The Scope of Corporate Finance

• Corporate Finance Functions
• Dimensions of Capital Raising
• Four Key Financial Statements
• Financial Statements and Cash Flow Analysis
• Types of Financial Ratios
• Future and Present Values practical applications

Strategic and Operational Financial Planning

• Overview of the Planning Process
• Long-Term Financial Planning
• Sustainable Growth Model
• Pro Forma Financial Statements
• Assumptions to Generate Pro Forma Financial Statements
• Building Strategic Financial Models
• Modeling What-if-Analysis

Investment Banking and the Public Sale of Equity Securities (IPO)

• Basic Choices in Securing External Financing
• Investment Banks' Role in Equity Offerings
• Services Provided by Investment Bankers and their Costs
• Prospectus, Shelf Registration, and IPO

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Control

• Methods of Acquisitions
• Motives for Mergers and Acquisitions
• Anti-Takeover Measures
• Value Maximizing Strategies
• Bankruptcy and Financial Distress
• Major Causes of Business Failure
• Bankruptcy Laws

Stock and Bond Valuation

• Valuation Fundamentals
• The Basic Valuation Model
• Term Structure of Interest Rates
• Zero Growth and Constant Growth Valuation Models
• Variable Growth Model

Short-Term Financial Management

• The Cash Conversion Cycle and Cash Management
• Accounts Receivable Management
• Credit Scoring and Credit Monitoring
• Accounts Payable Management
• Aggressive versus Conservative Approach
• Working Capital