Strategic Financial Value Creation

Enhance your financial acumen with Duke Corporate Education

This short course is designed by Duke Corporate Education, a subsidiary of Duke University.

Designed specifically for non-financial managers, this online short course from Duke University’s Duke CE elevates your financial understanding and empowers you with the knowledge to drive business growth and value creation.

Through practical exercises, you’ll gain the financial skills needed to analyse performance, understand business models, and make informed decisions.

Explore the four cornerstones of value creation

You’ll discover the essential principles that drive long-term value creation in any organisation. This module will cover positive spread, healthy cash flows, meeting investor expectations, and sustaining competitive advantage.

By understanding these cornerstones, you’ll contribute to strategies that ensure the success and longevity of your business and long-term professional development.

Understand and leverage key value drivers

You’ll learn about the key factors influencing a company’s value, including revenue growth, cost efficiency, asset utilisation, and more.

With this insight, you’ll be better equipped to leverage these value drivers effectively and implement strategies that maximise your organisation’s performance.

Assess financial health with free cash flow (FCF) metrics

Gain a critical understanding of how to assess your company’s financial health through Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) and Free Cash Flow (FCF) metrics.

By the end of this course, you’ll have an understanding of key financial principles and metrics, empowering you to drive value creation and make informed decisions.

This course is ideal for non-financial managers and professionals seeking to enhance their financial acumen to make better business decisions. No prior finance experience is needed, but a basic understanding of business operations and strategic thinking will be beneficial.

This course is ideal for non-financial managers and professionals seeking to enhance their financial acumen to make better business decisions. No prior finance experience is needed, but a basic understanding of business operations and strategic thinking will be beneficial.

• Explore essential principles such as positive spread, healthy cash flows, meeting investor expectations, and sustaining competitive advantage to create long-term value in an organization.
• Identify key factors that influence a company’s value, including revenue growth, cost efficiency, asset utilization, and capital allocation, and learn how to leverage them effectively.
• Demonstrate the importance of Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) and Free Cash Flow (FCF) as critical metrics for assessing a company’s financial health and investment attractiveness.
• Practice a comprehensive understanding of risk from a financial perspective, examining it as a distribution of potential outcomes and exploring its impact on decision-making.