This course is a professional basic and core course for the entire financial discipline. It covers the most important basic concepts and issues in the field of corporate finance, such as corporate investment, financing decisions and financial markets, with emphasis on the importance of corporate finance in the field of economic research and practical operations. This course covers virtually all areas of corporate finance, including real and financial asset pricing, corporate governance, theoretical models and quantitative tools for investment decisions, financing decisions, asset pricing models based on corporate finance, and corporate mergers and acquisitions. Our main goal is to strengthen the understanding of basic theoretical knowledge and the application of quantitative analysis tools. In teaching, practical cases and numerical calculation exercises are combined to emphasize practical application, so as to further improve the understanding and application of material operation of company investment and financing decisions. The teaching objects are students majoring in finance and those who are interested in corporate finance. We combine theory with reality, apply theory to the reality of Chinese companies, and grasp the basic theory and cutting-edge development context of corporate finance through rich case analysis.

This course covers nine chapters, which includes：

1. Introduction to corporate finance

2. Company valuation issues

3. The trade-off relationship between risks and returns

4. Company investment

5. Capital Markets

6. Financing and distribution decisions

7. Corporate agency issues

8. Mergers and acquisitions

9. New finance empowerment. 

Through this course, students will be able to decipher profound questions about the operation and development of companies. They will also know how to use different tools and methods to finance, invest and manage risks for companies. It will be helpful for students to study in scientific research, work in the industry, and prepare for CFA, CPA and other relevant exams.

The audience of the course is: students who intend to study abroad or want to try an international teaching environment, and international students in China.

山东大学以“为天下储人才，为国家图富强”为办学宗旨，以“立德树人”为根本任务。在此基础上，本课程结合我校办学定位，依托金融学专业31年的专业培养优势，充分发挥本教学团队：海归博士、国内博士和经验丰富的教授、副教授在教学与科研方面的特色优势，基于优秀的本科生源，以服务经济社会发展为导向，专业定位培养高水平复合型人才。本课程旨在培养学生达到以下知识和能力水平：

1.理解和掌握公司金融领域重要的基本概念、核心问题和理论系统。

2.掌握公司金融在经济研究领域和实务操作要领；具备量化分析、科研及应用能力。

3. 熟悉国内外金融管理方面的法规政策，深刻领会社会主义核心价值观指导公司金融的思维方式，树立金融从业道德与规范。

本课程面向具有金融、经济、会计和管理类专业的本科生而开设，也适用于任何对金融有兴趣的人士学习。

理查德布雷利、斯图尔特迈尔斯、弗兰克里艾伦《公司财务原理》，机械工业出版社和McGraw-Hill Education，2014年7月出版

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