International Business Finance (CPE)
International Business Finance (CPE)
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Masterstudiengang Wirtschaftsinformatik (MSc WI 19)
(01.09.2019)
Masterstudiengang Entrepreneurship und Management (MSc EM 20)
(01.09.2020)
Masterstudiengang Finance (MSc FI 20)
(01.09.2020)
Project Description
- Global Financial Environment
- International Parity Conditions
- Foreign Exchange Rate Determination and Forecasting
- The Foreign Exchange Market and the Use of Foreign Currency Derivatives
- Foreign Exchange Exposure
- Financing the Global Firm
- Foreign Investment Decisions
- International Trade Finance
- Working Capital Management
Teaching Method
Lecture
Learning Results
After attendance of this course, students …
- have at ones disposal comprehensive and integrated knowledge of the majority of core areas in international business finance
- independently solve problems in international business finance by means of acquired concepts
- applying procedures and techniques that are specialised and state-of-the-art
- identify, conceptualise and define new and abstract issues and problems in international business finance
- communicate acquired information comprehensibly to specialists and laities
Financial Markets
Financial Markets
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Masterstudiengang Finance (MSc FI 20)
(01.09.2020)
Project Description
- Introduction to financial marketsInterest rates and bond pricesThe structure of interest ratesMarket efficiencyMonetary policyMoney marketsBond marketsMortgage marketsDerivative markets
Teaching Method
Interactive lecture
Learning Results
- After completing this course, students...know how interest rates and bond prices are related and influence each otherknow different structures and theories of interest ratesare able to explain what market efficiency is and know evidence for different stagescan explain how monetary policy is used to influence financial marketsknow the dynamics of money, bond, derivatives and mortgage markets
Literature
Brealey, R., Myers, S., and Allen, F. (2017). Principles of corporate finance (12th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill
Assessment Methods
see lecture(s) within the module
Financial Economics
Financial Economics
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Masterstudiengang Finance (MSc FI 20)
(01.09.2020)
Teaching Method
Interactive lecture
Learning Results
- After completing this course, students...understand basic principles in financial economics (e.g., absence of arbitrage) and can apply them in discrete-time markets,link absence of arbitrage, state prices, and risk-neutral probabilities in complete and in incomplete markets,understand the implications of portfolio restrictions in financial markets, understand the classical models of risk and risk aversion and apply them to financial decision-making,are familiar with consumption-portfolio models and their optimization in discrete time.
Literature
> LeRoy, S. F., & Werner, J. (2014). Principles of financial economics (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Assessment Methods
See lecture(s) within the module
Ethics
Ethics
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Masterstudiengang Finance (MSc FI 20)
(01.09.2020)
Project Description
- Theory, Principles, and World-Views on Ethics
- The Ethical Leader: Self-Mastery and Ethics, Mind-Sets
- Corporate Ethics: Shared Values, Professionalism (as part of Standards of Professional Conduct)
Learning Results
Students …
- understanding the origins, discipline and business case of ethics
- Discussing defined moments such as ethical dilemma in the corporate context
- Familiarizing with the standards of professionalism in particular
English II
English II
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelorstudiengang Betriebswirtschaftslehre (BSc BWL 21)
(01.09.2021)
Project Description
- Academic writing in English
- Business English
Teaching Method
- Exercise with max. 30 participants
- Group and individual work
- Discussions
- Presentations and mini-lectures
Requirements (formal)
Für die Anmeldung zu English II muss das Modul English I erfolgreich absolviert sein.
Crossmedia
Crossmedia
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Zertifikatsstudiengang in Journalismus und Public Relations (JourPR 12)
(01.07.2012)
Project Description
Grundlagen von Crossmedia, Crossmedia Projekte analysieren und planen, Mobile Journalism, Texte für Online, Verknüpfung Print-Online
Learning Results
- geben die Relevanzkriterien wieder
- erkennen relevante Themen für Redaktionssitzungen div. Medien und anschliessend Treatments
- verfassen Berichte ohne die eigene Meinung einfliessen zu lassen und ohne zu werten
- analysieren di. Texte aus Spiegel, Blick usw. auf objektive/wertende Berichterstattung
- wählen objektive und relevante Kriterien für neutrale Berichte aus
Journalismus & PR
Journalismus & PR
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Zertifikatsstudiengang in Journalismus und Public Relations (JourPR 12)
(01.07.2012)
Project Description
Differenzen zwischen Journalismus und PR; Unternehmenskommunikation, Basis der PR: Von der Presseaussendung bis zur Medienkonferenz, Storytelling in der Medienarbeit, Planung einer NGO-Kampagne
Learning Results
- erkennen Grenzen zwischen Marketing und PR
- erkennen Gemeinsamkeiten in Journalismus und PR (Relevanzkriterien, Wahrheitspflicht usw.)
- erkennen Trennendes in Journalismus und PR (objektiv/Interessen)
- erläutern nach Betriebsbesuch, wie internationale Konzernkommunikation funktioniert
- Führen in Gruppenarbeit eine PR-Kampagne von der Medienmitteilung bis zur Durchführung einer Medienkonferenz und Onlinebegleitung aus
- identifizieren Regierungs-PR in internationaler Berichterstattung (USA, Syrien, Ukraine, Russland,...)
- entwickeln Thesen für ein NGO-Konzept
- beurteilen konkrete vergangene Krisen auf gelungene7misslungene Konzernkommunikation
Information und Recherche
Information und Recherche
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Zertifikatsstudiengang in Journalismus und Public Relations (JourPR 12)
(01.07.2012)
Project Description
Recherche; Interview und Umfrage; Journalistisches Fragen; Glaubwürdigkeit von Quellen; Agenturen
Learning Results
- zählen mögliche Recherchequellen auf
- interpretieren Interviews und analysieren die Motive der GesprächspartnerInnen
- schreiben Treatments und Berichte; kürzen Interviews ohne den Inhalt zu verfälschen
- analysieren Themen nach Relevanzkriterien
- entwickeln eine These für Kommentar/Meinung
- bewerten die Glaubwürdigkeit von Quellen im Internet, Statistiken, Interviews,...
Empirical Methods
Empirical Methods
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Masterstudiengang Finance (MSc FI 20)
(01.09.2020)
Teaching Method
Interactive lecture with exercises
Learning Objectives
- Testing Market Efficiency and Random Walks
- Estimating and Testing Asset Pricing Models
- Forecasting Stock Returns
Learning Results
- Students can decide when to use a quantitative research approach.
- Students understand the drivers and behavior of financial asset prices.
- Students can test market efficiency in various ways and interpret their results.
- Students understand how asset pricing models can be tested, conduct such tests and interpret their output.
- Students can link their understanding of asset prices with concepts from Financial Economics.
- Students understand how and to which amount aggregate as well as individual stock returns can be forecasted.
Literature
Bali, T. G., Engle, R. F., & Murray, S. (2016). Empirical Asset Pricing: The Cross Section of Stock Returns. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley.
Campbell, J. Y., Lo, A. W., & MacKinlay, A. C. (2012). The Econometrics of Financial Markets. Princeton University Press.
Campbell, J. Y., Lo, A. W., & MacKinlay, A. C. (2012). The Econometrics of Financial Markets. Princeton University Press.
Assessment Methods
See lecture(s) within the module
Effective Communication
Effective Communication
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Masterstudiengang Finance (MSc FI 20)
(01.09.2020)
Project Description
- General improvement of the English language skillsReading techniquesFormulation of research questionsBuilding up an argumentWriting convincing textsNegotiation skillsEffective communication in presentationsRelationship Building and Networking
Teaching Method
Interactive seminar
Learning Results
After completing this module, students...
> have expanded their English vocabulary
> are secure speakers and writers
> have the ability to read a text systematically and quickly to understand the main deliveries
> Know what makes a good research question and how to formulate it from scratch
> Understand what makes an argument convincing and how it can be used in oral and written communication
> are able to write a concise and convincing text, they understand the necessity of re-writing
> understand the principles of negotiating
> know what makes a good presentation and have collected first experience in presenting
> are able to use techniques for good networking in large groups and know how to build up a relationship
> have expanded their English vocabulary
> are secure speakers and writers
> have the ability to read a text systematically and quickly to understand the main deliveries
> Know what makes a good research question and how to formulate it from scratch
> Understand what makes an argument convincing and how it can be used in oral and written communication
> are able to write a concise and convincing text, they understand the necessity of re-writing
> understand the principles of negotiating
> know what makes a good presentation and have collected first experience in presenting
> are able to use techniques for good networking in large groups and know how to build up a relationship
Assessment Methods
See lecture(s) within the module