Using Finance for Strategic Growth — India

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Please note, this program is part of the Accelerated Development Program (ADP) certificate curriculum. Learn more about the ADP.

India's economy is growing at a rapid rate. While other countries are facing grim economic prospects, the future is bright for Indian companies and business executives who know how to harness this economic growth effectively. But how do you drive growth in ways that align with your company's overall strategy and mission? Through better financial management and value creation.

Using Finance for Strategic Growth will give you a rock solid foundation in financial decision making, policy and practice. You will identify the best means through which value is generated in your company and gain a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the primary factors that can either build or diminish it.

Tuition includes lunches, breaks, and program materials, and does not include accommodations.

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Using Finance for Strategic Growth explores ways to increase the value of your business through a more deliberate and sophisticated use of capital structures, capital budgeting, diversification and risk.

Led by John R. Percival, PhD, and Franklin Allen, PhD, distinguished experts in finance and value creation, this course will motivate you to closely examine the way you and your company make financial decisions and give you new insight into understanding finance.

Using Finance for Strategic Growth Session Topics Include:

  • Capital Structure and Cost of Capital

  • Design for Risk-Adjusted Profit

  • Financing Growth

  • Integrating Finance and Strategy

  • India Financial System

  • Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Valuation

High potential managers with at least ten years of work experience and a proven record of advancement are good candidates for this course. Managers who need an overview of financial management practices, as well as senior managers who want to understand how their decisions can have an impact on shareholder value, can gain from this course.  It is also useful for general managers and directors of finance, business development, and marketing who want to deepen their financial knowledge.

Gain insight into your current approach to making financial decisions. Learn how to identify and take advantage of non-financial factors that contribute to value creation.

By enrolling in this program, you will learn how to:

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  • Simplify the process of creating shareholder value
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  • Create a cost-of-capital culture within your company
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  • Balance risk and growth in a corporate management portfolio
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  • Evaluate the financial impact and value of strategic decisions

Franklin Allen FRANKLIN ALLEN, PhD
Nippon Life Professor of Finance
Professor of Economics
Co-Director, Financial Institutions Center

A member of the Wharton faculty since 1980, Dr. Allen's areas of interest include corporate finance, asset pricing, financial innovation and comparative financial systems. He is the recipient of numerous distinguished teaching awards, and formerly served as Vice Dean and Director of Wharton Doctoral Programs. Dr. Allen is also a past President of the American Finance Association, the Western Finance Association and the Society of Financial Studies, and has served as executive editor of the Review of Financial Studies, one of the leading academic finance journals.

Franklin Allen is Co-Director of Wharton's Financial Institutions Center. The center brings together experts from across disciplines to provide insights into the central issues facing participants in today's financial markets, and maintains a close working relationship with the financial services industry.
John Percival, PhD JOHN R. PERCIVAL, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Finance,
The Wharton School

John Percival is active in the development and teaching of various Executive Education programs. At Wharton since 1971, he is the lead faculty on several open-enrollment programs: Integrating Finance and Strategy for Value Creation and The CFO: Becoming a Strategic Partner. He has also developed customized programs for companies such as GE Capital, Pitney Bowes, IBM, Fiat, Chubb, Hartford, American Skandia, Sun Life, Siam Cement, Scientific Atlanta, Ford, and Bankers Trust. He consults to organizations in both the public and private sectors, has authored or co-authored articles in numerous publications, and was recently the recipient of the WEMBA Program Core Teaching Award for Financial Analysis.

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