Business Economics

The course addresses and deepens the fundamental themes of corporate and project finance through the study of the main theoretical models and the discussion of cases.
The aim of the course is to provide students with the tools to understand the main theoretical models and to develop problem solving skills by examining their main business applications that refer to domestic contexts, as well as international projects.
The course addresses the following main topics: objectives, functions and tools for corporate finance, evaluating investment projects, evaluating bonds and equities, risk analysis and pricing of financial assets, determining the cost of capital and the optimal financial structure.

The aim of the course is to allow students to set up and resolve financial assessment cases with appropriate methodologies, data recollection capabilities, formulation - if needed - of hypotheses and discussion of results.