Emanuele
Bajo
Italy Full Professor of Corporate Finance University of Bologna Core Faculty
Emanuele Bajo is Full Professor of Finance at the University of Bologna and Associate Dean for International Development at the University of Bologna Business School (BBS). He is also Director of the Master in Finance and Fintech and Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland (Australia). In the past he has been Adjunct Professor at the Johns Hopkins University, San Diego State University and Visiting Researcher at Boston College. He is also member of the Consultative Working Group of Risk Standing Committee of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). His research interests and major publications are mainly related to IPO, Household Finance and Corporate Risk Management. He has published numerous articles in prestigious finance journals (among others, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Corporate Finance and Journal of Banking and Finance) and two books (Convertible bonds and Corporate risk management). He is the Executive Editor of the Journal of Economics and Business. In the past he also worked in business consulting and he is the founder of the web site Borse.it, one of the leading financial web sites in Italy.
COURSES
The course provides a framework for understanding and analyzing investment and financial decisions of corporations. Lectures and readings provide an introduction to present value techniques, capital budgeting, capital structure decisions, corporate cost of capital, initial and seasoned equity offerings and an introduction to corporate risk management. Most of the topics presented during the course will also be analyzed and studied using a case study approach.
Design, Fashion and Luxury GoodsFood and Wine
Supercars, Superbikes and Motorsports
Green Energy and Sustainable Businesses
This course enables executives to use financial tools to make better decisions. The teaching method combines class lectures and discussions to case studies and spreadsheet modelling to get a deeply and insightful understanding of topics in corporate finance. These topics include, but are not limited to, capital budgeting, project and company valuation and the optimal financing and hedging decisions.
The course provides a framework for understanding and analysing investment and financial decisions of corporations. Lectures and readings provide an introduction to present value techniques, capital budgeting, capital structure decisions, corporate cost of capital, initial and seasoned equity offerings and an introduction to corporate risk management.
AI and ManufacturingThe course deals with financial risk management with an emphasis on the recognition of price risk and on financial risk management tools from the point of view of the company. A significant part of the course is dedicated to the analysis of derivatives and their use in risk management.
Finance and FintechThe course provides an introduction to elements of managerial accounting, forecasting, budgeting, and cost analysis, including interpretation of financial performance of the company, analysis of costs in decision-making, and systems of strategic cost management.
