The goal of this course is to facilitate students' understanding of China's remarkable economic development since the initiation of its open-door policy in 1978. It aims to explore the multifaceted effects of over three decades of rapid growth, encompassing economic, social, cultural, and political dimensions, from an interdisciplinary standpoint. The module will introduce students to essential topics ...

The primary objective of the course is to develop a comprehensive understanding of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in both academic and practical (CFO) perspectives. This course will cover all major elements of the acquisition process focusing on financing decisions, valuation, restructuring options, cross-border acquisitions, and regulatory intervention. It will cover seminal theoretical and empirical ...

The purpose of this course is to study the concepts and tools required to price and manage risk of fixed income securities and portfolios. We discuss basic fixed income securities and fixed income derivatives with a focus on popular interest rate models used to value them. The emphasis is on practical applications of the analytical concepts to real data and securities.

The objective of this course is to blend classical theory, empirical research, examples and practical cases to allow students to truly understand international fund movement and also to help the student better understand the exchange rate fluctuation in the macro context. From the study of this course, the students should be equipped with the basic tools (balance of payments and exchange rate theory)...

The goal of this course is to provide an introduction into the workings of financial markets. The course will discuss the basic role of financial markets, the types of financial assets and how they are traded. It will introduce a number of technical tools for valuing risk, pricing financial assets and creating portfolios. The course will also employ these insights to discuss issues of broader relevance ...

This course offers the financial theory and quantitative tools needed to determine stock and bond prices, and how financial assets are used for investment decisions. Topics include modeling the relation between risk and return, optimal mean–variance portfolio selection, asset pricing models, money management, and more. The focus is mainly on common stocks, but fixed income securities (bonds) and derivative ...

This course aims to improve critical thinking and creative problem solving skills for the analysis of graduate thesis and work place problems. It provides the tools, skills, and background to perform research across a variety of industries and job functions. Students will be exposed to and expected to have the ability to perform a variety of types of research and utilize different methodologies in ...

Ethical issues in business represent one part of the moral territory we must navigate in all of our daily activities. This course will focus not only on the particular demands of business but also analyze these in relation to how we weigh the competing interests and values confronting us in the larger world in which our work lives are embedded. From this course, students can learn about the potential ...

This course covers the fundamental theories of the consumer, the firm, and the markets. Students will learn how changes in supply and demand in the product and resource markets affect prices and quantities available. They will be presented with the principles of marginal analysis, consumer behavior, and the theory of the firm. Other topics include the determination of profit maximizing output and pricing ...

This course emphasizes econometric methods and models illustrated by examples and scenarios using real-world data. At the end of the course, students should have a deeper theoretical understanding of econometrics, as well as statistical properties of econometric models and methods. Empirically, students should be able to construct appropriate models from real-world data and provide sound interpretations ...

This course conveys basic accounting principles and the most important corporate finance concepts and applications. It begins with a brief introduction to the financial environment in which firms raise capital, a review of time value of money concepts, and basic stock and bond valuation models. It then focuses on decisions related to capital budgeting, measurement of risk and return, the cost of capital,...

This condensed course covers basic mathematics concepts required for other advanced courses in Business School. The possible topics to be covered include calculus, optimization, linear and Matrix algebra, statistics, and probability theory. The mathematical contents are both motivated and illustrated with economic applications. The course is intended to be a refresher of math knowledge that students ...