AB-2-037

• International business 2013 - Financial management
• International business 2014 - Financial management
• International business 2015 - Financial management
• International business 2016 - Financial management
• International business 2017 - Financial management

1 (2017-08-01 to 2017-10-22)

English

Compulsory

First

2

5 cr

The aim of the course is to teach the student
detailed knowledge of the contents and
structure of financial statements as well as
understanding how to analyze and draw
conclusions based on these. Understanding the
role of tax issues in this respect is also a
central aim of the course.

At the end of the course the student is familiar
with the contents of financial statements
including tax questions, and is also able to read
and discuss these in a professional context.

The main financial statements are covered in
detail:
Income Statement
Balance Sheet
Cash Flow analysis
Tax issues are covered in a Finnish and
International perspective
Official statements of listed companies are
analyzed in detail.

Introduction to Financial Management or equivalent

The course literature is not limited to the
literature listed below. The student can freely
use alternative literature with similar contents.

Financial & Managerial Accounting
Horngren, Harrison, Oliver 1190p
Pearson, Latest edition

Comprehensive Guide on How to Read a Financial
Report : Wringing Vital Signs Out of the
Numbers
Tracy, John A. Tracy, Tage, 350p
John Wiley & Sons, 2014
Available in ebrary

Additional reading announced later

• Lectures - 16 hours
• Individual studies - 119 hours

• Total workload of the course: 135 hours
• Of which autonomous studies: 135 hours
• Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours

Participation in tuition

Essays, reports, productions and portfolio

Examination through 5 small individual
assignments
submitted to itslearning.

Each assignment gives 0-2 points
A fairly good one = 2
A pretty bad one = 1
No submission, late submission, email-submission,
copy-paste = 0

Grading
10-9 points -> 5
8 points -> 4
7 points -> 3
6 points -> 2
5 points -> 1
Below 5 -> fail

Plagiarism or cheating severely punished ->
kicked
out from course

Grades cannot be improved on, given grade stays

• Stenius Andreas
• Puukko Linda

Stenius Andreas

https://arcada.itslearning.com/ External link

No limit (61 students enrolled)

12 months after course has ended

2017-08-14 to 2017-09-10

Date will be announced later - Reports and productions