Buy Now AED 344.99 + VAT

Monthly Subscription Starting at AED 99 + VAT

Corporate Finance I: Measuring and Promoting Value Creation
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 24 hours
  • Course by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Offered by

About

In this course you will learn how to use key finance principles to understand and measure business success and to identify and promote true value creation. You will learn how to use accounting information to form key financial ratios to measure a company's financial health and to manage a company's short-term and long-term liquidity needs. You will also learn how to use valuation techniques to make sound business investment and acquisition decisions. Finally, you will learn how to incorporate risk and uncertainty into investment decisions and how to evaluate the performance of existing investments. Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to: - Understand how companies make investment decisions that create value for shareholders - Use accounting statements to measure the financial health of a company - Forecast and manage a company's short- and long-term liquidity needs - Measure the contribution of a new project or acquisition to shareholder value - Incorporate risk into investment decisions using the appropriate discount rates - Evaluate the performance of a company or divisions of a company This course was previously entitled Financial Evaluation and Strategy: Corporate Finance. The course received an average rating of 4.7 out of 5 based on 177 reviews over the period of September 2015 through August 2016. A detailed breakdown of ratings and reviews received for the prior version of the course, which is identical in content to the current course, is provided in the course orientation page. This course is part of the iMBA offered by the University of Illinois, a flexible, fully-accredited online MBA at an incredibly competitive price. For more information, please see the Resource page in this course and onlinemba.illinois.edu.

Modules

About the Course

    • 4 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

4 Videos

  • Welcome to Corporate Finance I: Financial Evaluation and Strategy
  • Meet Professor Heitor Almeida
  • Meet Professor Stefan Zeume
  • Learn on Your Terms

4 Readings

  • Syllabus
  • About the Discussion Forums
  • Glossary
  • Online Education at Gies College of Business

1 Quiz

  • Orientation Quiz

About Your Classmates

    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
Show info about module content

1 Discussions

  • Getting to Know Your Classmates

1 Readings

  • Updating Your Profile

Module 1 Overview

    • 3 Readings
Show info about module content

3 Readings

  • Module 1 Overview
  • Module 1 Readings
  • Module 1 Spreadsheets and Other Resources

Module 1 Objectives and Overview

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Objectives and Overview

Why Maximizing the Stock Price Is a Reasonable Goal for a Company

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Why Maximizing the Stock Price is a Reasonable Goal For a Company

Conflicts Between Shareholder Value Maximization and Society

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Conflicts Between Shareholder Value Maximization and Society

The Agency Problem and Corporate Governance

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • The Agency Problem and Corporate Governance

1 Quiz

  • Module 1 Practice Quiz 1

Balance Sheet Ratios

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

3 Videos

  • Balance Sheet Ratios: Introduction
  • Balance Sheet Ratios: Liquidity
  • Balance Sheet Ratios: Solvency

1 Quiz

  • Module 1 Practice Quiz 2

Income Statement Ratios: Profitability

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Income Statement Ratios: Profitability

Cash Flow Statement Ratios

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Cash Flow Statement Ratios

Valuation Ratios

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Valuation Ratios

1 Quiz

  • Module 1 Practice Quiz 3

Module 1 Review

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Module 1 Review

1 Quiz

  • The Objective of the Corporation and Analysis of Financial Ratios Graded Quiz

Module 2 Overview

    • 3 Readings
Show info about module content

3 Readings

  • Module 2 Overview
  • Module 2 Readings
  • Module 2 Spreadsheets and Other Resources

Module 2 Objectives and Overview

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Objectives and Overview

Long-Term Financial Planning

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Long-Term Financial Planning

Forecasting Income Statements

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Forecasting Income Statements

Forecasting Cash Flow Statements

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Forecasting Cash Flow Statements

Forecasting Balance Sheets

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Forecasting Balance Sheets

Raising Long-Term Financing

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • The Capital Structure Decision

1 Quiz

  • Module 2 Practice Quiz 1

Investments in Working Capital

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Investments in Working Capital

Working Capital Ratios

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Working Capital Ratios

1 Quiz

  • Module 2 Practice Quiz 2

Short-Term Financial Planning - Inventory

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Short-Term Financial Planning: Inventory

Seasonality and Receivables

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Seasonality and Receivables

Short-Term Liabilities and Liquidity Risk

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Short-Term Liabilities and Liquidity Risk

1 Quiz

  • Module 2 Practice Quiz 3

Module 2 Review

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Module 2 Review

1 Quiz

  • Financial Planning Graded Quiz

Honors Assignment 1

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 PeerReview
Show info about module content

1 Peer Review

  • Honors Assignment 1

1 Videos

  • Honors Assignment 1 Solution

Module 3 Overview

    • 3 Readings
Show info about module content

3 Readings

  • Module 3 Overview
  • Module 3 Readings
  • Spreadsheets and Other Resources

Module 3 Objectives and Overview

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Objectives and Overview

NPV Example - Speeding Up the Collection of Receivables

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • NPV Example - Speeding Up the Collection of Receivables

Net Present Value (NPV)

    • 2 Videos
Show info about module content

2 Videos

  • The Concept of Net Present Value (NPV)
  • Calculating NPV in Excel

The Relationship Between NPV and Shareholder Value

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • The Relationship Between NPV and Shareholder Value

1 Quiz

  • Module 3 Practice Quiz 1

Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • The Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

Using the IRR to Evaluate Investments

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Using the IRR to Evaluate Investments

Problems With the IRR

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Problems with the IRR

1 Quiz

  • Module 3 Practice Quiz 2

Free Cash Flow Formulas

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Free Cash Flow Formulas

1 Quiz

  • Module 3 Practice Quiz 3

Real Options - Valuing R&D

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Real Options - Valuing R&D

The Option to Wait - Gold Mine Example

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • The Option to Wait - Gold Mine Example

The Option to Abandon

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • The Option to Abandon a Project

1 Quiz

  • Module 3 Practice Quiz 4

Module 3 Review

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Module 3 Review

1 Quiz

  • Making Investment Decisions Graded Quiz

Module 4 Overview

    • 3 Readings
Show info about module content

3 Readings

  • Module 4 Overview
  • Module 4 Readings
  • Module 4 Spreadsheets and Other Resources

Module 4 Objectives and Overview

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Objectives and Overview

Good and Bad Reasons to Engage in M&A Transactions

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Good and Bad Reasons to Engage in M&A Transactions

Synergy Valuation and Deal Pricing

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Synergy Valuation and Deal Pricing

Means of Payment and Stock Market Reaction to M&A Deals

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Means of Payment and Stock Market Reaction to M&A Deals

Leveraged Buyouts

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Leveraged Buyouts

1 Quiz

  • Module 4 Practice Quiz 1

Sensitivity Analysis

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Sensitivity Analysis

Using Discount Rates to Incorporate Risk

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Using Discount Rates to Incorporate Risk

Estimating the Required Return on Equity

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Estimating the Required Return on Equity

Finding Beta

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Finding Beta

Estimating the WACC

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Estimating the WACC

1 Quiz

  • Module 4 Practice Quiz 2

Performance Evaluation: Economic Value Added (EVA)

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Performance Evaluation: Economic Value-Added (EVA)

Using EVA to Measure Performance of a Company's Division

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Using EVA to Measure Performance

1 Quiz

  • Module 4 Practice Quiz 3

Module 4 Review

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Module 4 Review

1 Quiz

  • Mergers and Acquisitions, Risk, and Performance Evaluation Graded Quiz

Honors Assignment 2

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 PeerReview
Show info about module content

1 Peer Review

  • Honors Assignment 2

1 Videos

  • Honors Assignment 2 Solutions

Course Conclusion

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Conclusion

2 Readings

  • Congratulations on completing the course!
  • Get Your Course Certificate

Auto Summary

Embark on a transformative journey into the world of finance with "Corporate Finance I: Measuring and Promoting Value Creation." Designed for individuals keen on mastering finance principles, this course empowers you to understand and drive business success through value creation. Guided by expert instructors from the University of Illinois, you'll delve into essential financial concepts, learning to use accounting information to develop key financial ratios that gauge a company's health. You'll gain skills in managing both short-term and long-term liquidity needs and employing valuation techniques to make informed investment and acquisition decisions. Furthermore, you'll learn to incorporate risk and uncertainty into these decisions using appropriate discount rates and evaluate the performance of existing investments. This foundational course, previously known as Financial Evaluation and Strategy: Corporate Finance, has received stellar feedback, with a 4.7 out of 5 rating based on 177 reviews. It is a part of the prestigious iMBA program, offering a fully-accredited, flexible online MBA at a competitive price. With a total duration of 1440 minutes, this comprehensive course is available through various subscription options including Starter, Professional, and Paid plans. It caters to business professionals, managers, and anyone interested in enhancing their financial acumen to drive shareholder value and business growth. Dive into Corporate Finance I and equip yourself with the knowledge to measure and promote true value creation in the corporate world.

Heitor Almeida
Instructors

Heitor Almeida

Stefan Zeume
Instructors

Stefan Zeume