Module information on this degree can be found below, separated by year of study.

The module information below applies for the current academic year. The academic year runs from August to July; the 'current year' switches over at the end of July.

Students select optional courses subject to rules specified in the Mechanical Engineering Student Handbook,  for example at most three Design and Business courses. Please note that numbers are limited on some optional courses and selection criteria will apply.

Corporate Finance Online

Module aims

 Module Outline:

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Reading list

Session 01

  • What Purpose Do Corporations Purport? Evidence from Letters to Shareholders working paper. To be published in ECGI Working Paper Series in Finance No. 904/23.

    Rajan, R., Ramella, P. and Zingales, L.

    European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 904/2023

  • Berk, Jonathan B.,

    Fifth edition.; Global edition., Pearson

  • The Federal Reserve Board

    The Federal Reserve

  • Berk, Jonathan B.,

    Fifth edition.; Global edition., Pearson

  • BNP freezes $2.2 bln of funds over subprime.

    Kar-Gupta, S. and Guernigou, Y L.

    Reuters

  • BNP Paribas suspends funds because of subprime problems

    New York Times

    New York Times

  • Coggan, Philip, author.

    Seventh edition., Penguin Books

  • Eichengreen, Barry J.

    Oxford University Press

  • Luigi Zingales and Bethany McLean

    Capitalisnt.com

Session 02

  • Berk, J. B. and DeMarzo, P.

    Fifth edition.; Global edition., Pearson

  • Berk, Jonathan B.,

    Fifth edition.; Global edition., Pearson

  • Berk, J. B. and DeMarzo, P.

    Fifth edition.; Global edition., Pearson

  • Berk, J. B. and DeMarzo, P.

    Fifth edition.; Global edition., Pearson

  • What are money markets? They provide a means for lenders and borrowers to satisfy their short-term financial needs

    Dodd, Randall

    Finance & development International Monetary Fund

  • Funds sniff openings in US money market industry upheaval

    Wigglesworth, R. & Rennison, J.

    Financial Times

  • In charts: Green and sustainability bonds

    Begum, F

    Financial Times

  • Corporate green bonds

    Flammer, Caroline

    Journal of financial economics Elsevier B.V

  • HowToGuideVideos

  • Mishkin, Frederic; Eakins, Stanley

    Tenth edition,

  • Berk, J. B. and DeMarzo, P.

    Fifth edition.; Global edition., Pearson

Session 03

  • Mishkin, Frederic; Eakins, Stanley

    Tenth edition,

  • Berk, Jonathan B., 1962-, author.

    Fifth, global edition., Pearson

  • Hillier, David, author.

    Third edition / David Hillier, Mark Grinblatt and Sheridan Titman., McGraw-Hill

  • Hillier, David, author.

    Third edition / David Hillier, Mark Grinblatt and Sheridan Titman., McGraw-Hill

  • Authers, J.

    Financial Times

  • Swelling US stock valuations leave some investors uneasy. Financial Times.

    Carnevali, D. & Platt, E. (2020).

  • Siegel, L. B.

    Advisor Perspectives

  • Damodaran, A.

  • What is Private Equity?

    BVCA

  • What is Venture Capital?

    BVCA

Session 04

  • Berk, Jonathan B., 1962-, author.

    Fifth, global edition., Pearson

  • Matthew Rocco

    Financial Times

  • Gary Smith

  • Damodaran, Aswath

  • Won-Yong Oh, Seoyeon Park

    Harvard Business Publishing

  • Cornell, Bradford and Damodaran, Aswath

Session 05

  • Average Stock Market Return

    Sullivan, B

    Forbes.com

  • Stocks outperform bonds by less than you think

    Nangle, T.

    ft.com

Session 06

  • Berk, Jonathan B., DeMarzo, P.

    Fifth edition.; Global edition., Pearson

  • PORTFOLIO SELECTION

    Markowitz, Harry

    The Journal of finance (New York) Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Session 07

  • Berk, Jonathan B.,

    Fifth edition.; Global edition., Pearson

  • Berk, Jonathan B.,

    Fifth edition.; Global edition., Pearson

  • Hillier, David, author.

    Third edition / David Hillier, Mark Grinblatt and Sheridan Titman., McGraw-Hill

  • Agency Costs of Free Cash Flow, Corporate Finance, and Takeovers

    Jensen, Michael C.

    The American economic review The American Economic Association

  • Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

    Jensen, Michael C. ; Meckling, William H.

    Journal of financial economics Elsevier B.V

  • On the pricing of contingent claims and the Modigliani-Miller theorem

    Merton, Robert C.

    Journal of financial economics Elsevier B.V

  • The Cost of Capital, Corporation Finance and the Theory of Investment

    Modigliani, Franco ; Miller, Merton H.

    The American economic review The American Economic Association

  • Corporate financing and investment decisions when firms have information that investors do not have

    Myers, Stewart C. ; Majluf, Nicholas S.

    Journal of financial economics Elsevier B.V

Session 08

  • Berk, Jonathan B., and DeMarzo, P.

    5th edition.; Global edition., Pearson

  • Zingales, L,. and Mclean, B.

  • George Chacko, Peter Tufano, Joshua Musher

Session 09

  • Berk, Jonathan B., and DeMarzo, P.

    5th edition.; Global edition., Pearson

  • Clarke, R. G., de Silva, H. & Thorley, S.

    The CFA

  • Hull, John,

    Eleventh edition.; Global edition., Pearson; Pearson

  • Berk, Jonathan B., and DeMarzo, P.

    5th edition.; Global edition., Pearson

  • U.S. airlines confront cheap oil's flip side: costly hedges

    Ngai, C. & Dastin, J.

  • Fuel hedging and airlines: Gambles that haven't paid off

    The Economist

    The Economist

Session 10

  • Berk, Jonathan B.,and DeMarzo, P.

    5th edition.; Global edition., Pearson

  • Berk, Jonathan B.,and DeMarzo, P.

    5th edition.; Global edition., Pearson

  • Berk, Jonathan B.,and DeMarzo, P.

    5th edition.; Global edition., Pearson

  • Berk, Jonathan B.,and DeMarzo, P.

    5th edition.; Global edition., Pearson

Module leaders

Professor Claudia Custodio