Financial Statement Analysis and Corporate Valuation

This course focuses on current developments in the areas of management accounting and control systems, and financial management, with emphasis on issues of importance to business and industry. The course covers developments within traditional areas such as cost management, performance measurement, pricing, and management control systems, as well as emerging topics such as sustainability/CSR management, digitalization of business and organizations, customer and revenue management, interorganizational management control, and supply-chain finance. The course explores the chosen issues mainly through group work. The course participants are provided a list of issues (smorgasbord) from which the participant groups are to select one issue each to explore in depth (or come up with one of their own). Thus, the actual content of the course is determined by course participant interests.