Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance

Corporate finance focuses on the financial activities related to running a corporation, primarily with the goal of maximizing shareholder value. It involves managing the company’s capital structure, funding strategies, investment decisions, and risk management.

Key areas within corporate finance include:

• Capital Budgeting: Evaluating and selecting long-term investments that align with the company's strategic goals. This involves forecasting cash flows, assessing project risks, and determining the expected returns.

• Capital Structure: Determining the optimal mix of debt, equity, and internal financing to fund operations and growth while balancing financial risk and cost of capital.

• Working Capital Management: Managing short-term assets and liabilities to ensure the company maintains sufficient liquidity to meet operational needs.

• Dividend Policy: Deciding whether to return profits to shareholders as dividends or to reinvest earnings for future growth.

• Financial Analysis and Planning: Preparing financial forecasts, budgeting, and monitoring performance against goals to support strategic decision-making.

• The Law of One Price serves as a unifying valuation framework, connecting theoretical concepts directly to practice and helping to unify topics that may initially seem unrelated.

• A streamlined presentation of mathematical concepts through notation boxes, clearly labeled equations, and other aids helps students overcome jargon and master necessary quantitative skills.

• Special emphasis on capital budgeting and valuation ensures students gain a thorough understanding of these critical areas within corporate finance.

• Personal Finance examples allow students to apply managerial finance concepts, tools, and techniques to their own financial decision-making scenarios.

• Data Cases challenge students to conduct realistic data analysis exercises, developing practical skills with real-world applications.

• Worked examples accompany important topics, providing detailed, step-by-step models of both the solution process and reasoning required.

Together, these features create an engaging and effective learning experience tailored to prepare students for success in both academic and professional finance environments.

Understanding corporate finance principles is crucial for business leaders and financial professionals to make informed decisions that drive sustainable growth and shareholder wealth. Mubarak Institute of Technology offers expert-led courses designed to develop comprehensive knowledge and practical skills in corporate finance for individuals aiming to enhance their expertise in this vital business function.