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Overview
You’ll learn to evaluate investment opportunities and develop new insight into how shareholder value is created and the key role executives like you play in the process. The Finance for Executives program is offered at the Northwestern University.
In a highly collaborative and supportive learning environment, you’ll gain new knowledge and understanding in interactive classroom sessions led by senior Kellogg faculty, then spend time in working sessions with your instructors and fellow class members applying theory to practice with a heavy emphasis on real-life executive finance case examples.
Key benefits:
- Contribute more meaningfully to financial decision making
- Talk numbers with confidence
- Read, understand and interpret financial statements
- Evaluate investment opportunities
- Understand the implications of financial decisions on firm value
Programme Structure
The program focuses on the following areas:
Interpreting Financial Reports- Identify the conceptual underpinnings of corporate reporting
- Read and understand corporate financial statements
- Conduct a qualitative assessment of financial performance
- Evaluating Investments
- Understand investment evaluation criteria
- Estimate cash flows, including the consequences of product cannibalization, shared production facilities and inflation
- Apply discounted cash flow and multiples-based valuation methods
- Understand strategic acquisitions
- Expand your knowledge of financial markets
- Evaluate alternative sources of capital for short- and long-term financing
- Manage capital structure
- Estimate the cost of capital
- Understand how the stock market responds to financial decisions
Audience
- Executives who make or contribute to decisions with significant financial implications
- Managers with profit-and-loss responsibility in marketing, operations, human resources, engineering and other nonfinancial areas
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 6 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
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More details
- START: June 16 at 3:45 PM; END: June 21 at 11:45 AM
Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Finance View 207 other Short Courses in Finance in United StatesAcademic 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
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- 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 make or contribute to decisions with significant financial implications
- Managers with profit-and-loss responsibility in marketing, operations, human resources, engineering and other nonfinancial areas
- Note: No background in finance is required
Tuition Fee
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International
11100 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 11100 USD for the full programme during 6 days. -
National
11100 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 11100 USD for the full programme during 6 days.
Fee includes lodging and most meals.
Living costs for Evanston
1100 - 1500 USD /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
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