Kellogg School of Management

Corporate Finance

Kellogg School of Management

Finance & Accounting

About Programme

This highly collaborative corporate finance program combines the advanced thinking of senior Kellogg faculty and the real-world experience of successful practitioners to show you how to optimize and integrate investment and financing decisions to maximize shareholder value creation. 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.

Learn more about incentives available for groups and teams of four or more.

Programme Content

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
Stock market reactions to changes in financial policy: the scientific evidence
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)

Programme Audience

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

Programme Benefits

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

Testimonials

"An excellent program with lots of practical lessons for performance improvement. The faculty was excellent, experienced and knowledgeable and gave a lot of food for thought. I would recommend this course strongly for those who are currently working in consulting, or considering moving into the industry."

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"Top-notch faculty guiding you to apply very technical concepts and applying them to real-life examples in an understandable way."

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"This program provides an excellent overview of financial strategies to build shareholder value."

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