SEMINAR NO. 4 : 

STRATEGIC VALUE ANALYSIS - "Accountants ... they know the price of everything and the value of nothing"

Corporate Strategy Fundamentals

• The Control Framework in Strategic Planning

• Corporate Objectives

• Financial Aspects of Corporate Objectives

• Mini Case Study: Objective Hierarchies

Strategic Performance Perspectives

• Measures of Strategic Performance

• Re-Engineering Financial Statements

• Cost of Capital (the Discount Rate)

• Strategic Financial Structures using Debt and Equity

• Mini Case Study: Capital Structure and Firm Values
  

Risk in Strategic Project Evaluation

• Financial Performance and Operating Value

• Operating Risk and Discount Rate Perspectives

• The Project Risk Classification Grid

• Mini Case Study: Project Risk Evaluation

The Management of Strategic Value

• Testing "Strategic Fit"

• Traditional Valuation Methods: Advantages and Disadvantages

• Key Value Drivers

• Price Earnings and Market to Book Ratios

• The Perpetuity Method in Valuation

• Case Study in Strategic Value Analysis