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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 Giancarlo M

May 9, 2020

Great content. I would suggest providing the slides with the information in the animations. It's very important for following class and further reference. Also, additional reference material would be helpful, as some questions on the test are not covered in the videos.

By Tyler W

Jul 22, 2022

The material is very dense and compact. I found that it took quite a bit of pausing and rewinding webcasts to take the appropriate amount of notes. However, the whole course is very interactive, very visually engaging, and I learned exactly what I came for.

By Tomas C S

May 7, 2021

Great course! Has really good and deep content on financial analysis for M&A, PE and VC. However, there are flaws in some parts, as there is missing information about important topics (such as the APV method valuation) which is still asked for on the exams.

By Raghavendra G

May 1, 2020

Good course with great insights into valuation, game theory, and corporate strategy. Certain explanations were lacking at some points, which had to be looked up online. However, they were included in the certificate tests.

By Priyaranjan P

Jul 7, 2020

The course was of very high quality and the reaching by Professor Smit was excellent. Only thing, few of the explanations could have been more elaborate which might have helped me a lot (being from non-finance background)

By ART V D P

Feb 2, 2022

Fine course . The exercises are enjoyable and I learned a lot. However, could I perhaps suggest that the instructor in the video not only improves on his English, but also slows down speed-talking. Overall 4 stars.

By Eduardo F R

Oct 19, 2020

An interactive overview of advanced valuation strategy. Classes webcasts are excellent and most assignments are challenging. Would like to see an extended class with more in depth examples and case studies.

By Giovanni C

Sep 28, 2021

The course is really interesting and it helps to understand and to deep an economic overview about investment.

It is really complicated if you haven't a economic background and it needs some extra studies.

By Varun c

May 29, 2020

More nuances with respect to in-depth calculations of certain metrics used ( beta values , factor values of u and d ) for example should be explained more explicitly with course work to compliment it .

By Vaishali C

May 30, 2020

If the screen had subtitles, it would have helped a lot. The course was compact but relevant. Some more and detailed explanation would have helped in better understanding of key concepts.

By Andrew W

May 15, 2020

Really enjoyed the course! Technical, and testing it pushed my to properly understand the videos and readings, and for me to further my understanding in certain areas.

By Shivin S

Jul 21, 2020

The course was quite good and unique and also very helpful for looking at things from a wider perspective. Helped me in understanding valuation and options concepts.

By Achiravich S

Apr 30, 2022

The concept of real option and game theory is really interesting. Could be better if they give more time or reading resource to explain calculation part as well.

By LUIS F A E

Sep 10, 2020

It's a course that teaches you a lot, but you need previous knowledge in valuation, option and game theory. The course basically tells you how to combine them

By Rohit M

Jun 16, 2020

Good course but for a beginner, it's hard to understand the real options theory concept and game theory. More videos to be added to make it beginner-friendly.

By Anne B H

Oct 4, 2021

Very interesting MOOC, some questions were not so clear in my opinion.

Full answers would have been nice (may be because i was not familiar with the subject).

By Álvaro R R

Apr 15, 2020

Very useful the first half of the course, as it is very practical.

It is maybe too theoretical the second half of the course.

Overall, 100% recommended.

By Sandra Q

Oct 6, 2018

A course that goes beyond the standard finance courses in explaining what practices are used in valuations of different types of companies/industries.

By Juan M G

Sep 15, 2022

Buen curso, falta un poco mas de material para la parte teorica. Aprendi cosas interesantes que espero poder aplicarlas en mi trabajo diario.

By Rahul C

Mar 3, 2023

the structure of this course is amazing. The peer-graded assignments add value to it.

Could be improved by responding to doubts

By Camilo E S C

May 23, 2020

Such an excellent course! only aspect I would change is that the quizzes that require calculation must have an excel sheet

By Yap H Y

Oct 31, 2023

Interesting course with the incorporation of options and game theory into the traditional valuation of project evaluation

By José M E P

Apr 25, 2021

The accent of the professor is sometimes hard to understand. However, it is a very interesting course overall.

By Jatin N

Dec 7, 2019

Very interesting and challenging. But the value additions point of view, it is highly recommended.