Course Details

Economy of Investments

Academic Year 2025/26

NVA066 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-EVB Winter Semester 2nd year

Course Guarantor

prof. Ing. Jana Korytárová, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Structural Economics and Management

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

4 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/295985

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1.Investment and economy growth, sorts of investment possibilities.
  • 2.Theoretical appraisal for evaluation of economic efficiency of investment, time value of money.
  • 3.Feasibility study. Total project costs, investment costs, working capital.
  • 4.Financing of structural investment projects, resources and costs.
  • 5.Returns and production costs, profit, cash flow (CF). Income statement, balance sheet, CF statement.
  • 6.Economic analysis, economic efficiency of investment ratios (NPV, IRR, PB).
  • 7.Financial analysis, financial feasibility of project ratios.
  • 8.Analysis of uncertainty according to project financial evaluation, resources and reason of uncertainty, inflation.
  • 9.-10. Risk and uncertainty analysis; profit, sensitivity and probability analysis.

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1.Basic ratios for evaluation of the economic efficiency of investment.
  • 2.Calculation of depriciation.
  • 3.Analysis of uncertainties - profitability, sensitivity and probability analysis.
  • 4.Assignment of project - production of wooden windows.
  • 5.Continuation of project - resources of business plan financing.
  • 6.Continuation of project - profit and loss statement, cash flow statement.
  • 7.Optimization of financial resources - credit, leasing, bonds.
  • 8.Continuation of optimization of financial resources.
  • 9.Credit test.
  • 10.Credit.