Corporate Finance Essentials for Business Decisions
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Corporate Finance Essentials for Business Decisions
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What you'll learn
Apply NPV, IRR, and discounted cash flow techniques to evaluate investment opportunities.
Analyze capital structure, cost of capital, and financing decisions to maximize firm value.
Evaluate dividend policies, working capital strategies, and financial performance measures.
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June 2026
16 assignments
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There are 4 modules in this course
Master Corporate Finance with practical tools like NPV, IRR, and WACC to make smarter business decisions.
Learn how companies evaluate investments, manage risk, and maximize value. This course provides a comprehensive, real-world approach to corporate finance, covering capital budgeting, cost of capital, financial leverage, dividend policy, and working capital management. You will learn how to analyze investment opportunities, compare financial strategies, and understand how financing decisions impact firm value. Through structured lessons, you will gain the ability to evaluate projects using discounted cash flow techniques, optimize capital structure, and assess shareholder return strategies. The course also explores liquidity management, performance evaluation, and corporate governance to give you a complete financial decision-making framework. By the end of this course, you will confidently apply corporate finance principles in business, investment, and strategic roles, making you job-ready for finance careers and professional certifications like CFA and FRM.
Learn how to evaluate long-term investments using NPV, IRR, and DCF techniques while understanding cost of capital and project ranking decisions.
What's included
6 videos4 assignments
6 videos•Total 46 minutes
- Capital Budgeting•7 minutes
- Principles of Capital Budgeting•7 minutes
- Internal Rate of Return•6 minutes
- Discount Cash Flow•11 minutes
- IRR vs. NPV Project Rankings•8 minutes
- Cost of Capital•7 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Foundations of Investment Decision-Making•30 minutes
- Introduction to Capital Budgeting•10 minutes
- Evaluating Investment Returns•10 minutes
- Comparing Investment Techniques•10 minutes
Understand how firms determine cost of capital, optimize capital structure, and use leverage to balance risk and return in financing decisions.
What's included
6 videos4 assignments
6 videos•Total 46 minutes
- Target (Optimal) Capital Structure•8 minutes
- Roll of Wacc/Mcc to Find NPV•12 minutes
- Cost of Capital for A Project•8 minutes
- Country Risk Premium•5 minutes
- Measure of Leverage•6 minutes
- Degree of Financial Leverage•7 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Cost of Capital & Financing Strategy •30 minutes
- Capital Structure Essentials•10 minutes
- Project-Level Cost Analysis•10 minutes
- Understanding Financial Leverage•10 minutes
Explore dividend strategies, share repurchases, and working capital management to optimize liquidity and shareholder value.
What's included
7 videos4 assignments
7 videos•Total 47 minutes
- Firm Charecteristics and Leverage•6 minutes
- Dividends and Share Repurchases Basics•7 minutes
- Stock Dividends, Stock Splits•4 minutes
- Dividend Payment Procedure•10 minutes
- Share Repurchase with Borrowed Funds•9 minutes
- Share Repurchase vs Cash Dividend•4 minutes
- Working Capital Management•6 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Payout Policies & Working Capital •30 minutes
- Leverage & Firm Strategy•10 minutes
- Dividend Policies in Practice•10 minutes
- Shareholder Returns & Liquidity•10 minutes
Analyze liquidity management, performance evaluation, and governance frameworks to ensure financial stability and ethical decision-making.
What's included
6 videos4 assignments
6 videos•Total 50 minutes
- Liquidity Ratios•7 minutes
- Managing Net Daily Cash•10 minutes
- Cash Management and IPS•9 minutes
- Evaluating Performance•6 minutes
- What is Corporate Governance•10 minutes
- Code of Ethics•8 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Liquidity, Performance & Governance •30 minutes
- Managing Liquidity•10 minutes
- Cash & Performance Management•10 minutes
- Governance & Ethics•10 minutes
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