Advanced Corporate Finance Strategies

Instructor: EDUCBA

Access provided by University of the Philippines, OIL

6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Evaluate investment projects using capital budgeting, risk analysis, and valuation techniques.
Analyze capital structure, leverage, dividend policies, and financing decisions.
Assess mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring opportunities using corporate finance frameworks.

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Assessments

24 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 6 modules in this course

Master advanced corporate finance concepts used by finance professionals, analysts, and decision-makers worldwide.

Learn how to evaluate investments, optimize capital structure, analyze dividend policies, and assess mergers and acquisitions with confidence. This course provides a comprehensive framework for making strategic corporate finance decisions. Learners will explore capital budgeting techniques, project risk analysis, real options, valuation methods, capital structure theories, leverage analysis, dividend policy frameworks, and corporate governance practices. The course also covers mergers and acquisitions, including transaction structures, takeover defenses, target valuation, discounted cash flow analysis, comparable company analysis, merger evaluation, and corporate restructuring decisions. By the end of the course, learners will be able to evaluate investment opportunities, assess financing alternatives, analyze acquisition targets, and make informed corporate finance decisions using industry-relevant tools and methodologies.

Develop the skills required to evaluate investment opportunities using capital budgeting principles, incremental cash flow analysis, project evaluation techniques, and risk-adjusted decision-making frameworks.

What's included

6 videos4 assignments

6 videosTotal 58 minutes

Capital Budgeting Principles9 minutes
Incremental Project Cash Flows with Example12 minutes
Incremental Project Cash Flows with Example Continues10 minutes
Replacement Project8 minutes
Inflation Effect and Projects with Unequal Lives9 minutes
Capital Rationing and Project Risk Analysis10 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Capital Budgeting Fundamentals30 minutes
Foundations of Capital Budgeting10 minutes
Estimating Project Cash Flows10 minutes
Advanced Project Evaluation10 minutes

Explore valuation methodologies, financing theories, tax effects, financial distress costs, and information asymmetry to support effective capital structure decisions.

What's included

6 videos4 assignments

6 videosTotal 44 minutes

Discounting Rate and Real Options8 minutes
Capital Budgeting Pitfalls4 minutes
Alternative Valuation Measures10 minutes
Objective of Capital Budgeting11 minutes
Modgliani Miller Propostions With taxes5 minutes
Cost of Financial Distress5 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Advanced Capital Budgeting Decisions30 minutes
Strategic Investment Analysis10 minutes
Measuring Project Value10 minutes
Capital Structure Foundations10 minutes

Examine leverage decisions, optimal capital structures, dividend theories, investor preferences, and payout strategies that influence shareholder value.

What's included

6 videos4 assignments

6 videosTotal 35 minutes

Asymmetric Information5 minutes
Static Trade off Theory7 minutes
Actual vs Optimal Structure5 minutes
Leverage Analysis3 minutes
Dividend Irrelevane8 minutes
Dividend and Tax Preference7 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Capital Structure and Financing Choices30 minutes
Information and Financing Decisions10 minutes
Optimizing Capital Structure10 minutes
Dividend Policy Essentials10 minutes

Analyze dividend decision frameworks, tax considerations, share repurchases, agency conflicts, and governance mechanisms that support organizational effectiveness.

What's included

7 videos4 assignments

7 videosTotal 71 minutes

Clientele Effect12 minutes
Agency Costs and Signal of Dividends12 minutes
Effective Tax Rate and Tax Credits10 minutes
Other Dividend Models11 minutes
Other Dividend Models Continues7 minutes
Share Repurchase vs Cash Dividend8 minutes
Conficts and Agency Conflicts12 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Dividend Policy and Governance30 minutes
Dividend Behavior and Investors10 minutes
Taxes and Dividend Decisions10 minutes
Dividend Alternatives and Governance10 minutes

Understand merger types, strategic motivations, acquisition methods, integration strategies, and transaction structures used in corporate growth initiatives.