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Risk Management

Risk Management

This course is part of Foundations of Business Specialization

Instructor: Pearson

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1 module

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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2 hours to complete

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1 module

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

2 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Evaluate corporate finance strategies for securing capital and making investment decisions within regulated securities markets.
Apply a structured risk management process to identify, analyze, and mitigate financial and operational threats to a business.

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There is 1 module in this course

Learn to evaluate the critical financial strategies that fuel corporate growth and enhance wealth by balancing risk with reward. This course explores how leaders weigh immediate cash needs against the complexities of being a publicly traded company, where decisions must account for shareholders and board members. By the end of this course, you will be able to analyze how corporations strike this crucial balance to make strategic funding decisions that drive long-term success.

Investments and securities serve as means to enhance personal and corporate wealth. A crucial aspect of this process is understanding the concept of the time value of money, which plays a vital role in balancing the risks and rewards associated with placing funds in various interest-earning accounts or investment vehicles. Additionally, business leaders must carefully consider the most effective strategies for funding the company's growth and ensuring access to capital. In this course, we will explore the relationship between risk and return and how corporations strike a balance between their cash needs, the complexities of being a publicly traded entity, and the introduction of shareholders and board members into the decision-making process.

What's included

2 assignments2 app items4 plugins

2 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Practice Quiz30 minutes
Graded Quiz30 minutes

2 app itemsTotal 65 minutes

Reading: Stocks, Funds and Markets pp. 552-567A30 minutes
Reading: Investments, Financing and Regulation pp. 567B-585A35 minutes

4 pluginsTotal 20 minutes

Interactive: Maximizing Capital Growth5 minutes
Interactive: Primary vs. Secondary Securities Markets5 minutes
Interactive: Risk–Return Terminology 5 minutes
Interactive: Becoming a Public Corporation5 minutes

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Pearson

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