Topic : Strategic Financial Management  Written by Prof. Simon Gao

This coursework requires students to choose one non-financial public listed company from FTSE 100 and carry out an analysis ofits financial risk management strategy and of financial performance of the company.

More specifically, this assignment requires students to:

1) Choose one non-financial company from FTSE100 (the cut date is the end of February 2018);

2) Identify the current strengths and weaknesses of the company's financial risk management;

3) Apply the concept of strategic financial management to the case company and identify the performance of company in a "selected market" consisting of other at least three listed firms (up to your choice) with more or less similar business to that of the case company;

4) Based on your analysis of performance and financial risk management of the case company to propose (with justifications) at least THREE key performance indicators to be used by the case company for strategic financial management in the next few years.

Some Relevant Reading References:

1. Lawrence A. Gordon, Martin P. Loeb, Chih-Yang Tseng (2009). "Enterprise risk management and firm performance: A contingency perspective", Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp.301-327

2. Aspara, Jaakko &Tikkanen, Henrikki (2013). "Creating novel consumer value vs. capturing value: strategic emphases and financial performance implications". Journal of Business Research,Volume 66, Issue 5, pp.593-602.

3. Rajiv D. Banker, Raj Mashruwala, & Arindam Tripathy (2014). "Does a differentiation strategy lead to more sustainable financial performance than a cost leadership strategy?", Management Decision, Vol. 52 Iss 5, pp. 872 - 896.

4. Vincent Aebi, Gabriele Sabato, Markus Schmid (2012), "Risk management, corporate governance, and bank performance in the financial crisis", Journal of Banking & Finance, Volume 36, Issue 12, pp. 3213-3226.

5. Bartram, S., Brown, G., & Conrad, J. (2011). "The effects of derivatives on firm risk and value". Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Vol. 46,

Notes:

1) Word limit: 2500 words excluding all references, tables and figures, and appendixes.

2) Please use Arial font size 12 and 1.5 line spacing.