Structure does affect value! Project Finance provides an alternative to Corporate Financing and creates an important realistic laboratory to study capital structure, risk management, valuation, contracting, and corporate governance. The complex cases provide a bridge from Corporate Financial Theory
This course addresses the new global environment which has been evolving since the end of the East-West conflict. The key features of the emerging context of global politics are: multipolar constellation; decreasing governance capabilities on the side of national governments; fragile structure of
Global environmental change is one of the great challenges humankind is facing today. Scientists today see mounting evidence that the entire earth system now operates well outside the normal state exhibited over the past 500,000 years, and that human activity is generating change that extends well
The course deals with international entrepreneurship from the perspective of the firm and entrepreneurial managers operating in an international environment. International entrepreneurship is the intersection of entrepreneurship, international business, and strategy. The objective of the course is
The course examines the impacts of globalization on economy, society, and the environment and explores innovative ways towards global governance. Special emphasis is given to the perspective of sustainability (ensuring long-term environmental and social security). Based on a critique of the current
Global business can be defined as business activities which involve trade or investment across national boundaries. The aim of the course is to provide a sufficient understanding of cross-border business issues to be in a position to contribute to decisions about the internationalization of
There will be 3 central course contents: Linguistic typology, syntax, and modality. The course on Linguistic Typology will focus on deictic and anaphoric techniques in Germanic versus East Asian Languages. The course on syntax will treat the left periphery of the sentences. The course on modality
This course is designed to optimize your competence in writing and speaking, to increase significantly your vocabulary, to deepen grammar usage, and to successfully use consistent self-correction. Furthermore, the course helps you to develop effective reading and listening strategies in German
This course is designed to improve your writing and speaking competence in German, to increase your vocabulary, and to help you develop effective reading and listening strategies. One of the foci is the development of self-correction in oral and written production. Our in-class discussions are
This course is designed to strengthen and expand your communicative competence in listening, speaking, reading, and writing and to deepen your understanding of German-speaking cultures. The textbook Begegnungen A2 in conjunction with current culture-rich supplemental materials offers a balanced
