722A45 · 7.5 credits · Advanced level (A1N) · Företagsekonomi
Business Finance
Active · next start VT 2027
100%
passed the latest regular sitting
GASS · 20 Feb 2026 · 17 students
90%
passed the regular sittings, all sittings over the last 5 years
GASS · 120 students
19%
Harder than 19% of courses at advanced level
Compared with 285 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 53 students.
Part of 1 programme
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GASS Group Assignment
- P
- F
Main rounds
90% passed · 120 students
- 100%17
- 94%36
- 68%31
- 100%36
Later rounds
100% passed · 28 students
- 100%6
- 100%10
- 100%12
- Pass a later round: 100% (28 students), compared with 90% (120 students) on the ordinary exam
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IASS Individual Assignment
- P
- F
Main rounds
92% passed · 120 students
- 100%19
- 86%36
- 84%31
- 100%34
Later rounds
83% passed · 18 students
- 100%5
- 77%13
- Pass a later round: 83% (18 students), compared with 92% (120 students) on the ordinary exam
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About the course
Aim
After completion of the course, the student should on an advanced level be able to:
- Identify, explain and analyze the key financial indicators of a firm’s performance and development
- Identify and specify business problems, challenges and opportunities using financial information and conducting a systematic analysis of a company
- Select adequate financial approaches to business problems and create action plans
- Apply both strategic and operational perspectives on financial planning and investment
- Recognize and analyze the complexity of managerial decision-making by taking into consideration both financial and other strategic business factors
Content
This course builds upon the idea that contemporary managerial decision-making requires knowledge of finance both as an academic discipline and as a practical toolkit. Thus, the course integrates theory and cases in order to create business situations where critical business issues require effective solutions. The following moments are included in the course:
- Financial statements, cash flows, and evaluating a firm’s performance for both strategic and operational purposes. The key financial ratios and other indicators are analysed and relevant problems and challenges are highlighted.
- The principles of financial forecasting, planning and budgeting.
- A firm’s capital structure and analyzing the different kinds of debt, shareholder value and dividend decisions and processes of working capital management.
- Investment alternatives and analyzing investment decisions at different stages of organizational growth. Estimating value of a project taking into consideration issues of risk, inflation, and interest rates.
- Financial decision-making in a wider perspective where finance is seen as part of business strategy stemming from both financial and other considerations. The challenges of strategic management in international environments are highlighted.
- Analysis of actual financial reports is done reflecting on transparency and financial practices of employees and investors.
Both theoretical and practical relevance of these topics is shown in the course.
- Examiner
- Katarina Eriksson
- Main field of study
- Företagsekonomi