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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 19, 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.

JV

May 16, 2025

Excellent course which has been developed very well with detailed explanation videos for learners. The course also provides great practical application of teachings with real valuation examples

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By Khang D

Jun 28, 2022

The course is really helpful for anyone wants to improve knowledge in finance. The course is well-structured with samples and case study help me understand more about valuation, theoritical framework, etc.

By Marco O

Jul 4, 2019

I think could be valuable for this course, incorporate some exercises in excel or other spreadsheets to have a better comprehension and to get the lesson on pdf for reviewing the course before the quizzes.

By Cheryl S

Mar 1, 2020

Very comprehensive and well-taught. I learned a tremendous amount of valuable material, and the content was about as challenging as in my MBA courses. This is honestly the best online course I've taken.

By Janardhanan V

May 16, 2025

Excellent course which has been developed very well with detailed explanation videos for learners. The course also provides great practical application of teachings with real valuation examples

By Darren R H

Aug 7, 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.

By Krista S

Mar 29, 2021

Interesting course on valuation methods. It is an advanced course so basic valuation and calculation skills are required.

The graded test are pretty difficult. The video's explain it all.

By Don v S

May 22, 2023

Excellent content both conceptually as well as examples and exercises. Would recommend to anyone who is interested in learing valuation beyond the DCF models that are traditionally used.

By Amos G

Sep 9, 2023

Very informative course however it would be better if we could have more opportunities to practice before the quiz as well as clearer answer's to the wrong answers for the final quiz.

By HİDAYET M

Nov 17, 2020

Çok güzel ve anlaşılabilir kurs ve sunumdu. Çok teşekkürler Profesör Hans Smith. Kendimi geliştirme fırsatı verdiğiniz için çok teşekkür ederim.

Hidayet Mat

E-posta: hm0655@yahoo.com

By Carlos A C

Oct 8, 2022

This was excellent, It's a Master's content and in most cases nobody really pay attention to real options, and this course it's all about that. So I really recommend it.

By Han

Sep 20, 2018

Excellent course. This course brings together the best insights from strategy and corporate finance. Highly recommended for corporate strategists and M&A professionals.

By Giovanni L P d M

Sep 3, 2020

Curso muito bom para dar uma noção bem forte de valuation, além de ser muito útil para se aprender a avaliar opções de investimento em cenários com muita volatilidade.

By Rik

Jan 24, 2021

Excellent course. Well written and challenging at times. Does a very good job at linking strategy with valuation, which should in practice naturally always be linked.

By Béla B

Oct 4, 2018

Great and clear video's on the study material. Very energetic teacher who's enthousiasm was passed on to me to work even harder to score a good grade for the subject!

By Mujtaba A

Jan 16, 2025

excellent course, covers in details about essential topics such as game theory and option theory, Also focuses heavily on quantitative applications and formulations.

By Tarek A

Aug 29, 2022

I am very fortunate to have come across this course. This course provides very valuable information and is specific to valuation.

You did a great job, Professor Han.

By Brendan Y

Jan 15, 2023

A fantastic exploration of various valuation methods available, and importantly, how they can be used together for greater effect and in more complex situations.

By Alexandro O B

Feb 20, 2021

provides a great learning experience. was difficult for someone who does not have a finance background but did learn a lot of new and interesting things.

By winnie I

Mar 22, 2022

Professor Han Smit is excellent in delivering complex concepts in a simple concise way. Thanks Professor Han. I do learn a lot from this course & enjoy.

By Guilherme C

Jun 29, 2020

Highly recommended! For those who just have the basics in valuation, like me, It will demand extra study and research... Investopedia helped me a lot ;)

By Benjamin D

Apr 7, 2020

Very challenging in the beginning as a 3rd year student, but extremely insightful as you study further within the course. Thoroughly enjoyed it!

By Carlos P

Feb 9, 2022

Excelent course. Thanks to the instructors for explaining the exercises with such detail, it really helps to understand the course much better!

By Marco P

Jan 31, 2021

Tough for beginners or semi-beginners on accounting, but a clear value. It gives you great perspective on real company evaluation.

By Sidhant M

Aug 24, 2020

This is a really immersive and tough course. The need to have a bit of a background is absolutely mandatory. Good luck with this.