The modern corporation, as issuer of financial securities and end-user of financial risk management products, is one of the major participants in financial markets and the economic counterpart to investors and financial intermediaries. Whereas the mechanism of financial markets and the valuation of instruments are studied in further detail elsewhere, in this course the “tools of the trade” of financial economics and corporate finance are applied to the financial decision-making process of firms. Upon successful completion of this course, students will know how to contribute to optimal financial decisions in a corporation: valuation, capital budgeting, risk, capital structure, dividend policy, long-term financing, risk management, mergers & acquisitions. Increasingly important international factors, which affect corporate finance, will be stressed throughout the course.