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2015/2016  KAN-CCMVI2034U  Supply Chain Finance

English Title
Supply Chain Finance

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Elective
Level Full Degree Master
Duration Summer
Start time of the course Summer
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Max. participants 100
Study board
Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business Administration
Course coordinator
  • Course instructor - Miguel Suarez Vienna University of Economics and Business. miguel.suarez@wu.ac.at
    Sven Bislev - Department of Intercultural Communication and Management (ICM)
In case of any academic questions related to the course, please contact the course instructor or the academic director, Sven Bislev at sb.ikl@cbs.dk
Main academic disciplines
  • Finance
  • Strategy
  • Supply chain management and logistics
Last updated on 12-05-2016
Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors: After successful completion of the module, students should be able to understand, drive and measure the impact of supply chain management on the financial performance of the companies involved.
Course prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Supply Chain Finance and/or Operations Management, Corporate Strategy and Financial Management
Examination
Supply Chain Finance:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Written sit-in exam
Individual or group exam Individual
Assignment type Written assignment
Duration 4 hours
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Summer, Home assignment hand out:
Ordinary exam: 1-5 August 2016
Retake exam: Within two months from the ordinary exam.
Aids allowed to bring to the exam Closed Book: no aids
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the number of registered candidates for the make-up examination/re-take examination warrants that it may most appropriately be held as an oral examination, the programme office will inform the students that the make-up examination/re-take examination will be held as an oral examination instead.
4-hour written sit in, with a new exam question
Course content and structure

The course provides a broader view of supply chain finance extending it from a working capital optimization approach to a value-based management discipline. Basic definitions, company valuation methods as well as supply chain value drivers and decision rules for deterministic and rapid-changing environments in alignment with company strategy are introduced. 

 

Class 1: Background and basic definitions

 

Class 2: Overview on conceptual and decision frameworks

 

Class 3: Conceptual framework: Supply chain strategies

 

Class 4: Conceptual framework: Shareholder value creation

 

Class 5: Conceptual framework: Real options theory

 

Class 6: Supply chain value drivers: cash flow maximization 1

Feedback activity: Assignment

 

Class 7: Supply chain value drivers: cash flow maximization 2

 

Class 8: Supply chain value drivers: risk mitigation 1

 

Class 9: Supply chain value drivers: risk mitigation 2

 

Class 10: Decision framework: Deterministic environments

 

Class 11: Decision framework: Volatile environments
Teaching methods
Normal class activities will be a combination of lecture, discussion, and assignments solved in groups and presented individually.
Students are expected to read the relevant materials prior to the class meeting. The instructor assumes the student already knows the basic concepts, ensuring their comprehension by placing individual questions and providing examples of practical applications.
Student workload
Preliminary assignment 10 hours
Classroom attendance 33 hours
Preparation 144 hours
Feedback activity 7 hours
Examination 12 hours
Further Information

 

Preliminary Assignment: To help students get maximum value from ISUP courses, instructors provide a reading or a small number of readings or video clips to be read or viewed before the start of classes with a related task scheduled for class 1 in order to 'jump-start' the learning process.

 

Feedback Activity: A feedback activitity defined by the course instructor will take place app. half-way through the course.

 

The timetable is available on http://www.cbs.dk/files/cbs.dk/isup_timetable_2016_updated.pdf

 
Expected literature

PRIMARY LITERATURE (MUST-HAVE BOOKS):

Alfred Rappaport: Creating Shareholder Value

ISBN 978-0684844107

Free Press, 1997

 

Enver Yucesan: Competitive Supply Chain: A Value Based Perspective

ISBN 978-0230515673

Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
Last updated on 12-05-2016