COURSE #:  441

SECTION:  71

COURSE NAME:  Finance II

INSTRUCTOR: Alvaro Bustos

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) :  Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:  Review Syllabus. Read lectures 1 and 2 from course packet.  Read chapters 9 and 13 from Principles of Corporate Finance.  Read the set of Wall Street Journal articles, entitled “Are Markets Efficient” (included in course Packet).  Bring name plate.

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:  Required

AUTHOR:  Brealey, Myers and Allen

PUBLISHER:  McGraw-Hill

TITLE:  Principles of Corporate Finance

ED./DATE:  8th Edition

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COURSE #:  FINC 445

SECTION:  71

COURSE NAME:  Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Investing

INSTRUCTOR:  Collins

CASE PACKET:  Yes 

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read case “Note on the Private Equity Industry”

 

COURSE #:  FINC 446

SECTION:  71

COURSE NAME:  Entrepreneurial Finance

INSTRUCTOR:  Collins

CASE PACKET:  Yes 

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read Chapters 1 & 2 of the textbook.

1.  TEXT  --    REQUIRED

AUTHOR: Steven Rogers

PUBLISHER:  McGraw Hill

TITLE: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Finance and Business: Wealth Creation Techniques for Growing a Business

ED./DATE: 1st ed., 2002                ISBN: 0-07-138081-7

         

 

COURSE #:  442

SECTION:  71

COURSE NAME:  Financial Decisions

INSTRUCTOR:  Professor Timothy Thompson

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) :  Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:  There is no case due on the first day of class.  After going over the class structure, I will do a lecture (as time permits).  Class participation will count.  Visit Financial Decisions web page:

http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/thompsnt/htm/d42/index.htm

Read especially the sections concerning the texts. 

No other first assignment is due.

Attendance at the first meeting is very important (Being absent is not recommended, but will not result in being dropped from the class list).  We will be setting up groups, going over how the class will work, and the first case write-up is due at the second class session.

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:  Recommended

AUTHOR:  Koller, Goedhart and Wessels

PUBLISHER:  Wiley and Sons

TITLE:  Valuation:  Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies

ED./DATE:  4th Edition, Paperback

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