E-mail: sbesley@coba.usf.edu 

Web site: http://coba.usf.edu/besley

Course Description

This is an introductory course in managerial finance in which you should attain a clear, basic understanding of the essentials of financial decision making. When you finish the course, you should understand (1) the general framework for financial decision making, (2) the role of financial decision making in maximizing the value of a firm, (3) in general, how to determine whether an investment should be made and how to finance acceptable investments, (4) what is meant by the risk/return tradeoff and how risk and return affect investment decisions, and (5) how external factors, such as financial markets, affect financial decisions made by the firm.