Quantitative Methods for Business

This course is designed to introduce you to contemporary elementary applied statistics so you can appreciate the uses of statistics in business, economics, everyday life. It also develops hands-on capabilities needed in your later coursework and professional employment.

Taught by Arde Shahmei
Adjunct Faculty, Statistics

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Financial Analysis and Strategy

This course develops the conceptual framework that is used in analyzing the financial management problems of business enterprises. Students cover concepts such as the time value of money, the cost of capital, the relationship between risk and return, the valuation of assets such as stocks and bonds, and various corporate finance issues, including capital budgeting, capital structure, corporate financing, and dividend policy.

Taught by Laureen Regan
Associate Professor, Risk, Insurance, and Healthcare Management

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Information Technology Perspectives

Provides through discussions of technological and organizational issues an overview of the basic concepts underlying the development and implementation of emerging information technologies that are reshaping businesses and business practices. Culminates in a case study development project.

Taught by Tawfik Jelassi
ENPC School of International Management Faculty

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Multinational Strategic Management

Conceptual and operational models of strategic planning are examined in detail. Emphasis is on strategy formulation, implementation, and control of organizations of all types. An applied examination of recently developed techniques for assessing industry competitive forces and devising appropriate business strategies is presented. Topics include analyzing industry trends, recognizing types of industries, developing strategic maps of industry competitors, and learning to utilize industry information sources, among others. Students are required to conduct an in-depth analysis of at least one industry.

Taught by Georges Baume
ENPC School of International Management Faculty

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Accounting for Managerial and Investment Analysis and Planning

This course presents the concepts of financial and managerial accounting with a “user” (investor or manager) orientation. The course has three parts. The first part provides the accounting cycle and the reporting process, with an emphasis on the valuation bases and structure of the financial statements. The second part focuses on the interpretation and analyses of the financial statements, including analyses of cash flows and cross-sectional and time-series trends in financial ratios. The role of managerial accounting choices in determining the nature of financial reporting and quality of earnings is also examined. The third part examines the role of accounting information for managerial planning and control. Costing for inventory and pricing, cost-volume-profit analyses, and budgeting issues are covered.

Taught by Gerard McHugh
ENPC School of International Management Faculty

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Managing People and Organizations

Focuses on basic issues concerning the management of organizations and human resources, with major emphasis on critical analysis, problem solving and performance evaluation. Provides opportunities to improve managerial and leadership skills through verbal presentations, group work, and specific case analysis.

Taught by John McClendon
Associate Professor, Human Resource Management

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Advanced Corporate Finance

This course builds on the core M.B.A. finance course to develop the critical skills and the analytical tools necessary to apply financial theory to real-world situations. The theme of this course is corporate valuation and how corporate decision making impacts firm value. Four broad topics are covered in this course: cost-of-capital estimation and cash flow estimation; capital structure and dividend policies from the perspective of their impact on firm value; the use of real-option techniques in valuing corporate assets; and mergers and acquisitions, including bidding, takeover defenses, and golden parachutes.

Taught by Nahum Biger
ENPC School of International Management Faculty

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Managerial Economics

This course examines the applications of economic theory to problems confronting managers, including pricing under different market structures, cost and technology, strategic decision making, theory of demand, and the economics of less than perfect information.

Taught by Dermot McAleese
ENPC School of International Management Faculty

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Marketing Management/Strategy

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of how firms develop marketing strategies to create and manage meaningful offers that are valued by consumers for the purpose of developing and maintaining customer relationships. Initially, the course addresses the evolution of market systems at the macroeconomic level and the role that marketing plays in bridging the gap between the production and consumption sectors of the economy. Subsequently, students explore how firms develop strategies to create customer value through product management, pricing, marketing channels, supply chain management, customer relationship management, and communications directed to buyers and also develop an understanding of how buyers acquire, consume, and dispose of these goods and services.

Taught by Neeraj Bharadwaj
Assistant Professor, Marketing and Supply Chain Management

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Managing Risk

Examines in detail the holistic risk management process from the perspective of an international corporation and defines what risk management is and why organizations have risk managers. Class discussion topics include ethical risk and insurance management practices, as well as administrative and strategic aspects of global corporate risk management such as drafting risk management policy statements, setting risk management goals, and examining how a risk manager operates within a complex international organization.

Taught by Laureen Regan
Associate Professor, Risk, Insurance, and Healthcare Management

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Multinational Management and Policy

Enhance the diagnostic and problem solving capabilities of decision-makers when confronted with a variety of strategic and/or operational problems in a diverse set of domestic and international environments and situations. Integrate material from functional and general management courses and apply it in the diagnosis and solution of problems that require an integrated company-wide approach. Relies heavily on the case study approach and builds on the Fall course of Management Processes in Global Corporations. Note: Enrollment limited to students in the IMBA program.

Taught by Rob Hamilton
Professor of General & Strategic Management

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Managerial Cost Accounting

This course provides intensive study of the accounting information needs of internal management. Both cost accumulation and cost control are examined.

Taught by Marco Malandra
Assistant Professor (Practice), Accounting

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Law and Ethics in Business

Imparts a sense of when and how the legal system may affect business, particularly in the areas of contract, tort, and government regulation. Develops an appreciation of the fact that law and ethics seem many times in business to converge, while in other instances what is legal may not be ethically correct. Explores through discussion of business ethics case studies how such situations arise and how they might be resolved or prevented. Includes training for online research, especially in legal areas using Lexis-Nexis database, and practice in the art of making well-reasoned written and oral arguments.

Taught by James Lammendola
Instructor (Practice)

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Operations Management

The “operations” function is the core of any organization, where inputs such as labor and technology are converted into goods and services. This course provides a survey of several diverse operations topics that are central to both the manufacturing and service sectors of the economy, such as forecasting, inventory control, quality management, production planning, and supply chain management. The emphasis of the course is to apply quantitative models to effectively design and control these operational systems. Software is extensively used to support the operations analysis.

Taught by Frederic Murphy
Professor, Marketing and Supply Chain Management

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Project in Consulting

This course develops problem-solving and consulting skills as students work in 3-4 person teams on strategic problems for small, medium-sized, and large international corporations in the Philadelphia area. An attempt is made to match student interests with appropriate projects. Formal presentations are made to executives of participating companies.

Taught by James Hutchin
Assistant Professor (Practice), Strategic Management

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The Valuation of Firms

Introduces the use of accounting numbers for valuation for both external purposes, including investor models of firm value and credit risk assessment, as well as internal purposes, including project assessment and performance evaluation. Focuses specifically on an accounting review of fundamentals, firm valuation, cash flows, earnings, modeling financial distress, and using residual income to evaluate performance.

Taught by John Soss
Assistant Professor (Teaching/Instructional Track) & Academic Director, Finance

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Entrepreneurial Thinking and Innovation

Examines issues relevant for entrepreneurs engaged in start-up or early stage ventures as well as those important to managers and stakeholders of new ventures within established organizations, including concepts, skills, know-how, information, attitudes and alternatives. Focuses on two key success factors in new enterprise formation: the entrepreneur and his/her ability to create and recognize opportunities.

Taught by Sid Amster

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Globalization

Gives students an understanding of the nature and complexity of the dynamic global environment that serves as the external context for the operations of international companies and that is an integral part of understanding international business. Explores the phenomena of globalization and the interdependence of nation states as they impact companies and industries throughout the world.

Taught by Tarrant Mahony
Associate Director, Temple University LL.M. program in Beijing, China

Special Topics in International Business: Globalization, Law, and Ethics

Taking the perspective of a senior executive, the course focuses on key managerial, legal and ethical aspects of doing business globally. Students will examine how international companies make money in Japan and, vice versa, how Japanese companies conquer global markets. Secondly, students will take a broader perspective and will look into the strategic, operational and organizational issues companies face when they decide to go global. Students will look at both international and Japanese companies and learn to identify key factors that drive a successful globalization strategy and to evaluate why other strategies fail. Thirdly, students will discuss how companies build ethical, environmental, and legal issues into their globalization strategies. This includes a managerial overview on signaling techniques, competitive intelligence and antitrust law.

Taught by Stefan Lippert
Associate Professor, Temple University, Japan Campus

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