The objective of this course is to learn the financial tools needed to make good business decisions. The course presents the basic insights of corporate finance theory, but emphasizes the application of theory to real business decisions. Each session involves class discussion, some centered on lectures and others around business cases.

Thompson Rivers University (TRU) has developed an OER in financial management consisting of 21 learning modules that can be used to teach courses in introductory and advanced financial management at the undergraduate and graduate levels as well as a course in business valuations. Each module consists of a detailed reading, presentation slides, learning problems, and answer keys. A number of case studies in areas such as financial statement analysis, financing planning, capital budgeting, and cost of capital are also included along with sample course outlines.

Faculty can select whatever modules they feel are needed to achieve the specific learning outcomes for a course. As OERs, faculty are also free to modify the readings, problems, or case studies so they better meet their needs and those of their students. These modules can be quickly imported into a learning management system such as Moodle or Blackboard to produce a challenging face-to-face or online learning experience.

With the rising cost of education, particularly textbooks, faculty are obligated to “adopt and adapt” OERs whenever possible to help their students.

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This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"New research urges accounting professionals to rethink retail in the face of thriving e-commerce Driven by technology, online shopping is booming in China As retailers and consumers grow farther apart, consumer experience – not product quality – is king Marketing efforts now focus on integrating online and offline stores and boosting convenience but the impact of these changes on retailers has remained unclear Now, researchers have examined these practices using the “Double 11” online shopping festival in China as a case study Incentives like deposit expansion and store-wide coupons led to increased sales but tracking revenue from online sales was difficult Additionally, logistics and business models were disrupted by accounting challenges New strategies are clearly needed, such as reconsidering the role of offline stores These findings could be critical to existing and future online retailers Xiong et al..."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.