Overview
Recommended Prep Courses
These preparatory courses are optional, but we recommend you to complete the stated prep course(s) or possess the equivalent knowledge prior to enrolling in this course:
- Introduction to Corporate Finance
- Building a 3 Statement Financial Model
- Business Valuation Modeling
Corporate & Business Strategy Course Overview
Strategy matters to all operating companies, as it is a major determinant of the success of their business. This Corporate & Business Strategy course will cover the most important terminologies, theories, concepts, and frameworks on strategy. The course is designed to guide you through a comprehensive strategic analysis process, and demonstrate the application of theories into real-world business situations.
Why Take This Corporate & Business Strategy Course
CFI’s Corporate & Business Strategy course is beyond just academic definitions, theories and concepts — you will take raw data and information provided in the case study, perform analyses as guided through the video lectures, and build strategic alternatives based on the result of your analyses. At the end of the day, you will be able to create a detailed strategy document, describing the entire strategic analysis process from external analysis to the recommendation of strategic alternatives, which can then be presented to the management board of the company.
As a professional financial analyst, the ability to demonstrate both quantitative and qualitative analytical skills is a valuable asset to possess, which allows you to stand out from the competition.
Who Should Take this Business Strategy Course
This strategy course is designed specifically for financial analysts. While it’s open to students from any background (consulting, sales, HR, etc), it’s tailored to demonstrate how strategic analysis can be tied to a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model and other types of financial modeling.
Professionals who will get the most value from this class include investment banking, equity research, corporate development, equity research, and private equity.
Enroll now to learn how to perform comprehensive strategic analysis of a business from scratch!
Corporate & Business Strategy Learning Objectives
- Understand how the strategic analysis process helps decision makers perform in-depth analyses and identify optimal strategic alternatives
- Differentiate between the three levels of strategy (corporate, business, and functional)
- Perform external analysis by looking at the supply chain, mapping out strategic groups, building competitive forces model and analyzing PEST factors
- Perform internal analysis by understanding a company's core competencies, competitive advantage, value chain activities and ways to sustain competitive advantages
- Assess a company's current corporate-level, business-level and functional-level strategies
- Learn how to generate, evaluate and select optimal strategic alternatives through methods such as SWOT analysis, DCF analysis and multi-criteria analysis
- Tie strategic alternatives to a company's mission, vision and goals
- Apply all theories taught in the lectures into a case study and generate the appropriate strategies using the provided information
Prerequisite Courses
Recommended courses to complete before taking this course.
Prerequisite Skills
Recommended skills to have before taking this course.
- Critical thinking
- Basic computer skills
- Excel
Level 3
2h 24min
100% online and self-paced
Field of Study: Finance
Start LearningWhat You'll Learn
Introduction to Strategy
Internal Analysis
Current Strategies
Strategic Alternatives: Generation, Evaluation and Recommendations
Case Study - Monic
Qualified Assessment
This Course is Part of the Following Programs
Why stop here? Expand your skills and show your expertise with the professional certifications, specializations, and CPE credits you’re already on your way to earning.
Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA®) Certification
- Skills Learned Financial modeling and valuation, sensitivity analysis, strategy
- Career Prep Investment banking and equity research, FP&A, corporate development
Commercial Banking & Credit Analyst (CBCA®) Certification
- Skills Learned Financial Analysis, Credit Structuring, Risk Management
- Career Prep Commercial Banking, Credit Analyst, Private Lending
Finance for Non-Finance Managers
- Skills You’ll Gain Accounting, Finance, Budgeting and Forecasting, Strategy
- Great For Operations, Marketing or Sales Managers, Department Heads/Team Leaders, Strategy Consultant, Non-Finance Executive Roles (e.g. COO, CTO) and more
Financial Planning & Analysis Professional
- Skills You’ll Gain Accounting, Finance, Excel, Data Analysis, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Modeling, Budgeting, Forecasting, Power Query, Power BI, Data Visualization, Economics, and more
- Great For The FPAP certification focuses on practical, desk-ready skills that are immediately applicable to current FP&A professionals or anyone seeking to land a role in FP&A
