Teaching Interest
Teaching Interest
Strategies for Value Creation (MBA Course)
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Description
SVC is a capstone course that integrates topics from finance, strategy, and leadership. It is intentionally cross-functional and designed to force integration at the end of the MBA program. Students develop a value creation mindset and learn that value creation is an important, but by no means only, corporate objective and a guiding principle for making a wide range of managerial decisions. The goal is to give students the knowledge, skills, frameworks, and judgment needed to make good strategic, financial, and operating decisions. The course emphasizes the development of practical insights rather than formal theories--to understand the tools and concepts commonly used in organizations. Classes extend and refine the analytical tools covered in RC Finance 1, RC Finance 2, and RC Strategy; and apply value-based management techniques to a broad set of business decisions.
The course is appropriate for people interested in C-Suite positions in companies(CEO, CFO, COO), in advisory roles in investment banking or consulting, and in investing roles in private equity, venture capital, or hedge funds.
The key modules include:
- Understanding Value Drivers
- Creating Competitive Advantage (Profitability)
- Sustaining Competitive Advantage (Sustainability)
- Driving Profitable Growth (Growth)
- Financing Profitable Growth
The course is appropriate for people interested in C-Suite positions in companies(CEO, CFO, COO), in advisory roles in investment banking or consulting, and in investing roles in private equity, venture capital, or hedge funds.
