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About Admission
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– Basic usage of Bloomberg to monitor instruments and portfolios
– Understanding the nature of different kinds of securities, how they work and what opportunities and risks they may entail
– Be able to advise customers in a way appropriate to the investment and investor involved keeping in mind aspects of business policy and compliance
– Know the different key figures, documents and ratios of shares / bonds / funds and how they are interpreted during the valuation process
– Know where and how instruments are traded / choosing the right place and “best execution”
– Understand how the sale of various security products affects bank business.
– Being aware of the strong linkage between economic figures and the selection process of shares / bonds
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Have an in-depth understanding of Markowitz Portfolio Theory, CAPM, Efficient Markets;
– Have an in-depth understanding of the limitations and empirical testability of these theories;
– Realize potential anomalies arising in financial markets;
– Apply common forecasting models.
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The course addresses the following topics and questions:
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By the end of this lecture, the theoretical basis is freshed up for planning, controlling and closing the consulting projects, and learning via applied project management enabled.
Also, advanced topics such as “the design of PM processes, project risk & project crisis management, the project-oriented organisation” have been studied.
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• understand the time value of money concept.
• perform financial calculations.
• apply methods used to evaluate investments.
• determine an organization’s cost of equity and its cost of debt.
• determine the weighted average cost of capital for an organization, whether it is in the public or private sector, and know how to use it in an investment appraisal.
• analyze and value capital market instruments (e.g. shares and bonds)
• explain and apply the three main methods of company valuation – asset (book) value, market multiples and discounted cash flow.
• appreciate the merits and disadvantages of each technique.
• decide on the most appropriate method or methods of valuation according to the circumstances – regulation, new issues, privatization, merger and acquisition or restructuring.
• classify M&A transactions.
• plan and manage the liquidity of a firm.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
Upon completion of this course, the students will understand:
• why fallacies make arguments deceptive
• different types of fallacies
• the differences between deductive and inductive reasoning
• the forms and standards of inductive and deductive thinking
• that debate provides preparation for effective participation in a democratic society
• that debate offers preparation for leadership
• that debate offers training in argumentation
• that debate provides for investigation and analysis of significant contemporary problems
• that debate develops proficiency in critical thinking
• that debate is an integrator of knowledge
• that debate develops proficiency in purposeful inquiry
• that debate develops the ability to make prompt, analytical responses
• that debate develops critical listening
• that debate develops proficiency in writing
• that debate encourages mature judgment
• that debate develops courage
• that debate encourages effective speech composition and delivery
• that debate develops social maturity
will have had practice in developing these skills:
• evaluating and critiquing arguments using standards of argument construction, identification of fallacies, tests of reasoning and source credibility
• producing arguments that adhere to the standards of argument construction and avoidance of fallacies
• researching and preparing an argumentative assignment
• researching, selecting and developing appropriate background and supporting materials to support arguments with the consideration for the audience
• expressing ideas skillfully with respect and sensitivity for their audience
• delivering speeches from a limited set of notes and within a specified time frame
• engaging in civil dialogue to define and explain socially significant topics
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Python
Pandas Operations
Structured Query Language (SQL)
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• understand the theoretical foundations of research
• distinguish different research designs, research approaches, research methods and research instruments
• identify a research topic, frame and structure the research problem, determine the research design, select adequate means of measurement and plan for data collection
• design research practicalities from problem formulation to choosing a suitable methodology and drawing conclusions
• relate and apply the theoretical foundations learned in class to their own research project
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Part I – Introduction
• Explain the rationale for doing valuation
• Address issues of bias, complexity, and uncertainty
Part II – Intrinsic Valuation
• Establish the foundations of intrinsic valuation
• Differentiate between valuing a business and valuing the equity in a business
• Calculate the risk-free rate
• Utilize approaches for estimating equity risk premiums
• Apply approaches for estimating beta values
• Define debt and derive the cost of debt
• Estimate and adjust cash flows
• Determine growth and derive a terminal value
• Understand the purpose and specifications of an LBO model compared to DCF
PART III – Practical Valuation Example
• Calculate a valuation by applying the cost of capital approach and adjusted present value approach
Part IV – Relative Valuation
• Value using multiples
• Identify determinants of ratios
• Choose a peer group and suitable multiples
• Differentiate trading versus transaction multiples
Part V – Asset Based Valuation (optional)
• Calculate liquidation value
• Compare book value versus business value
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• Understand the major elements of competitiveness
• Understand and analyze the role of clusters for wealth creation
• Understand and analyze determinants of productivity at firm, region and national level
• Conduct a study and evaluate the microeconomics of strategy and economic development of a certain region / cluster.
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• Describe and apply lean product development approaches (“Job to be done”, ICE, …).
• Design and adapt product ideas to meet customer expectations (experiments, A/B testing, …).
• Use tools (landing pages, ads, …) to test and evaluate ideas and concepts quickly and efficiently.
• Use techniques (interviews, cohorts, …) to develop personas and find a target audience.
• Recognize how to cross the chasm from niche marketing to mass adoption.
• Write extraordinary stories that resonate with customers.
• Use the sheer endless choice of channels to share those stories.
• Define, measure, run and validate social media advertisements, including paid ads, public relations and modern growth hacks.
• Interpret and assess the outcome of past marketing efforts
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Upon completion of the course, the students are expected to:
• Grasp the following concepts on both theoretical and experiential levels: observing, sensing, perceiving, thinking, labeling, describing, defining, interpreting, facts, inferences, and generalizations.
• Understand the potential for maintaining self-awareness within one’s own thinking-feeling-perceiving-inference-making process.
• Recognize the correlation between clear thinking and maintaining active awareness of the present.
• Understand how clear thinking is connected to word clarity.
• Acquire an understanding of concepts related to assumptions, opinions, viewpoints, and their complexities.
• Comprehend the distinction between mental experiences and problematic confusion with facts.
• Understand how viewpoint bias influences information framing and shaping.
• Grasp the concept of conscious and unconscious viewpoints.
• Understand the nature of arguments as supported claims and differentiate reasons from conclusions.
• Learn analytical techniques for assessing arguments and identifying fallacies.
• Recognize and evaluate seventeen informal fallacies through definitions and examples.
• Gain insight into the forms and standards of inductive and deductive thinking.
• Understand empirical reasoning, the scientific method, hypothesis, probability, and causal reasoning.
• Comprehend the differences between deductive and inductive reasoning and their interaction.
Additionally, students will practice and develop these skills:
• Suspend thinking to observe and gather data.
• Achieve word clarity.
• Describe evidence without introducing labels and interpretations.
• Distinguish facts from inferences.
• Provide evidence to support generalizations.
• Assess assumptions, opinions, and viewpoints for their strengths and limitations.
• Identify underlying and value assumptions in discourse.
• Differentiate opinions from facts.
• Recognize hidden opinions in evaluative language.
• Identify sources and their viewpoint characteristics.
• Analyze news frames.
• Assess source reliability.
• Recognize propaganda characteristics.
• Identify conclusions and reasons within arguments.
• Differentiate reports from arguments.
• Articulate the central issue in question.
• Analyze arguments and detect fallacies.
• Evaluate deductive arguments for validity and soundness.
• Identify hidden premises.
• Apply different standards to inductive and deductive reasoning.
• Conduct research and prepare argumentative assignments.
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Part I – Introduction (chapter 3)
Part II – Time, Money, and Interest Rates (chapters 4, 5 and 6)
Part III – Valuing Projects and Firms (chapters 7, 8 and 9)
Part IV – Risk and Return (chapters 10, 11 and 12)
Part V – Capital Structure (chapters 14, 15 and 17)
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Furthermore, students will further incorporate the following abilities:
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– Have broad and practical understanding of the asset management industry and its participants,
– Have broad and practical understanding of the foundations of investment selection and management,
– Create a global equity portfolio, which they will need to maintain, update and report upon regularly during their Masters programme at LBS, and then analyze and explain its performance in the fourth semester,
– Be able to research business data and fundamentals, and apply this to analyse the risk and return characteristics of an investment,
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Have broad and practical understanding of the asset management industry and theoretical foundations of investment selection and management;
– Create and analyze a small portfolio of investments;
– Be able to apply factual knowledge, analyze the risk and return characteristics of investment and derive a judgment for evaluating different asset classes;
– Establish a general understanding of the asset management industry and its participants;
– Raise awareness for the key topics shaping the industry in the current environment.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Analyze the professional opportunities in the field of Social Media;
-Decide which channels to choose;
-Set up and advertise company pages in social networks;
-Create content and campaigns and measure the impact on defined goals;
-Judge professional social media content from the viewpoint of the target “consumer”.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will
– Have learned to understand the basics and the background of integrated marketing communication in various environments.
– Have analyzed, developed and applied techniques of analyzing companies’ business and market environment in terms of IMC
– Understanding the process of turning a company’s IMC strategy into creative, effective, efficient actions and results
– Preparing a company’s internal organization to successfully perform integrated marketing communication
– Understanding the entire interplay of marketing, brand, PR, sales, (social) media, CRM strategies
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course students will be able to
– sharpen language into an effective tool
– understand the importance of network analysis and networked communication
– take into account the importance of negotiation preparation
– apply the principles of negotiation psychology
– understand the difference between strategy and tactics
– identify and utilize roles in negotiations
– distinguish between different personality types and apply negotiation tactics accordingly
– negotiate in different settings
– realize their own strengths and weaknesses in negotiations
Learning outcomes
The aim of Business German III, IV and V is to develop students’ understanding of the key concepts and principles necessary to achieve level B2 as outlined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) with a clear focus on Business German, so that by the end of the 5th semester, students will be able to:
-understand and talk about business topics such as organizations, advertising, brands, human resources, international markets, leadership, etc.
-understand and write business correspondence for a variety of situations
-understand and make business-related telephone calls in a variety of situations
-take part in business meetings and negotiations
-understand, prepare and give a presentation on a business-related topic
Learning outcomes
The aim of Business German III, IV and V is to develop students’ understanding of the key concepts and principles necessary to achieve level B2 as outlined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) with a clear focus on Business German, so that by the end of the 5th semester, students will be able to:
-understand and talk about business topics such as organizations, advertising, brands, human resources, international markets, leadership, etc.
-understand and write business correspondence for a variety of situations
-understand and make business-related telephone calls in a variety of situations
-take part in business meetings and negotiations
-understand, prepare and give a presentation on a business-related topic
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this course students will be able to
– Know, reproduce and understand the key concepts of ecological economics and green growth
– Apply the concepts to both general and business settings
– Reflect on how to reconcile ecological sustainability and business dynamics
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the you will be able to:
– Recognize, define, and discuss the terminology, concepts, principles, and theories taught in this cultural psychology
– Identify and apply appropriate terminology, concepts, principles, and theories from the course when analyzing factual situations with cultural psychology
– Develop reasonable solutions to cultural psychology problems using appropriate terminology, concepts, principles, and theories from the course.
– Discuss the relevance and application of the concepts, principles, and theories used in cultural psychology to contemporary events.
– Identify and discuss the interrelationships among the concepts, principles, and theories used in the different areas of cultural psychology.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
– describe the foundation and topics of HRM
– know, reproduce and apply key concepts and techniques of modern HRM
– explain and develop the different steps of a talent management process
– Analyze different HRM methods and their outcome
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Know and be able to apply several tools in order to analyze the operations of companies;
– Have a broad and strategic understanding of operations analytics and management;
– Be able to implement actions based on the analysis;
– Execute business process management and reengineering;
– Understand the role of automatization in business;
– Select and apply and understand the respective implications;
– Prepare descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analyses;
– Conducting segmentation, targeting and positioning (STP) based on data and their interpretation;
– Apply a data-driven marketing mix;
– Use specific analytical methods for retail and wholesale data;
– Make managerial decisions based on data and their respective interpretation;
– Forecasting consumer behavior with useful tools;
– Understand how strategic decisions interact with other functional areas.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Have a good understanding of the various tools/techniques associated with problem/opportunity identification,
– Have an understanding of the current state; the methods required to identify, validate and document this condition as such,
– Identify the future state and to come up with models that the desired outcomes are continuously verified, validated and documented,
– Perform a rudimentary gap analysis and any/all necessary exercises tied to a thorough feasibility study,
– Identify the initial scope and be able to perform continuous revisions based upon the information that is unveiled during one’s assignment,
– Be able to create a stakeholder list, perform a stakeholder analysis, initiate a stakeholder strategy and ensure that stakeholder management is performed in an efficient and effective manner,
– Ensure the elicitation process be performed in a meaningful way; including elicitation approach, planning, scheduling, execution, analysis and as input for the solution exploration phase,
– Be able to efficiently ascertain, demonstrate and document all meaningful solution options,
– Based on the listing of all possible solutions, perform the tools and techniques required to establish a short-list of the most viable solutions,
– Execute an effective decision assessment, evaluation, and selection process;
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to
– Discuss the role of project financing in a corporate environment
– Explain how tools and techniques utilized in project financing can add value to the firm
– Compare and contrast project financing arrangements
– Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of project financial arrangements
– Analyze the risks involved in project financing
– Evaluate the techniques used to manage the risks associated with project financing arrangements
– Describe practical problems of project financing using specific examples
Learning outcomes
At the end of the B1 Level students will be able to
– understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.
– deal with most situations likely to arise while traveling in an area where the language is spoken.
– produce simple connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest.
– describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
Reading Skills:
Students are able to understand factual texts on subjects related to their interests that consist mainly of high frequency everyday or job-related language. They can recognize significant points in straightforward newspaper articles on familiar subjects and can understand the description of events, feelings and wishes
Written Skills:
Students at this level can write simple texts on topics which are familiar or of personal interest by linking a series of shorter discrete elements into a linear sequence. They can write personal letters describing events, experiences and impressions.
Oral skills/Speaking and Understanding:
Listening: They are able to understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. They can understand the main point of many radio or TV programmes on current affairs or topics of personal or professional interest when the delivery is relatively slow and clear.
Spoken Production: They can keep going comprehensibly in order to describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and can briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. They are able to narrate a story or relate the plot of a book or film and describe reactions.
Language skills:
Used to + infinitive • Past Simple and Present Perfect • Neither / so do I • Modal verbs • Reported speech • First, second conditional • Adverbs of manner and modifiers • Relative clauses • Adjectives and their connotations • Present Perfect Continuous • Look + adjective, look like + noun • Be able to/ can/ manage to • Passives • Past Perfect Simple • Have and have got • Be allowed to and be supposed to • A / few and a / little • Although / in spite of / despite • Question tags
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Know and be able to apply several tools in order to analyze the operations of companies;
– Have a broad and strategic understanding of operations analytics and management;
– Be able to implement actions based on the analysis;
– Execute business process management and reengineering;
– Understand the role of automatization in business;
– Select and apply and understand the respective implications;
– Prepare descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analyses;
– Conducting segmentation, targeting and positioning (STP) based on data and their interpretation;
– Apply a data-driven marketing mix;
– Use specific analytical methods for retail and wholesale data;
– Make managerial decisions based on data and their respective interpretation;
– Forecasting consumer behavior with useful tools;
– Understand how strategic decisions interact with other functional areas.
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