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Overview
You’ll receive practical guidance on how to determine what investments you should make, which should be divested and the impact of financing strategy on your bottom line.
You’ll explore the latest corporate finance methodologies and frameworks in a lively learning environment that includes lectures, case studies, discussions and a review of current research. Outside of the classroom, you and your peers with work together in study group settings to apply your new knowledge to real-world situations.
Key benefits about the Corporate Finance - Strategies for Creating Shareholder Value program at Northwestern University:
- Measure the impact of major strategic and operating decisions on shareholder value
- Evaluate and prioritize strategic investments including capital expenditures, organic growth, mergers and acquisitions and restructuring alternatives
- Determine the consequences of financing strategies for value creation
- Accurately estimate firms’ and divisions’ cost of capital and its relation to financial structure
Programme Structure
Creating Shareholder Value: Evaluation of Investments
- Analytical techniques
- Common mistakes made in the evaluation process
- Financial reporting and resource allocation decisions
- Modern approaches for the determination of cost of capital
- Divisional cost of capital
- Evaluating strategies using real options
Financing Decisions
- Determinants of financial structure: Is debt good for your firm?
- Cash distribution strategy: dividends and stock repurchases
- Impact of financing strategies on your firm’s cost of capital
- Innovative financial instruments
Interaction of Investment and Financing
- Techniques for analyzing value created by investment and financing strategies
- Design of consistent investment and financial strategies
Corporate Financial Strategies
- Valuation of merger and acquisition targets
- Ownership restructuring: leveraged buyouts
- Valuation of international investments
- Value-based management (EVA, CFROI, SVA)
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 6 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
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Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Finance Financial Management View 29 other Short Courses in Financial Management in United StatesWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:
- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
Who Should Attend:
- Executives who participate in strategic decisions such as capital budgeting, financial planning and mergers and acquisitions
- Managers with profit and loss or balance sheet responsibilities
- Executives in financial advisory functions such as consultants, accountants, commercial bankers and investment bankers
Tuition Fee
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International
10450 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 10450 USD for the full programme during 6 days. -
National
10450 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 10450 USD for the full programme during 6 days. -
In-State
10450 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 10450 USD for the full programme during 6 days.
Living costs for Evanston
1100 - 1500 USD /month
Living costs
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