Corporate Finance I: Measuring and Promoting Value Creation

Reading a business through its numbers

This course treats finance as a way to judge whether a company is actually creating value. Financial ratios, short-term and long-term liquidity, and valuation techniques for investment and acquisition decisions are the main threads, with financial statement analysis, financial modeling and cash management among the skills listed.

Who should start here

Because it is labeled beginner, it suits people who have read a balance sheet but never had to use one to make a decision: managers stepping into finance-heavy roles, analysts moving over from operations, or students who need a firm base before more technical courses.

• Practice computing one ratio on a company you know, then compare it with the course examples.
• Track how liquidity and value interact, since the course treats them as connected rather than separate topics.

Expect a foundation rather than advanced modeling, and plan the next course in the sequence to build on it.