Capstone con el Banco Europeo de Inversiones (2225.YR.015013.1)

Datos generales

Tipo:	OPT	Curso:	3,4,5	Periodo:	S semestre
Créditos ECTS:	3 ECTS

Profesorado:

Grupo	Profesor	Departamento	Idioma
Year 3	Fulya Apaydin vom Hau	Dirección General y Estrategia	ENG

Grupo	Profesor	Departamento	Idioma
Year 4	Fulya Apaydin vom Hau	Dirección General y Estrategia	ENG

Grupo	Profesor	Departamento	Idioma
Year 5	Fulya Apaydin vom Hau	Dirección General y Estrategia	ENG

- Ability to use quantitative/qualitative databases (e.g. Bloomberg, Eikon, Factiva or similar)
- Ability to summarize scholarly papers in succinct and clear English

- A sound understanding of social science research design principles
- Ability to formulate empirical research questions
- Familiarity with hypothesis formulation and testing procedures

The selected team of students will first deliver a report that surveys existing literature and analytically summarizes the state of the art. The elements of the literature review will encourage the participants to critically assess existing academic studies and to contribute towards the theory of change that supports some of the financial instruments employed by one the biggest multilateral development bank in the world. This will be achieved in two interlocking steps: 1) a descriptive exploration of cases for the formulation of hypotheses and 2) devising a feasible plan to test these hypotheses. Depending on the availability of primary data, the latter includes the implementation of qualitative and quantitative techniques. The deliverables include reports that summarize findings (including case studies) and a final presentation at the EIB. The proposed timeline of deliverables include:

- Week 1: Inception report, which should include the action plan and timeline;
- Week 4: Research/Project proposal;
- Month 3: Intermediate report
- Month 5: Draft report
- Month 6: Final report and Presentation

To achieve these goals, regular meetings with the course convenor and EIB team will be scheduled to oversee the management of the project and ensure the timely delivery of tasks.

This capstone course?designed as a consultancy project?will allow students to better understand market gaps and failures in access to finance across sub-Saharan Africa. Given the fact that there are serious data limitations, one of the primary goals of the project is to present new evidence and thereby contribute towards evidence-based analysis that is key for policy makers, international financial institutions and private sector players.

Upon successful completion of the project, the students will have a better understanding of the EIB financial instruments outside the EU, identify the bottlenecks/market gaps that prevent companies to access financing in developing countries and map opportunities/additionality/impacts of similar instruments offered by international financial institutions.

Book: Cendrowski, H., Petro, L. W., Martin, J. P., & Wadecki, A. A. (2012). Private equity: History, governance, and operations (Vol. 738). John Wiley & Sons.

Grupo	Profesor	Departamento
Year 3	Fulya Apaydin vom Hau	Dirección General y Estrategia

Grupo	Profesor	Departamento
Year 4	Fulya Apaydin vom Hau	Dirección General y Estrategia

Grupo	Profesor	Departamento
Year 5	Fulya Apaydin vom Hau	Dirección General y Estrategia