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Risk, Return and Valuation
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 34 hours
  • Course by Yunus Social Business Fund Bengaluru
  • Offered by

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This course is part of a Specialization titled “Strategy and Finance for a Lifecycle of a Social Business”, with a follow-on project-based course on understanding and evaluating a business focused on addressing a societal issue. The beauty of a modern decision-making framework is that it can be used to understand value creation at any level – the individual or business or societal. The applications however become increasingly complex as your lens expands from the individual to the corporate/nonprofit to the global society. There are two building blocks of modern decision making – time value of money and risk. This is because all decisions are made with consequences for the future which, in turn is uncertain. A deep understanding of the value of time and risk is therefore key to understanding value creation. This course is an introduction to the second building block of decision-making: risk and return. We not only introduce risk and return, but also put together our understanding of time value of money and cash flows developed in the preceding three courses of this Specialization, to value projects and companies. As indicated at the outset, the beauty of modern frameworks and tools of analysis is that they are logical and do not change depending on the purpose of business. However, to demonstrate social impact is very complex because prices for both the public good, and any harm created by our actions, are not available. It is also very challenging to determine the incremental effect of a business on society at large. The combination of these issues makes all social impact and value specific to a business, making it even more important to use the same frameworks and tools developed in this Specialization to value any business.

Modules

A Social Take on Social Business

    • 2 Readings
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2 Readings

  • The Khan Academy
  • Social Venture Fund (SVF)

Specialization - Strategy and Finance for the Lifecycle of a Social Business

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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5 Videos

  • 2.1 Specialization: An Overview
  • 2.2 Specialization: Process
  • 2.3 Specialization: Philosophy
  • 2.4 Specialization: Prerequisites
  • 2.5 Specialization: Assumptions

1 Readings

  • Specialization - Syllabus

Risk, Return and Valuation

    • 1 Readings
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1 Readings

  • Course 4 - Syllabus

What is Risk

    • 8 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Practice Assignment 1
  • Graded Assignment 1

8 Videos

  • 3.1 Why Risk & Return?
  • 3.2 Valuation & Risk Estimation
  • 3.3 What is Risk?
  • 3.4 Statistics: Mean & Variance
  • 3.5 Statistics: Covariance & Correlation
  • 3.6 Statistics: Regression
  • 3.7 Back to Risk: Diversification
  • 3.8 Recap: Diversification & Risk

3 Readings

  • NoteReview of Statistics
  • Note-Spreadsheets
  • Notice for Auditing Learners: Assignment Submission

Diversification and CAPM

    • 8 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Practice Assignment 2
  • Graded Assignment 2

8 Videos

  • 4.1 Diversification: 2 Assets
  • 4.2 Diversification: Two Assets Intuition
  • 4.3 Diversification: Bottom Line
  • 4.4 Measure of Risk: Beta
  • 4.5 Risk & Return: CAPM
  • 4.6 Risk & Return: Market Analysis
  • 4.7 Recap: CAPM
  • 4.8 Recap: Markets & Risk

1 Readings

  • Note-Review of Statistics

Valuation

    • 16 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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16 Videos

  • 5.1 Leverage & Cost of Capital
  • 5.2 Leverage & Risk
  • 5.3 Leverage & WACC
  • 5.4 Valuation : Mega Example Set Up
  • 5.5 Mega Example: Question 1
  • 5.6 Mega Example: Question 1 Analysis
  • 5.7 Mega Example: Question 2
  • 5.8 Mega Example: Question 2 Analysis
  • 5.9 Mega Example: Question 3
  • 5.10 Mega Example: Question 3 Analysis
  • 5.11 Mega Example: Question 4
  • 5.12 Mega Example: Question 4 Analysis
  • 5.13 Mega Example: Question 5 & Analysis
  • 5.14 Mega Example: Question 6
  • 5.15 Mega Example: Question 6 Analysis
  • 5.16 Mega Example: Question 7 & Analysis

2 Readings

  • Note-Formulae
  • Note-Spreadsheets

Real World Twists

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Final Practice Assignment
  • Final Graded Assignment

1 Videos

  • 6.1 Wrap Up: Real World Twists

3 Readings

  • Note-Spreadsheets
  • Reflection on Social Business
  • Value of Nature & the Limits to "Social" Valuation!

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"Risk, Return and Valuation" is a foundational business course offered by Coursera, focusing on the essentials of risk, return, and valuation within modern decision-making frameworks. Part of the "Strategy and Finance for a Lifecycle of a Social Business" Specialization, this course integrates concepts like the time value of money to value projects and companies, with an emphasis on social impact. Ideal for learners interested in business management, it spans approximately 2040 minutes and is available through a Starter subscription.

Suresh K. Krishna
Instructors

Suresh K. Krishna

Gautam Kaul
Instructors

Gautam Kaul