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| Title |
Advanced Topics in Strategy and Finance
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| Semester |
E2025
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| Master programme in |
Business Administration and Leadership / Business Administration and Leadership
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| Type of activity |
Course |
| Mandatory or elective |
Elective |
| Teaching language |
English
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| Study regulation |
Read about the Master Programme and find the Study Regulations at ruc.dk |
| REGISTRATION AND STUDY ADMINISTRATIVE | |
| Registration |
You register for activities through stads selvbetjening during the announced registration period, which you can see on the Study administration homepage. When registering for courses, please be aware of the potential conflicts and overlaps between course and exam time and dates. The planning of course activities at Roskilde University is based on the recommended study programmes, which should not overlap. However, if you choose optional courses and/or study plans that goes beyond the recommended study programmes, an overlap of lectures or exam dates may occur depending on which courses you choose. |
| Number of participants |
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| ECTS |
5
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| Responsible for the activity | |
| Head of study |
Maria Duclos Lindstrøm (marial@ruc.dk)
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| Teachers |
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| Study administration |
ISE Registration & Exams (ise-exams@ruc.dk)
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| Exam code(s) |
U60285GB
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| ACADEMIC CONTENT | |
| Overall objective |
Advanced study course in business administration. Students are introduced to a range of contemporary and advanced topics of research within strategy and finance. These could include non-market strategy; managerial cognition; real options; financial options and derivatives; behavioral finance; uncertainty, and risk. Students are introduced to a range of analytical tools and perspectives. These allow students to critically reflect on contemporary issues of strategy and finance. |
| Detailed description of content |
The course has the form of an advanced topics course. Students are introduced to a range of contemporary and advanced topics of research within strategy and finance. These could include non-market strategy; managerial cognition; real options; financial options and derivatives; behavioral finance; uncertainty, and risk. Students are introduced to a range of analytical tools and perspectives. These allow students to critically reflect on contemporary issues of strategy and finance. Students learn methods and theories that they can use afterwards in their professional lives when analyzing firms and undertaking decisions that require strategic and financial understanding. Students gain skills in critically analyzing and communicating knowledge about problems regarding the strategic and financial management of the company. Finally, they gain competences to reflect on the usefulness of theories and tools in practice, and to reflect on their own decision-making. |
| Course material and reading list |
The course literature varies and is a collection of articles and chapters of different sources indicated by the teachers. |
| Overall plan and expected work effort |
In class teaching (lectures): 20 hours Individual study: 80 hours Exam (including preparation): 35 hours Total study intensity: 135 hours |
| Format |
Campus |
| Evaluation and feedback |
The course is a part of the study board's evaluation rotation this semester. The students will be asked to evaluate mid-term and by the end of the course (a survey) according to the evaluation practice of the study board. |
| Programme |
Although flexible, examples of expected topics to be covered are:
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| ASSESSMENT | |
| Overall learning outcomes |
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| Prerequisites |
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| Form of examination |
Individual written take-home assignment
The character limit of the assignment is: maximum14,400 characters, including spaces. The character limit includes the cover, table of contents, bibliography, figures and other illustrations, but exclude appendices. The duration of the take-home assignment is 7 days and may include weekends and public holidays. Assessment: 7-point grading scale |
| Form of Re-examination |
Samme som ordinær eksamen / same form as ordinary exam
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| Type of examination in special cases |
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| Examination and assessment criteria (implemented) |
Knowledge regarding advanced theories and models of strategic and financial management; The ability to summarize and synthesize relevant literature; The ability to reflect critically on the limits of different theories; and whether the exam fulfills all formal requirements. In this course, the use of generative AI aids (GenAI) is not allowed when taking exams. Ordinary spell checking and other language suggestions as known from Word or other word processing programs are allowed without declaration. |
| Exam code(s) | |
| Last changed | 29/07/2025 |
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