Capital Budgeting (5cr)
Code: TO00BZ19-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 25.11.2024 - 01.12.2024
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.03.2025 - 31.07.2025
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 2 cr
- Virtual portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- 10 Liiketalous-, tietojenkäsittely- ja palvelualat
- Campus
- Laurea Leppävaara
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 40
- Degree programmes
- Complementary competence, bachelor’s studies in English (CCH2), Business, administration and law
Teachin methods
Introduction to capital budgeting theory and practices (lectures and literature reviews)
Individual Excel assignments
Team assignments using capital budgeting software (Invest for Excel)
Capital budgeting is the process of deciding whether or not to undertake an investment project. Should we start a new production line? Should we buy new machinery? Is this project profitable? Yes? No? The management needs to answer these kinds of questions and needs support in making important decisions about the future.
Location and time
In Leppävaara campus. The schedule can be found in Pakki.
Employer connections
Datapartner, Cash flow modelling
Objective
The student is able to
- set up a discounted cash flow analysis
- use investment criteria to determine whether or not a project is acceptable
- use scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis and risk analysis in decision making
- write an investment proposal for management
- use computer software in capital budgeting
Evaluation scale
H-5
Qualifications
Profitable Business 1 and 2 (or equivalent knowledge)