Actualités et agenda
Nos formations
Établissement
Langue d'enseignement
English
Matières
FINANCE
Ce cours apparaît dans les formation(s) suivante(s)
Diplôme IÉSEG (Bac +5) Programme Grande École
- Crédits ECTS: 2.00
Responsable(s)
F.CASALIN
Intervenant(s)
Hayette Gatfaoui (Paris), Fabrizio Casalin (Lille), Hicham Daher (Lille), Jérémie Lefebvre (Lille)
Présentation
Prérequis
Bachelor level knowledge related to finance (corporate finance and financial markets), as well as mathematics and econometrics.
Objectifs
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
-Master the appropriate techniques and display expertise in finance (AACSB Learning Objective)
-Design a research project in finance that follows the hypothetico-deductive method
-Write a relevant problem statement for a master thesis
-Search for information from the academic literature on a given topic, and write a literature review
-Determine an appropriate conceptual framework related to the thesis topic, and formulate hypotheses that are potential solutions to the problem statement
-Empirically test financial theories using econometric methods and specialized computer software, especially:
-The Capital Asset Pricing Model and related factor models applied to stock returns
-The trade-off theory of capital structure applied to French companies
-Master the appropriate techniques and display expertise in finance (AACSB Learning Objective)
-Design a research project in finance that follows the hypothetico-deductive method
-Write a relevant problem statement for a master thesis
-Search for information from the academic literature on a given topic, and write a literature review
-Determine an appropriate conceptual framework related to the thesis topic, and formulate hypotheses that are potential solutions to the problem statement
-Empirically test financial theories using econometric methods and specialized computer software, especially:
-The Capital Asset Pricing Model and related factor models applied to stock returns
-The trade-off theory of capital structure applied to French companies
Présentation
The purpose of this course is learn objectivity and rigor in writing professional reports in the fiels of finance. In practice, this course helps to prepare for the master thesis in finance.
1) What is the hypothetico-deductive research method in the field of finance?
2) What is academic literature, how to search for literature, and how to write a literature review?
3) Overview of theories in the field of corporate finance and market finance, and test the validity of these theories with real world data
4) How to define hypotheses that lead of an empirical evaluation of a research problem?
1) What is the hypothetico-deductive research method in the field of finance?
2) What is academic literature, how to search for literature, and how to write a literature review?
3) Overview of theories in the field of corporate finance and market finance, and test the validity of these theories with real world data
4) How to define hypotheses that lead of an empirical evaluation of a research problem?
Modalités
Organisation
| Type | Amount of time | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Présentiel | |||
| Cours interactif | 10,40 | ||
| Travaux dirigés | 5,20 | ||
| Coaching | 1,00 | ||
| Autoformation | |||
| Recherche | 10,00 | ||
| Lecture du manuel de référence | 5,00 | ||
| E-Learning | 1,00 | ||
| Travail personnel | |||
| Group Project | 12,00 | ||
| Charge de travail personnel indicative | 5,00 | ||
| Overall student workload | 49,00 | ||
Évaluation
The main evaluation for this course is based on a group research project called the "mini-thesis". The written document and the oral presentation at the end of the semester will count for 40% of the final grade. During the course of the semester, some assignments will be asked: searching and reading academic articles and showing the progress of the work on the mini-thesis. Additional evaluations will be made in the setting of 2 computer tutorials.
| Control type | Duration | Amount | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autres | |||
| Etude de cas | 1,00 | 2 | 40,00 |
| Projet Collectif | 1,00 | 2 | 20,00 |
| Rapport écrit | 1,00 | 1 | 30,00 |
| Examen (final) | |||
| Examen oral | 0,50 | 1 | 10,00 |
| TOTAL | 100,00 | ||