Credits: 2
This corporate-finance course focuses on corporate policy and the tactics that increase the value of the corporation. The course starts by stressing how managers interface with the capital markets to learn the return required by the firm's different investors. This required return, or cost of capital, is used later as the key variable to assess whether capital-investment proposals can create value for stakeholders. Prerequisites: Restricted to Darden students.
Credits: 3
This corporate-finance course focuses on corporate policy and the tactics that increase the value of the corporation. The course starts by stressing how managers interface with the capital markets to learn the return required by the firm's different investors. This required return, or cost of capital, is used later as the key variable to assess whether capital-investment proposals can create value for stakeholders. Prerequisites: Restricted to Darden students.
Credits: 2
This course explores the financial decisions of firms facing exchange related risks in global capital and product markets. This course examines capital allocation and raising activities in international settings with particular attention to transaction and economic exposure, financial and operating hedging activities, capital budgeting analytics, and global capital sourcing.
Credits: 2
This course explores the financial decisions of firms facing exchange risks in a global capital market. Building on students' existing understanding of exchange rate determinants, the course examines transaction and economic exposure, hedging activities, capital budgeting, global capital sourcing, and financial strategy. Prerequisites: Restricted to Darden students.
Credits: 2
Deeper understanding of Cuba's history, business context and economy, political and social context, and culture, with the ability to compare this to their own home and other global contexts that they have experienced. Insights into economic and social transition in the case of Cuba and how to think about what this kind of transition looks like in isolated or emerging economies.
Credits: 2
This Darden Worldwide Course aims to develop a deeper understanding of a particular global business environment, what it takes to successfully enter and understand new business contexts, and how to develop a mindset as a leader across different cultures and institutions. The course accomplishes this by immersing students on-site in a new context to study these issues through engagement with local executives, global and local companies and organizations, meeting with government and community leaders, exploring activities of cultural and historical significance, and meeting with peers.
Credits: 2–3
A Darden Independent Study elective includes either case development or a research project to be conducted by an individual student under the direction of a faculty member. Students should secure the agreement of a resident faculty member to supervise their independent study and assign the final grade that is to be based to a significant degree on written evidence of the individual student's accomplishment.