COURSE
NUMBER: MBA222.1
COURSE TITLE: Financial Information Analysis
UNITS OF CREDIT: 3
INSTRUCTOR: Shai Levi
E-MAIL ADDRESS: slevi at haas…(sorry about the unusual format. I am trying to prevent
spammers from picking up my email address)
CLASS WEB
PAGE LOCATION (HTTP URL): Catalyst
MEETING DAY(S)/TIME: Monday and Wednesday, 9:30-11:00 AM
PREREQUISITE(S): MBA 202 Financial Accounting
CLASS FORMAT: Lectures and case discussions
REQUIRED READINGS: Textbook supplemented with cases
BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE: Case write ups, group project, and final exam
ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES: This course provides students with
frameworks and practical tools for analyzing financial statement data and
assessing the business standing and valuation of firms. At the end of the
course, you will be able to critically review the information in financial
disclosures and use it to gauge firms’ performance and equity value. In class,
we will discuss concepts from accounting and finance that are useful for
financial statement analysis and valuation, and apply them in case studies and
on live market data.
The course should be useful for those planning a career in finance, whether it
is investment banking, portfolio management, securities analysis or venture
capital. It should also be helpful if you aspire to be a consultant or a
business analyst.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Shai Levi has joined Haas as an Assistant Professor in
July 2004. His research is primarily in the area of equity valuation,
investigating the determinants of financial reporting quality and their pricing
implications. Before entering academia, Levi worked as an attorney in the field
of corporate finance, and as an economist devising regulatory policy on mergers
and acquisitions. He holds a PhD in business administration from