| Inhalt |
In this course, students will use tools and techniques of controlling and managerial accounting to evaluate the performance of a firm.
Students learn how to perform common financial statement analysis.
Students will become familiar with the most widespread key performance indicators (KPIs) in order to analyze a firm's competitive position within an industry.
The course combines theory and practice with a strong focus on practical applications of real world companies.
In the course, we will work with Case Studies from Harvard Business School. |
| Literatur |
Basic concepts of Financial Analysis and KPI Analysis to evaluate the performance of firms can be found in:
Palepu, Krishna; Healy, Paul; Peek, Erik (2013, 2007): Business Analysis and Valuation. Text and Cases. IFRS edition. 3rd edition, Cengage Learning EMEA, United Kingdom.
Charifzadeh, Michel; Taschner, Andreas (2017): Management Accounting and Control. Tools and Concepts in a Central European Context. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany.
Weygandt, Jerry; Kimmel, Paul; Kieso, Paul (2010): Financial Accounting, IFRS edition; Chapter 14 Financial Statement Analysis. 2nd edition, Wiley Publishing HOuse, USA. |
| Lernziele |
Students will learn how to conduct financial statement analysis and how to evaluate the performance and the management of firms.
In Advanced Controlling, we will use the Harvard Business School Case Teaching method in order to evaluate the performance of firms from the automotive and fashion industries, among others. |
