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Title FINANCE IN EMERGING MARKETS
Code KMGT666
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Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2021-22 Level 4 FHEQ Whole Session 15

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):
 

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis:
 

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 10

 20

 20

       50
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 100
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Assessment 1 Assessment Schedule (When) :Whole Session  Weekly    20       
Assessment 2 Assessment Schedule (When) :Whole Session  4 over 8 weeks    20       
Assessment 3 Assessment Schedule (When) :Whole Session  4, 6 and 8    28       
Assessment 4 Assessment Schedule (When) :Whole Session  Weekly    32       

Aims

Students expand their financial management knowledge and practice skills to meet the needs of firms operating in emerging markets. Students will be exposed to how context, culture, institutions, regulations and markets differ in emerging markets.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) At the end of this course students will have gained an inderstanding of the issues involved and will be able to:

Determine how to identify and manage risk in emerging markets;

Compare and contrast the financing alternatives in emerging markets;

Analyse the opportunities and ROI on investments made in emerging markets;

Apply alternate methods of business valuation appropriate to emerging markets;

Determine how culture and context affects financial reporting and decision-making in emerging markets;

Establish the interrelatedness of ethical behaviour, social responsibility, and emerging market investment strategies.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture Description: Teaching Method 2 - Seminar Description: Teaching Method 3 - Tutorial Description:

Syllabus
 

Introduction to emerging countries;

Investing inemerging countries;

Structuring investment and measuring returns;

Valuation and managing risk through flexibility;

Financing emerging market investment;

Financing strategies;

Cases in emerging markets;

Ethics, opportunites and sustainability.

Recommended Texts
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