COURSE NUMBER: MBA222.2
COURSE TITLE: Financial Information Analysis
UNITS OF CREDIT: 3
INSTRUCTOR: Shai Levi
E-MAIL ADDRESS: slevi [at] haas [dot]
CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION (HTTP URL): Catalyst
MEETING DAY(S)/TIME: Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-11:00 AM
PREREQUISITE(S): MBA 202 Financial Accounting
CLASS FORMAT: Lectures and case discussions
REQUIRED
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
economics from