Executive Education

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Finance for Executives

Program Content

Optional Accounting Tutorial

• Identifying the purpose and types of financial reports
• Discuss the key components of financial reports
• Examining the role of auditors and management in the preparation of annual financial reports

Interpreting Financial Reports

• Identifying the conceptual underpinnings of corporate reporting
• Reading and understanding corporate financial statements
• Qualitative assessment of financial performance

Evaluating Investments

• Investment evaluation criteria
• Estimation of cash flows, including the consequences of product cannibalization, shared production facilities, and inflation
• Applying discounted cash-flow and multiples valuation methods
• Strategic acquisitions
• Understanding the stock market’s response to operating decisions
  

Financial Decisions and Value Creation

• Overview of financial markets
• Intra-industry performance evaluation
• Alternative sources of capital for short- and long-term financing
• Managing capital structure
• Estimating the cost of capital
• Understanding the stock market’s response to financial decisions