Corporate Finance I: Measuring and Promoting Value Creation

Corporate Finance I: Measuring and Promoting Value Creation

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Syllabus

  • Week 1 - Course Overview
    In this module, you will become familiar with the course, your instructor, your classmates, and our learning environment. The orientation also helps you obtain the technical skills required for the course.
  • Week 1 - Module 1: The Objective of the Corporation and Analysis of Financial Ratios
    In Module 1, we will discuss the objectives of the corporation. We will introduce the concept of shareholder value and discuss the pros and cons of maximizing stock prices. We will then learn how to calculate financial ratios that measure concepts such as liqu...
  • Week 2 - Module 2: Financial Planning
    In Module 2, we will learn models that allow us to forecast and manage a company's short-term investments such as capital expenditures. We will forecast the future financial statements of a real world company and learn how to figure out how much external finan...
  • Week 3 - Module 3: Making Investment Decisions
    In Module 3, we will learn tools that allow us to measure the contribution of a new investment to shareholder value. We will learn how to calculate the net present value (NPV) of an investment and how to use the NPV to make a decision on whether to make the in...
  • Week 4 - Module 4: Mergers and Acquisitions, Risk, and Performance Evaluation
    In Module 4, we will apply our investment valuation tools to understand when a merger between two companies creates shareholder value. We will learn to distinguish between good and bad reasons for companies to engage in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and we w...
  • Week 4 - Course Conclusion
     

Prerequisite

None.

Instructors

Heitor Almeida
Professor of Finance, Stanley C. and Joan J. Golder Chair in Corporate Finance
Department of Finance, College of Business

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