Valuation and Creating Sustainable Value

Welcome to the course on Valuation and Creating Sustainable Value. This is a course from IIM Bangalore. Professor Padmini Srinivasanis the course instructor.We are delighted to have you with us in this course.Valuation is an important term in the field of finance and accounting. It is required for a number of reasons; be it reporting of assets in the financial statements, acquisition of companies or investing in shares or securities.Corporations are going for expansion and better utilization of resources to gain a competitive position in the industry. Companies are acquiring other companies to have a larger market share and enhanced shareholder value. Valuation occupies an important role in this process of mergers and acquisitions. Analysts and investment professionals perform a thorough valuation exercise to arrive at the value of the target company.This course will explain to you the different methods of valuation along with examples. You will understand the different terms related to valuation and how they are used in the process of valuation.A company's financial statements are an important key input for the valuation process to start with. The course will begin by describing to you the basics of financial statements and how to analyze them. You will learn the different concepts and techniques of valuation in a simple and easy to understand way through a series of videos, real company analysis, reading material, examples, discussions forums as well as assessments to check your understanding.