ISLA Santarém 17674

Economics and Corporate Finance

• ApresentaçãoPresentation

  Presents the functioning of real markets as an environment that influences companies, discusses firm theories, and applies key concepts of corporate finance, such as investment decisions, cost of capital, and economic analysis, enabling students to assess financial efficiency and communicate with non-financial managers. 
• ProgramaProgramme

  1. Business Economics in the Economy and Industrial Organization. 1.1 The economy, the company and the market 1.2 Theories of the Company: objectives, incentives and motivations 1.3 Market power. Efficiency and well-being 1.4 Perfect competition and monopoly 1.5 The Structure-Behavior-Performan ce paradigm 1.6 Market structure: concentration and volatility 1.7 Strategic behavior. Imperfect market structure s. Oligopoly and Game Theory 1.8 The State, the economy and markets. Industrial policy, competition policy and regulation. 2. Business Finance 2.1 The Nature and Objectives of Corporate Finance 2.2 Problems of agency and control of the organization. 2.3 Investment and financing decision: methods of evaluation and selection of real investments 2.4 Models of financial asset valuation and performance evaluation of portfolio managers 2.5 Determination of cost of capital, structuring of capital and policy of distribution of results
• ObjectivosObjectives

  The objectives of the curricular unit are: O1. To make known the functioning of real markets as influential and influenced by companies; O2. Discuss the emergence of companies as an alternative to the market, in the context of economic decision and the functioning of the Economy; O3. Make known and apply key concepts of Business Finance; O4. Analyze the scope of a financial transaction, the meaning of the variables involved and the so-called Golden Rule of Financial Calculation; O5. Contribute to the development of good financial management practices of different organizations; At the end of the course unit students should be able to: C1. Analyze the structure of a given market and understand the process of economic regulation; C2. Critically evaluate the efficiency of Business Finance techniques; C3. Communicate with non-financial managers.
• BibliografiaBibliography

  Brickley et al. (2021). Managerial Economics and Organizational Architecture. Mac Graw-Hill Education. Vieito, J. P., & Maquieira, C. P. (2023). Finanças Empresariais: Teoria e Prática (3ª ed.). Escolar Editora. Sandoval de Vasconcelos, M. A. (2024). Economia: Micro e Macro (5ª ed.). Atlas. ¿ Mankiw, N. G., & Taylor, M. P. (2025). Economics (6th ed., adapt. PT). Cengage. Vieito, J. & Maquieira, C. (2022). Finanças Empresariais - Teoria e Prática, Escolar Editora.
• MetodologiaMethodology

  In person: 1. Theoretical/practical classes: presentation of concepts, discussion and application of programme contents in various contexts. 2. PBL Problem/Project-based learning, through practical exercises and 2. discussion of some current economic problems, indication of topics for study, proposed exercises. Autonomous: 3. Consolidation of the content taught in class by researching additional information on the different themes and content covered and developing complementary work.
• LínguaLanguage

  Português
• TipoType

  Semestral
• ECTS

  6
• NaturezaNature

  Mandatory
• EstágioInternship

  Não
• AvaliaçãoEvaluation

  A avaliação curricular será concretizada através de dois trabalhos práticos realizados em aula (25% cada), um trabalho individual de
  investigação (50%).

  A avaliação final será realizada com recurso a um exame individual escrito (100%).