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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Corporate Finance I: Measuring and Promoting Value Creation by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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About the Course

In this course you will learn how to use key finance principles to understand and measure business success and to identify and promote true value creation. You will learn how to use accounting information to form key financial ratios to measure a company’s financial health and to manage a company's short-term and long-term liquidity needs. You will also learn how to use valuation techniques to make sound business investment and acquisition decisions. Finally, you will learn how to incorporate risk and uncertainty into investment decisions and how to evaluate the performance of existing investments. Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to: • Understand how companies make investment decisions that create value for shareholders • Use accounting statements to measure the financial health of a company • Forecast and manage a company’s short- and long-term liquidity needs • Measure the contribution of a new project or acquisition to shareholder value • Incorporate risk into investment decisions using the appropriate discount rates • Evaluate the performance of a company or divisions of a company This course was previously entitled Financial Evaluation and Strategy: Corporate Finance. The course received an average rating of 4.7 out of 5 based on 177 reviews over the period of September 2015 through August 2016. A detailed breakdown of ratings and reviews received for the prior version of the course, which is identical in content to the current course, is provided in the course orientation page. This course is part of the iMBA offered by the University of Illinois, a flexible, fully-accredited online MBA at an incredibly competitive price. For more information, please see the Resource page in this course and onlinemba.illinois.edu....

Top reviews

SK

Sep 11, 2017

Great course with a LOT of beneficial knowledge. However, it's a lot of information crammed into 4 weeks. In order to learn the material thoroughly expect to spend a lot of time on it!

WH

Feb 28, 2021

Great course with good coverage of Corporate Finance. Course was properly planned with Quizes and Assignment in between to ensure that we understand the concept explained in the course.

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By 刘寓伟

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Apr 14, 2021

I learned a lot about M&As and how to evaluate them.

By RITTIKA P

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Apr 2, 2025

This course help me to understand finance smoothly

By JAMES C

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Feb 23, 2021

Great course and professional experience.

5 stars

By Jorge A G

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Oct 29, 2017

Really like itr, nice examples, advance finance.

By Anton A

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Aug 3, 2020

Interesting course by easy words. Thanks a lot!

By Frank A

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Feb 16, 2019

Excellent course taught by a stellar Professor.

By Dieu P

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Apr 17, 2021

Such a great course to recapture my knowledge!

By Stella A

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Jan 28, 2019

Thank you, Heitor Almeida. It was very useful.

By Daniel M

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Oct 19, 2020

A very insightful course with many lessons.

By Nuno M

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Jun 12, 2020

Obrigado Heitor! Great learning experience.

By Nguyen T T

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Apr 20, 2024

Great insight course! Thank you so much!

By Ronald v D

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Jun 13, 2020

Course material was very will explained!

By MILIND K

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Jun 10, 2020

It has been a very knowledgable course.

By Jay K

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Feb 3, 2019

somewhat challenging but a lot to learn

By Shadab K

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Jul 31, 2023

explained nicely and very helpful one.

By CLAUDIO H S D

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May 23, 2023

Muy interesante, y abarca lo propuesto

By Roberto G

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Sep 21, 2020

Excellent course.Excellent instructor.

By Neha s

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Jul 16, 2020

Excellent learning course for students

By Justin L

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Feb 7, 2023

Truely helpful and nicely designed!

By Rob v d B

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Jun 17, 2020

Great course, fantastic professor!

By Ahmed Q

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Apr 7, 2020

Great practical method of teaching

By Remco B

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Feb 12, 2018

Great content, great instructor.

By Joseph A

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Feb 13, 2017

Great class, highly recommend it

By Abdulhamid D

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Aug 28, 2021

Almeida...loved your course!

By Muhammad H

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Jun 18, 2020

VERY GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE