Investment Management in Tourism
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Course informations
| Study program level |
Graduate |
| Study program |
Management |
| Study program direction |
Destination management |
| Course year |
2. |
| Course semester |
III |
| Course status |
Core |
| ECTS |
6 |
| Lectures (h) |
30 |
| Excercises (h) |
- |
| Seminars (h) |
15 |
Course objectives
- Introduce students with the theoretical starting point of investments and their characteristics
- Understanding the motivation of investing and recognizing different types and models of investment
- Acquire knowledge on methods of risk assessment and financial efficiency of investment projects
Course outcomes
- Identify investment opportunities
- Self-assess investment opportunities with regard to yield and risk
- Make an estimate of cash flows
- Recommend optimum investment by default
- Determine the financial efficiency of the investment project
- Critically argue specific cases of choice of investment projects
- Recommend an optimal fund based on a given example
- Make a proposal for an investment project (investment in the promotion of tourist offer of a particular tourist destination)
Course content
Introduction to investments. The reasons for investing in a company. Real and financial investments. Types of investments and characteristics of investment projects. Financial efficiency of investments. Investment rankings. Interdependence of the project. Optimal investment choice. Pure present value, internal profitability rate, profitability index, return period. Relative cash flow of the project. Estimation of investment costs. Forecast of pure cash flows. Determining the project implementation lifetime. Risk and uncertainty of investment. Investment funds. Investors and investment process. Investment projects. Preparation of investment projects. Economic - financial analysis. Rating of investment projects. Analysis of benefits and cost of investment projects. Practical examples of investment projects.
