Finance and Corporate Governance

Prof. Limbach and his team offer courses in the field of finance and corporate governance to undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students. The objective is to provide students with practically revelant, theoretically founded knowledge and skills that foster their future career, both in academia and in the industry. The teaching portfolio includes the following courses and seminars (which can be subject to change).

For organizational inquiries, please contact: Corporatefinance@uni-bielefeld.de.

Lectures for bachelor students

• Investition und Finanzierung I (31-M8), summer term
  • Course is concerned with the basics of financing and investment decisions
• Investition und Finanzierung II (31-M14), summer term
  • Course is concerned with corporate financial management
• Financial Markets and Institutions (31-M14), winter term

  • Course is concerned with the role of financial markets and banks, financial fragility and banking regulation, risk, return and portfolio optimization, as well as equity IPOs and valuation

Lectures for master students

• Corporate Finance (31-MM6), winter term
  • Course is concerned with valuation and investment decisions
• Corporate Governance (31-MM6), winter term
  • Course is concerned with the question of how investors get a return on their investment
• M&A and Venture Capital (31-MM6), summer term
  • In cooperation with Jörn Caumanns
  • Course provides detailed, applicable knowledge of the process of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as well as venture capital
• Portfolio and Risk Management (31-MM6), summer term
  • In cooperation with Dr. Bernd-Christian Balz
  • Course is concerned with the basics of asset management, market efficiency, active and passive investment strategies, and risk management

Seminars

• Seminar zur Finanzwirtschaft: Applied Equity Research (31-MM18), summer term
  • In cooperation with Dr. Florian Sonnenburg (Sonnenburg Investments)
• Seminar zur Finanzwirtschaft: ESG and Sustainable Finance (31-MM18), winter term

Exercises (Praktische Übungen)

• Exercise for the course Corporate Governance (31-MM6), winter term

• Finance in Excel (31-M14), summer and winter term

Colloquia

Topics

• Behavioral / Social Finance, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, ESG / Sustainable Finance, Financial Markets, Investment Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions

General Information

• Please find general information on the colloquia here

Bachelor´s colloquium

• Requirements for registering for the Bachelor´s Colloquium (31-M25):
  • Students should have passed the course I&F I and should attend or have passed the course I&F II

Master´s colloquium

• Requirements for registering for the Master´s Colloquium (31-MM19):
  • Students should have passed the course Corporate Finance: Valuation and Investment Decision beforehand
  • It is recommended to attend to the course Corporate Governance beforehand

PhD courses

• Empirical Methods and Applications
  • Applied econometrics with a focus on endogeneity and identification
• Plan, Sell, and Discuss Academic Research: A Hands-on Course
  • How to optimally plan, sell, and discuss academic research