Overall objectives:

1 - It is intended that students acquire and develop basic technical skills to project evaluation as well as the investment decision-making. It will be presented the main criteria for project evaluation, risk assessment tools and types of financing.

Syllabus:

1 - Introduction
1.1 - Fundamental Concepts
1.2 - Strategy and Business Plans
2 - TYPES OF INVESTMENT, EVALUATION CRITERIA AND INVESTMENT SELECTION
2.1 - Types of Investment and Phases of a Project
2.2 - Capital Invested
2.3 - Investment Financial Flows
2.4 - Evaluation Criteria and Investment Selection
2.5 - Mutually Exclusive Investment Evaluation
2.6 - Social Analysis of Investment Projects
3 - RISK AND PROJECT FINANCING
3.1 - Decisions under Uncertainty Context
3.2 - Project Finance

Literature/Sources:

José Esperança e Fernanda Matias , 2010 , Finanças Empresariais , Texto Editora
Isabel Moreira e outros , 2008 , Decisões de Investimento: Análise Financeira de Projectos , Edições Sílabo
António Mota e outros , 2010 , Finanças Empresariais: Teoria e Prática , Edições Sílabo
Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield, Jeffrey Jaffe , 2016 , Corporate Finance_1 , Pearson, 4th Edition.
Richard A. Brealey, Stewart C. Myers, Franklin Allen , 2014 , Principles of corporate finance , McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
Slides exhibition and active methodology (exercises in practical classes). The student must do two written tests, weighing 50% each. Time of resource/improvement: If the student is not approved in the normal time or intends to improve his/her evaluation, he/she should take an overall examination with the weight of 100%