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Think like a CFO SpecializationIESE Business School

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Corporate Finance Essentials will enable you to understand key financial issues related to companies, investors, and the interaction between them in the capital markets. By the end of this course you should be able to understand most of what you read in the financial press and use the essential financial vocabulary of companies and finance professionals.

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Course 3 of 4 in the

Think like a CFO Specialization

Approx. 13 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Vietnamese, Korean, German, Russian, English, Spanish

Skills you will gain

Corporate Finance
Financial Risk
Evaluation
Investment

Flexible deadlines

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Shareable Certificate

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Course 3 of 4 in the

Think like a CFO Specialization

Approx. 13 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Vietnamese, Korean, German, Russian, English, Spanish

Instructor

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Javier Estrada

Professor of Financial Management

Department of Financial Management

76,181 Learners

2 Courses

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IESE Business School

For over fifty years, IESE, the graduate business school of the University of Navarra, has been at the forefront of management education, developing and inspiring business leaders who strive to make a deep, positive and lasting impact on the people, companies and society they serve.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

10 minutes to complete

Course Overview

10 minutes to complete

1 reading

Week

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Risk and Return

Welcome to Session 1 In this session we will discuss some basic but essential financial concepts such as mean return, volatility, and beta. We will also learn how to apply them in order to assess the performance of selected equity markets over the last decade. The learning objective is to understand the basic, essential, and widely used financial concepts.

2 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 66 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

Week

Week 3

2 hours to complete

Correlation and Diversification

To understand diversification, an issue at the very heart of most investment decisions, and the role that correlation plays in determining the gains from diversification.

2 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 63 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

Week

Week 4

2 hours to complete

The CAPM and the Cost of Capital

In this session we will discuss how companies assess their cost of debt, their cost of equity, and ultimately their cost of capital. We will also discuss why this last concept is at the heart of many of the most important corporate decisions.

2 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 78 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

Week

Week 5

2 hours to complete

Estimating the Cost of Capital - An Application

In this session we will put to work all the concepts discussed in the previous session by estimating the cost of capital of a company. As usual, when putting theory into practice, a few complications arise and we will discuss how to deal with them.

2 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 47 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

Week

Week 6

2 hours to complete

Project Evaluation

In this session we will discuss how companies routinely decide whether or not to invest in projects. We will discuss the two tools most widely used for this purpose, NPV and IRR, and apply them to the evaluation of an investment opportunity.

2 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 76 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

Week

Week 7

2 hours to complete

Corporate Value Creation

In this session we will discuss EVA, a tool widely used to assess whether a company is creating or destroying value. We will also put this tool into practice by estimating the EVA of two companies.

2 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 67 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

Week

Week 8

1 hour to complete

Final Quiz

1 hour to complete

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TOP REVIEWS FROM CORPORATE FINANCE ESSENTIALS

by RJJul 20, 2017

Quizzes could have been a bit more challenging but over this was a very good course and i would recommend persons who are interested in finance to take this course. This is a must do!

by BOJul 16, 2017

Excellent course. Concepts very clearly explained by Javier, and made relatively easy to understand. Would highly recommend to anyone looking to understand Corporate Finance Essentials.

by ROMar 15, 2019

Professor Estrada has a great ability to break down corporate finance theory in plain language and give practical examples to grasp the essential knowledge that required by a general manager.

by HMDec 8, 2018

Great introduction and overview of corporate finance. Some minor wording mistakes in the videos, but overall very high quality information at an appropriate level for beginners.

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About the Think like a CFO Specialization

The Think like a CFO Specialization will help you learn the language of finance. You will gain a firm understanding in Accountability, Operational Finance and Corporate Finance.

By the end of the specialization, you’ll know what questions to ask and how to fit the different pieces together in order to develop a diagnosis and action plan to resolve a company’s financing dilemmas. You will have gain the necessary skills to understand basic concepts and feel comfortable reading, interpreting and discussing financial statements for decision making and you will understand the hey financial issues related to companies, investors, and the interaction between them in the capital markets. When you complete the Specialization, you’ll be able to better understand both business financial problems to make better decisions and your own personal financial decisions

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