Web Casts: Executive Corporate Finance - January 2015

This six session corporate finance class was taped in January 2013. You can get the supporting lecture notes by clicking on the pdf files below - the pages covered by each lecture are provided next to each lecture. The quality of the video and audio leaves much to be desired but it will get better over time. For the syllabus and other details, visit the home page for the class. This page will include the webcasts from the current class and clicking on the link below will allow you to print off the lecture notes that are used for this class.
Lecture notes for these sessions
Project Workbook (used extensively through the sessions)

Session (Click here)	Topics covered	Lecture notes
Session 1a Webcast, streamed (need a good internet connection)	Corporate Finance: First Principles The Objective in Corporate Finance The Classical Objective Function	Lecture note packet: 1 -7
Session 1b Webcast, streamed (need a good internet connection)	What can go wrong? Conflict of interest Corporate Governance Assessing where the power lies	Lecture note packet: 8-22
Session 2a Webcast, streamed (need a good internet connection)	Defining Risk Risk and return models in finance The CAPM Getting the risk free rate	Lecture note packet: 23-38
Session 2b Webcast, streamed (need a good internet connection)	Equity Risk Premiums The Beta Regression: Alpha	Lectue note packet: 39-62
Quiz 1	Take the quiz and check the solution
Session 3a Webcast, streamed (need a good internet connection)	The Beta Regression: Beta The Beta Regression: R-squared A service beta estimate (Bloomberg)	Lecture note packet: 62-71
Session 3b Webcast, streamed (need a good internet connection)	Determinants of betas Bottom up Betas	Lecture note packet: 72-88
Session 4a Webcast, streamed (need a good internet connection)	More on bottom up betas Estimating betas for private businesses	Lecture note packet: 89-100
Session 4b Webcast, streamed (need a good internet connection)	From beta to cost of equity Debt and the cost of debt Cost of capital First steps in measuring investment returns	Lecture note packet: 101-125
Session 5a Webcast, streamed (need a good internet connection)	From earnings to cash flows From cash flows to incremental cash flows Time weighting cash flows Currency invariance	Lecture note packet: 126-148
Session 5b Webcast, streamed (need a good internet connection)	Uncertainty in investment analysis Side costs/benefits in investment analysis Debt versus Equity: The difference & trade off Cost of capital approach	Lecture note packet: 149-179
Session 6a Webcast, streamed (need a good internet connection)	Optimizing the debt mix From actual to optimal: Finding a path The right debt for your company	Lecture note packet: 180-221
Session 6b Webcast, streamed (need a good internet connection)	More on the right debt Facts about dividends Assessing actual versus potential dividends	Lecture note packet: 222-253
Add on session Video podcast (downloadable)	Finishing the dividend policy assessment	Lecture note packet: 254-268
Add on session Valuation and Corporate Finance	The determinants of value Connecting value to corporate finance	Lecture note packet: 269-289