The course was structured around eight core finance topics, each offering critical insights into how firms raise, manage, and distribute capital:
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Agency Theory: Understanding conflicts of interest between stakeholders and managers.
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Information Asymmetry: Exploring how unequal access to information impacts financial decisions.
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Capital Structure: Analyzing how firms decide between debt and equity financing.
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Payout Policy: Examining dividend and share repurchase strategies.
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External Financing: Understanding private equity, venture capital, and debt markets.
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Initial Public Offerings: Evaluating the IPO process, pricing, and performance.
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Corporate Governance: Investigating the systems that control and guide firm behavior.
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Mergers and Acquisitions: Studying valuation, synergy, and strategic motives behind M&A activity.
Although the course centered on corporate finance, I tailored my final research paper to align with my growing interest in supply chain strategy. I explored Supply Chain Finance (SCF) through the lens of Agency Theory, examining how financial tools can align incentives and reduce risk between buyers and suppliers. This approach allowed me to bridge my finance knowledge with supply chain management, and deepened my understanding of working capital efficiency across organizational relationships.
