Chapter 1

Strategic Decision Making

Interface of financial policy and strategic management

medium • 1 min read

Corporate strategy and value creation

medium • 2 min read

Financial goals and corporate strategy alignment

medium • 3 min read

Strategic planning process

medium • 4 min read

Evaluating strategic alternatives using financial models

medium • 5 min read

Chapter 2

Value Based Management

Shareholder Value Analysis (SVA)

medium • 1 min read

Economic Value Added (EVA) and Market Value Added (MVA)

medium • 2 min read

Cash Flow Return on Investment (CFROI)

medium • 3 min read

Balanced Scorecard and performance measurement

medium • 4 min read

Aligning executive compensation with value creation

medium • 5 min read

Chapter 3

Strategic Cost Management

Activity-Based Costing (ABC) and management

medium • 1 min read

Target costing and life cycle costing

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Value chain analysis for competitive advantage

medium • 3 min read

Total Quality Management (TQM) financial implications

medium • 4 min read

Business Process Reengineering (BPR)

medium • 5 min read

Chapter 4

Corporate Restructuring Strategies

Financial restructuring (Equity and Debt)

medium • 1 min read

Spin-offs, split-offs, and carve-outs

medium • 2 min read

Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs) and Management Buyouts (MBOs)

medium • 3 min read

Divestitures and asset sales

medium • 4 min read

Distress prediction (Altman Z-score) and turnaround strategies

medium • 5 min read

Chapter 5

Emerging Strategic Finance Issues

Real options in capital budgeting (Option to expand, abandon, delay)

medium • 1 min read

Start-up valuation contexts

medium • 2 min read

ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) and financial strategy

medium • 3 min read

Impact of digitalization on financial strategies

medium • 4 min read

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) frameworks

medium • 5 min read