation

Chapter 3

Financing Retirement

4


 3/10

Stock Valuation

Chapter 4

 

5


 3/17

Investment Decision Rules

Chapter 5

Stock Valuation

6


 3/24

Capital Budgeting

Chapters 6 & 10



 

 

7


 3/31

Risk and Return I

Chapters 7

NPV Analysis

8


 4/7

Midterm Examination

9


 4/14

Risk and Return II

Chapters 8

Project Analysis

10


 4/21

Market Efficiency

Chapter 13

 

11


 4/28

Capture Structure

Chapters 17 & 18

Random Walk Down Wall Street
12 5/5 Financing and Valuation Chapters 19 & 9  
13 5/12 Financial Options Chapters 20 & 21 Capital Structure
14 5/19 Real Options Chapters 22 & 10.4 Financial Innovation

15


 5/26 Final Examination


*The schedule may be changed with prior notification.

Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

TBA


Requirement/Grading























Assignments: 28%
Class Participation: 6%
Presentation: 10%
Midterm Exam: 28%
Final Exam: 28%


*The final grade will be determined by a normalization procedure considering the grade distribution of the entire class.



 





 



 


Textbook & Reference

Brealey, Richard A., Stewart C. Myers, and Franklin Allen, 2020, Principles of Corporate Finance, 13th eds. (Taipei, Taiwan: McGraw-Hill Irwin –華泰書局).


Urls about Course
Attachment

Financial Management_2025 Syllabus.pdf