Abstract from the year 2017 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, , language: English, abstract: This text is about a six-session-long lecture about the principles and advances in corporate finance. Two different professors taught about company valuation and taxation in general. Not only the transcript of the lecturers' speech, but also the board notes (captured in self-made pictures and tables) and some information from secondary literature / newspaper articles are included. It was composed for an upcoming exam for preparation purposes and, therefore, a summary of this content is added at the end. However, it is not only useful for exams, it also allows the reader to get a better knowledge about the basic principles ad theories of corporate finance.