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About the Course

Hi and welcome to this course! Would you like to learn about the latest valuation methods that may help you to make better business decisions? Then 'Advanced Valuation and Strategy – M&A, Private Equity, and Venture Capital' by Erasmus University Rotterdam is the right course for you! This course is helpful for executives that need to value complete strategies and for all students interested in corporate finance and strategy. We present the latest tools and show you how to apply them! We will revolutionize your way of decision making, by extending static techniques from corporate finance with dynamic methods to quantify strategic thinking. Traditionally, we assess the attractiveness of an investment as a mature business, where future cash flows mainly result from past decisions. But, in an ever-changing world, strategic decisions determine the firm’s long-term success and market value. Yet managers often have to consider these long-term implications using intuition and experience alone, with little guidance from structured, quantitative analysis. Our treatment goes far beyond the use of standard valuation analysis. We introduce the expanded NPV, which brings together DCF, real options, and game theory. Thinking in terms of options, games, and adaptive strategies may help managers address strategic questions such as: How do you value a leveraged buyout? How can you value a high-tech venture with negative cash flows? When should you invest in new ventures in stages? How can you incorporate rival bidders in the analysis? The tools we provide can improve your decisions in business and in daily life. * Who is this class for? We hope that our course appeals to (graduate) students in finance, economics, and business, as well as to high-ranking professionals and a general audience. This course is particularly interesting for venture capitalists, private equity investors, investment bankers, CEOs, CFOs, and those who aspire these affiliations. We offer this MOOC at 3 levels: 1.Executive Summary: This 1-week module provides critical insights into the principles of corporate valuation and strategy. This is accessible for time-constrained executives and the general audience without any prior knowledge. 2. Student Level: This level involves an understanding of the technical details. This level requires basic knowledge of concepts in corporate finance, e.g., the time value of money, financial statement analysis, capital structure, and the relation between risk and returns. Learners of this level can skip week 1. 3. Honors Level (honors certificate): This level is challenging, engaging, and compelling to an intellectually rigorous student....

Top reviews

AS

May 18, 2020

Boosts your up-to-date understanding of how strategy and valuation come together. It helped me better understand my PE clients' buy & build strategies from a growth option valuation perspective.

DH

Aug 6, 2023

Great course- the material is engaging, and the assessments are challenging. The honours case study is worth doing to test your knowledge, plus the case study is a classic and well documented.

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By Joshua Y K

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Oct 9, 2022

Very engaging and informational. A must have for every accounting professional

By Adrifaza B

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Aug 22, 2021

it is beneficial for those who want to be a financial expert. thank you so much

By Công M V ( V

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Aug 13, 2021

Thank you very much teachers. I feel like I learned what I needed in this course

By Madhusoodan.M

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May 19, 2020

Nice explanation of the concepts in Valuation with case study by the professors.

By Aishwarya V

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May 3, 2020

Very well written content and videos that helped me understand the concept well.

By Rainer W

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Oct 18, 2020

Relevant and modern valuation methods to quantify uncertainty and competition.

By Fernando G F

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Aug 31, 2020

Very interesting perspective about options valuation in uncertainty sceneries.

By Paras T

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May 14, 2020

Knowledgeable. learned a lot from this course. Concepts are cleared very well.

By Daniel T

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Jun 16, 2020

Well structured. Further reading could be more guided to specific resources.

By Baljinder B

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Jun 16, 2020

A wonderful course that has given me deep insight concepts for evaluation.

By Byron A L D L P

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Apr 5, 2020

Excelente curso, sin duda enseña a ver mas allá. El curso es muy practico.

By Iryna K

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Sep 16, 2024

Важный курс с конкретными примерами. Понятная подача информации. Спасибо!

By Trang T Q D

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Jan 31, 2020

Very informative and applicable to my job! Best value course on Coursera

By Pankaj M

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May 12, 2021

One of the toughest courses I ever had. It was very difficult to pass.

By Kwok T F E

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Jul 7, 2020

Good for review the fundamental knowledge of Financial Valuation Skils

By Antonio C d S L

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Sep 19, 2022

Practical, handfull, reliable, and extremely clear. Congratulations.

By Andrey L

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Feb 10, 2021

Challenging, but usefull and interesting for the finance professions.

By Victor R

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Nov 9, 2020

Good pedagody, the lessons were interesting and enriching ! thank you

By Daniela T

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Jul 24, 2020

Great MOOC! A wide understanding of valuation including option games.

By Oskar S

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Apr 8, 2022

Ich mochte den Inhalt und die ab und zu herausfordernde Lernmethodik

By Pranav k

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Jul 17, 2021

High quality content and one of the best online course I have taken.

By Juan J T L

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Sep 7, 2020

A very challanging course! Require a big effort. Highly recomended.

By 赵泽民

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May 1, 2019

The explanations of the answers to some exercise are very helpful.

By João V

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Jul 21, 2021

a very complex course with rich information on valuation methods

By Kush A

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Jun 27, 2021

This course is an advance course which helped me hone my skills