Finance for Managers: Theory & Practice

This course offers a comprehensive introduction to the core principles of corporate finance from a managerial perspective. Designed for business leaders and managers, it provides an in-depth understanding of critical financial concepts and analytical tools essential for strategic decision-making.

Key topics include:

• Time Value of Money: Grasp the concepts of present value, future value, and discounted cash flows to make informed financial decisions.

• Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) & Portfolio Theory: Learn to optimize financial management through expert application of market theories.

• Capital Structure & Cost of Capital: Analyze a firm's capital structure to determine the optimal debt-equity mix and calculate the weighted average cost of capital.

• Capital Budgeting Techniques: Master techniques like NPV, IRR, Payback Period, and Profitability Index for evaluating investment projects.

• Financial Instruments: Gain expertise in stock, options, futures, and derivative contracts valuation.

• Company Valuation: Understand enterprise valuation methods, including fundamental and technical analysis, and option pricing models such as Black-Scholes.

• Financial Forecasting: Learn advanced forecasting techniques, including co-integration, random walk, seasonality, smoothing, and error analysis.

• Research Methods: An introduction to survey and research methodologies in finance.