Syllabus:

This curricular unit has as one of its main objectives to provide students with fundamental and transversal skills in financial accounting and finance. It also aims to transmit knowledge about concepts, instruments and techniques used in financial management and in investment and financing decisions that allow a balanced management of financial resources.
Upon completion of this course unit, students should be able to
1. Understand and interpret financial information from a management perspective.
2. Know the fundamental elements of the economic and financial analysis.
3. Evaluate the financial equilibrium.
4. Understand the relation between profitability and risk.
5. Understand the available sources of financial information.
6. Analyse the capital management and financial asset management policies.

CONTENTS

1. Concept and objectives of Financial Management.
2. Analysis of financial documents and financial statements in the management perspective.
3. Performance evaluation and financial balance.
4. Financial function and financial management.
5. Profitability and risk relationship: capital structure; opportunity cost and time value.
6. Markets and Financial Assets.

*English* The courses available in English are depending on the number of attending students

Syllabus:

GENERAL OBJECTIVES:
? Recognize the interconnection between geography and economics, i.e., the interface between the local and the productive spheres;
? Understand economic forces at the global, national, regional, and local levels;
? Introduce the foundational concepts of business strategy and establish the basis for understanding business concepts, mechanisms, and phenomena.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
1. Situate processes of production and wealth creation within their geographical and local context;
2. Identify the actors and factors that, operating at national and/or international levels, play a fundamental role in internationalization processes;
3. Understand the functioning of organizations across their various activities;
4. Acquire knowledge of business planning mechanisms;
5. Understand the internal and external environments of organizations;
6. Identify sources of business success and failure;
7. Address risk and uncertainty; and
8. Master strategic decision-making processes.

CONTENTS

I.Economic Geography
1. Foundations of EG
1.1. Models of Spatial Economics
1.2. NEG and Institutional Economics
1.3. Applications to Portugal
2. Key Themes
2.1. Challenges
2.2. Major Trends
3. Dynamics of the Economic Space
3.1. Uneven Development
3.2. Global Value Chain
3.3. Technology and Agglomeration
4. Actors in the Economic Space
4.1. The State
4.2. Multinational Corporations
4.3. Labor
4.4. Consumption
II ? Internationalization Management
5. Strategic Formulation, Implementation, and Control
5.1. Strategic Process Formulation
5.2. Strategic Analysis Tools
5.3. Strategic Planning, Organization, and Control
6. Internationalization Strategies of Firms
6.1. Theories of Firm Internationalization
6.2. Internationalization Strategies of Positioning and Segmentation
6.3. Culture in International Management
6.4. Motivations and Risks in the International Environment
6.5. International Modes of Entry
7. Corporate Governance in an International Context

*English* The courses available in English are depending on the number of attending students