MBA Online

Graduate School of Business Sciences at University of Tsukuba
Fundamental Program

Business Ethics and the Law
Human Resource Management and the Law
International Business Management and the Law
Corporate Finance and the Law
Organizational Management and the Law
IP-Based Business Strategy -Business Administrative & Legal Aspects-
Law and Justice
Capital Markets and Company　Law
Advanced Seminar in Systems Management I - III
Advanced Research Seminar in Systems Management I - IX

Faculty of Economic at The University of Tokyo

4097: Theory of Corporate Finance
Summer T.Arai
This seminar course will review recent well-cited papers in the fields of corporate finance and corporate governance.

MFIN7011
Credit Risk
8
Tang, Dragon
General Information
A comprehensive analysis of credit risk measurement and credit derivatives. Topics include credit events, expected default frequency, expected exposure, loss given default, default correlation, KMV, Credit Metrics, credit ratings performance and migration, total return swaps, credit default swaps, basket default swaps, credit spread forwards and options, exotic credit derivatives, credit-linked notes, and collateralized debt obligations.
Extra Information
equivalent to MFIN6016 Seminar in Credit Risk Management
Prerequisites:
1. Spreadsheet Modelling in Finance;
2. Derivative Securities; and
3. Fixed Income Securities & Interest Rating Modelling

Seminar In Organizational Behavior (EKM 3418)

This course offers a more in-depth analysis of research and latest issues in organizational behavior. A wide range of issues in OB are covered through analyzing relevant scientific journal articles. It is expected that by completing this course, students acquire a sound grasp of OB issues and research.

Seminar In Marketing (EKM 4101)

This course describes various aspects of marketing and the mechanisms or a marketer in conducting research to solve their marketing problems. This course also describes how firms obtain competitive advantage through offering superior value to customers. Topics covered in this are the philosophy of marketing, consumer behavior, marketing strategy, and competitive marketing programs. The goals of this course are to provide students with knowledge of various aspects in marketing, marketing research methods, and analytical techniques relevant to marketing areas.

Seminar In Human Resource Management (EKM 4401)

This course discusses current developments and research of various aspects of managing human resources in organizations. This course is designed to provide students with analytical skills to examine human resource practices. Discussion focuses on the functions of the management of human resource such as planning, recruitment and selection, training and development, career management, performance management, compensation and reward system. The output of this course is an individual research proposal.

Seminar In Finance (EKM 4210)

This course introduces research topics in finance. Topics chosen in this course are based on the importance of the issues. Students are encouraged to expand the topics and the list of articles presented. The course objectives are (1) to provide a general picture of research topics in Finance. With the ‘big picture’, students will be able to assess contemporary development in financial theories, and (2) to help students write a research proposal. Students are expected to write a thesis in which s/he must demonstrate proficient research ability (conduct research and communicating the result to other people).

The doctoral candidate must make a periodic conclusion on the progress of the dissertation preparation in the medium-term evaluation (a year or so after the dissertation prospectus), which will declare the finished work and period achievements as well as the difficulties and methods or thoughts about how to overcome these difficulties. At the same time, the published research papers should also be included in the medium-term report, accompanying the plan of research paper publication and the papers that will be published in the next period. The medium-term report must be submitted in written medium. The supervisor will give comments on the report, including comments on the finished work, the fulfillment of the planned work and expectation of the future plan.
In general, the evaluation group for the medium-term report should be the same as the direction group in charge of the dissertation prospectus. The evaluation group should make assessments on the periodic achievements of the dissertation preparation according to the medium-term report and the comments of the supervisor.
The dissertation progress report can be combined with the candidate’s seminar report or special research report.

6Pre-evaluation of Dissertation
The original edition of the dissertation audited by the supervisor should be handed in to three professors or scholars in the related research fields in other universities to experience “double-blind” pre-audit. Approved by more than 2 pre-auditors, the doctoral candidate can apply for the answer examination. Otherwise the paper should be revised for the next pre-evaluation.

Requirements for Publishing Research Papers

1 Before the dissertation defending, the doctoral candidate should have published at least three research papers on the designated periodic journals (the published papers must be closely related to the contents of the dissertation), among which at least two papers should have been published and one can be a notice of having been adopted. In these three papers, at least one paper should be published in the foreign periodic journals or the important domestic journals.
2 The affiliated organization of the author must be Huazhong University of Science & Technology in these published papers.
3 At the end of the third academic year, all the full-time doctoral candidates without special ascriptions and the college teachers must publish at least one research paper in the important international journals before the answer examination and the published paper must be closely related to the dissertation. If the candidate fails to meet this requirement, a research paper published on the designated important journal may also be acceptable, but the candidate can’t apply for the answer examination until the end of the fourth academic year.