MBA Online

Faculty of Business and Accountancy University of Malaya

: Finance and Banking
Programme of Study : Bachelor of Business Administration
Course Code : CBEB 2102
Course Title : Financial Management
Credit Hours : 3
Course Prerequisite(s) / None
Minimum Requirement(s) :
Learning Outcomes : At the end of this course, students should be able to :
1. Identify the principles and basic techniques of finance.
2. Describe the various types of financial instruments, roles and functions
of financial markets and relevant regulators in the country.
3. Distinguish and apply the concept of time value of money.
4. Analyze the factors that determine a company’s need for external
financing, be it debt or equity using appropriate financial ratios.
5. Examine the decisions that affect current assets and current liabilities
and the impact of these decisions on firm’s value.
6. Evaluate tools needed for valuing investment projects, including the
determination of the relevant cash flows and the appropriate discount
rate.
Synopsis of Course Contents : This course discusses the various financial tools employed to effectively
manage e a company’s financial condition. Other topics discussed are
financial statement and analysis, time value of money, bonds and stocks,
capital budgeting and its techniques and short-term working capital
management.
Assessment : Continuous Assessment : 50%
Final Examination : 50%

Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration at Hokkaido University

The Foreign Exchange Student Program

Year after year, international exchange among researchers and students at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration is becoming increasingly active. Nearly 1% of the students in the Faculty of Economics have studied abroad or undertaken language training in a foreign country. Furthermore, Graduate School students are also active in visiting or studying at graduate schools overseas for research purposes.

As of the year 2005, Hokkaido University had signed an intercollegiate exchange agreement with 39 colleges in 13 countries. Some of these include agreements concerning exchange student and credit-transfer programs. The Graduate School has independently signed agreements with research institutions at six colleges in five countries.

In 2004, some of our students studied at Massachusetts University, Portland State University (USA), Goteborg University (Sweden), Strasbourg University (France), and Yonsei University (South Korea), through these exchange program.

The number of foreign students, undergraduate and graduate, studying at the Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration at Hokkaido University has been on the increase. Students come from many different countries and, in terms of both research and campus life, the Graduate School has become a venue of international exchange.

Private Equity & Venture Capital
Anywhere in the world, mobility of people, technology, and money are behind the creation of new entrepreneurial firms. Venture capitalists are more and more willing to pick-up these opportunities locally, with their strategic decisions on industry sectors and geographic focus shaping the venture business of the next five-ten year. The Asia-Pacific region, with its fastest growing economies, buoyant stock-markets and huge market-places, could be find itself at the centre of a new wave of venture-funding.

�gPrivate Equity & Venture Capital�h course aims at addressing the fundamentals underlying this phenomena, analysing the industry from an Asia-Pacific region perspective, with emphasis on Japanese venture capital funding in ICT industry. Students will be exposed to a description of venture capital industry, relying on live-presentations of venture capital executives active mainly in Asia , and encouraged to analyse their own country’s market.

Minimum Qualifications For Admission
The Graduate School of International Management considers individuals with one of the following qualifications to be eligible applicants:(1) Those who hold, or are about to receive, their bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university and who have completed a minimum of sixteen years of formal schooling.
(2) Those who hold a bachelor’s degree in a country where less than 16 years of formal schooling is required for completion of that degree program and who have one or more years of research experience subsequent to their bachelor’s degree at an academic institution; minimum age of 22. (An official letter attesting to the academic research experience is required as part of the application documents.)
(3) In some cases, those who hold a bachelor’s degree from an educational institution in a country where 15 years of formal schooling is required for completion of that degree program but have no research experience may be regarded as eligible applicants based on their undergraduate performance.
(4) Those who have completed two years of education beyond secondary school (such as junior college or vocational school), have more than two years of work experience, a minimum age of 22, and submit an additional essay on the topic of “unique features of my work experience and how they contribute to the MBA program/E-Business Management Program at IUJ.”

Faculty of Economic at The University of Tokyo

4202: Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations
Winter Jinno
Public finance does not depict a single entity. By this remark, I do not mean that the public finances vary because there are over 190 countries in the world. Rather, the point is that in any given country there is no single state and hence no monolithic edifice of public finance. The state instead comprises many sub-sectors; and is in addition embodied in a central government and a multiplicity of subnational governments whose overall structure resembles a pyramid. In this lecture, we shall discuss the institutions that compose the nation-state as well as the fiscal transfers that allocate resources among them.
The lecture outline is as follows:
1) The concept of intergovernmental transfers
2) The evolution of the theory of intergovernmental transfers
3) Intergovernmental relations in budget making
4) The theory of tax-base allocation
5) The theory of control of fiscal resources
6) The theory of fiscal transfers
7) Centralization and decentralization in intergovernmental fiscal relations

Full-time MBA
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and its unique MBA Programme is a major participant in, and contributor to, the business culture of Hong Kong and Mainland China.
MBA students today demand an approach that can set them up for success both regionally and across a wider world; a learning experience that bestows upon them a first-class education, real-world experience, and a deep understanding of international business, and cultural differences and nuances. Our MBA Programme is specifically designed to produce those outcomes. The Asia-Pacific and China focus gives our students a unique advantage to build their career in the region and beyond.

Learn business where the business is
Mainland Chinese come to HKU to look at their country from the outside, and to learn the business methodologies of the West; while overseas students get to experience China and Asia firsthand. Both are able to relate their knowledge to a global playing field.

Diversity is key
Our location in a city with such a rich business and entrepreneurial heritage is an immense advantage for students.

Not surprisingly, Hong Kong has become a magnet for MBA students from all over the world. A significant percentage of our student body is from overseas and the PRC, which, combined with local students, produces an exciting and stimulating mix of backgrounds. Our professors are all distinguished in their fields and come from different countries, creating a truly international experience.

Partnerships
The unique partnerships with world-renowned business schools such as London Business School and Columbia Business School offer our students unmatched opportunities in terms of educational experience and networking. Our existing partnership with Fudan University in China further complements the overall experience.