Finance for SMEs
Module code: AF2141
This module discusses the economic and legal environment of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). You will cover the essential concepts and skills of the SME's business operation and strategies management in relation to accounting analysis and financing decisions. The module also will critically review and analyse current challenges faced by SMEs that will help you to understand contemporary industrial knowledge and issues in the real business world. This module will offer you a systematical framework of modern theories and analysis techniques of SME finance and management.
Topics covered:
- SMEs, entrepreneurship and their domains
- Business models and value propositions
- Financial statements, forecasting and growth management in SMEs
- Sources of finance for SMEs: debt financing, venture capital and crowdfunding
- Initial public offering (IPO) financing for SMEs