Module description
The module is aimed at business engineers of all specializations in the 3rd semester (full-time). It
provides a general overview over financial markets and their impact on the development of firms.
Commodity-, bond-, currency-, equity and derivative-markets are introduced. Profit and loss, equity
capital, and the liquidity of companies are modeled as a function of this market environment, and
the impact of random market movements and market crises is simulated in R/Python. Basic elements
of interest rate theory, corporate finance and financial risk management are introduced. As a
semester project, the students work in groups to calculate a fair share price for their own start-up.
- ZHAW Teacher: Stefan Ask (T Lehr- und Forschungspersonal)