Investment Calculations and Decision MakingLaajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

The student will know how to plan and manage costs of an investment and evaluate profitability of an investment. The student will understand the essential terminology and he or she will be able to evaluate and make investment calculations. The student will be able to budget a customer project and fix the price on it. The student will understand the most common financing opportunities of investments.

Content

- Investment calculations; profitability of the company's own investments
- Project accounting; budgeting, pricing, profitability evaluation
- Financing of investments

Qualifications

Profitability of Technology Business

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Investment calculations:
- Is able to calculate profitability of the ompany's own investments using one method
- Is able to evaluate profitability of an investment on the basis of different investment calculations

Project accounting:
- Knows the contents of a project budget
- Knows different pricing methods
- Is able to evaluate profitability of projects

Financing of investments:
- Knows the usual financing opportunities of investments

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Investment calculations:
- Is able to calculate profitability of the company's own investments using several methods
- Is able to evaluate profitability of an investment on the basis of different investment calculations

Project accounting:
- Is able to make a simple project budget
- Knows different pricing methods
- Is able to evaluate profitability of projects

Financing of investments:
- Knows the usual financing opportunities of investments
- Is able to calculate the costs of financing an investment

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Investment calculations:
- Is able to calculate profitability of the company's own investments using several methods
- Is able to evaluate profitability of an investment on the basis of different investment calculations

Project accounting:
- Is able to make a simple project budget
- Is able to set a price for a project
- Is able to calculate profitability of projects

Financing of investments:
- Knows the usual financing opportunities of investments
- Is able to calculate the costs of financing an investment
- Is able to compare the costs of different financing possibilities