This course is part of the Understanding Modern Finance Specialization

Konstantin Kontor

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Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

American Institute of Business and Economics

Understanding Modern Finance SpecializationMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology

About this Course

The Capstone Project is the final part of the “Understanding Modern Finance” Specialization. The learners will be able to apply all the knowledge, skills, and understanding accumulated throughout the Specialization to study a real financial transaction that they will choose. The learners will gain insight into the reality of value creation. 
In a set of video instructions for the Project, some examples of similar work performed by the instructors’ students over the last 15 years will be provided as guidelines for the learners.
The best way to proceed with the Project is to analyze an M&A transaction as it encompasses most topics studied in the Specialization. In addition, such transactions draw a lot of public attention that facilitates the search of the necessary information. However, learners are welcome to choose a transaction of a different kind.
The key idea in any real transaction on capital markets is to create value for the stakeholders. To this end, learners will have to identify the motive and the implementation plan for the transaction and then to focus on valuation, proper financing, and actual deal completion and results.

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Konstantin Kontor

Director and Professor of Finance and Strategy

American Institute of Business and Economics (AIBEc)

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Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish

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Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Московский физико-технический институт (Физтех) является одним из ведущих вузов страны и входит в основные рейтинги лучших университетов мира. Институт обладает не только богатой историей – основателями и профессорами института были Нобелевские лауреаты Пётр Капица, Лев Ландау и Николай Семенов – но и большой научно-исследовательской базой.

Основой образования в МФТИ является уникальная «система Физтеха», сформулированная Петром Капицей: кропотливый отбор одаренных и склонных к творческой работе абитуриентов; участие в обучении ведущих научных работников; индивидуальный подход к отдельным студентам с целью развития их творческих задатков; воспитание с первых шагов в атмосфере технических исследований и конструктивного творчества с использованием потенциала лучших лабораторий страны. Среди выпускников МФТИ — нобелевские лауреаты Андрей Гейм и Константин Новоселов, основатель компании ABBYY Давид Ян, один из авторов архитектурных принципов построения вычислительных комплексов Борис Бабаян и др.

American Institute of Business and Economics

The American Institute of Business and Economics (AIBEc) offers a wide variety of business courses in finance, accounting, marketing, strategy, HR, business law, economics, general management, business psychology, as well as course projects and the Field study. AIBEc provides for flexibility and customization of programs and schedules.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

24 hours to complete

Capstone Project

24 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 86 min), 14 readings, 1 quiz

7 videos

Lecture 1. Introduction – why the Capstone Project?10m

Lecture 2. Project challenges14m

Lecture 3. Transaction – the big picture10m

Lecture 4. Stakeholders revisited8m

Lecture 5. The Project framework17m

Lecture 6. Pieces of advice and description of deliverables18m

Lecture 7. Final remarks6m

14 readings

Konstantin Kontor10m

AIBEc. The American Institute of Business and Economics10m

Grading10m

Handouts – an important comment10m

Handout 1. About Capstone Project10m

Handout 2. Project Challenges10m

Handout 3. The Big Picture and Stakeholders10m

Handout 4. Project Framework and Deliverables10m

Example 1 – Aventis (2003)10m

Example 2 – Oracle PeopleSoft (2004)10m

Example 3 – BenQ Siemens (2006)10m

Example 4 – Google YouTube (2006)10m

Example 5 – L'Oreal BodyShop (2006)10m

Example 6 – PG Wella (2006)10m

About the Understanding Modern Finance Specialization

This Specialization is designed for a wide audience of those interested in finance either professionally or just of curiosity, including managers of different levels specializing in finance, accounting, business planning, strategy, consulting, and project management, IT specialists engaged in the area of finance, fin-tech, big data, and valuation, etc.

Through four courses and the final Project, you will cover the theory and practice of capital markets and financial institutions, corporate finance and project valuation, financial and managerial accounting as applied to finance, as well as the M&A market as the ultimate judge of financial efficiency and value creation. The Specialization will prepare you to understand and use the applications of financial ideas, concepts, models, strategies, and tools to build a successful career in finance and in business, as well as to take advantage of opportunities offered by financial markets.

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Capstone Project – Analyzing a Real Transaction