2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Technology and Innovation Management Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management

Corporate Finance I

Academic unit or major: Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
Instructor(s): Mitoshi Yamamoto
Class Format: Lecture (Livestream)
Media-enhanced courses: -
Day of week/Period (Classrooms): 11-12 Mon
Class: -
Course Code: TIM.A534
Number of credits: 100
Course offered: 2025
Offered quarter: 3Q
Syllabus updated: Sep 10, 2025
Language: Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

Explain meanings of corporate finance and its task or problem. In order to increase corporate value, I will explain finance and finance related matters. For the improvement of corporate value, how to manage companies would be main target from the point of corporate finance. As for current movement, I will explain digital currency movement.
I hope every student understands how interesting corporate finance is.

Course description and aims

1. Learn Corporate Finance without stress.
2. Understand financial statements and how to use them from a finance perspective.
3. Understand strategies for growing a company (e.g., M&A, ESG).

Keywords

Finance, financial statements, investment theory, globalism

Competencies

Specialist skills
Intercultural skills
Communication skills
Critical thinking skills
Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Understand broad picture of corporate finance

Class flow

Corporate Finance 1 will cover the basics. You may ask questions at any time during class (via chat or voice). There will also be occasional 10-minute breakout sessions in groups of 4 to 6. If you’re not comfortable with breakouts, you may step out temporarily.

Course schedule/Objectives

	Course schedule	Objectives
Class 1	What is Corporate Finance?	Understand the following points: (a) The difference between corporate finance and finance (b) What is a corporate organization? (c) Differences in the perception of corporate finance between Japan and overseas (d) Assets and liabilities (e) What is the capital ratio? (f) Why is corporate finance necessary
Class 2	What is Financial Management?	Understand the following points: (a) What are financial statements? (b) Assets, liabilities, profit & loss, and cash flow (c) Expected return and risk (d) Going concern
Class 3	Corporate Value and Financial Statements	Understand the following points: (a) Purpose of corporate management (b) Agency-principal problem (c) Must corporate value always increase? (d) Concept of corporate value
Class 4	Thinking About Investment	Understand the following points: (a) Various types of investments (b) Are investment activities recorded in the income statement or balance sheet? (c) Do investments generate returns? (d) ROA and ROE (e) Present value (f) Quantifying risk
Class 5	Capital Procurement: Equity Financing	Understand the following points: (a) Shares are created (b) Capital increase (c) Internal equity financing (d) Does equity financing affect the balance sheet?
Class 6	Capital Procurement: Debt Financing	Understand the following points: (a) What is debt financing? (b) Which is more advantageous: equity or debt financing? (c) Bonds: straight bonds, convertible bonds, warrant bonds (d) Debt financing and the balance sheet
Class 7	Are Dividends Important?	Understand the following points: (a) What are dividends? (b) How are dividends measured: dividend yield (c) Shareholder returns (d) Summary of sections 1 to 7

Study advice (preparation and review)

Everyday in your life, you always see TV, read newspaper or access to internet. Please find out corporate finance related information and try to understand meanings of these information.

Textbook(s)

None

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Yamamoto, Mitoshi.「本当にあった事件でわかる金融と経済の基本」日本実業出版社 [Understanding the basics of finance and economics through real-life incidents]. Tokyo: Nihon Jitsugyo Publishing. (in Japanese)

Evaluation methods and criteria

Evaluate the understanding of the fundamentals and theory of corporate finance
100% based on the report; however, communication during class discussions and breakout sessions may also be positively considered.

Related courses

Corporate Finance Ⅱ

Prerequisites

None

Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).

Mitoshi Yamamoto m.yamamoto[at]ccrcenter.jp

Office hours

Contact by e-mail in advance to schedule an appointment.