Executive Education

Corporate Restructuring, Mergers, and Acquisitions

A tumultuous market can be a rare opportunity to create value. This program helps executives take advantage of corporate restructuring options. As you examine the complexities of different strategic options and the ways each approach creates value, you will acquire a portfolio of proven financial management strategies that can be implemented to sustain and enhance your firm's position—even in times of instability.

Driving Corporate Performance

Senior financial executives learn to design effective control systems for their firms in this program emphasizing strategic alignment. As you explore the relationship between a company's strategy, economics, and control systems, you gain the ability to design, implement, and manage systems that align the entire organization in pursuit of company goals—thereby advancing your company's strategy and improving its financial position.

Driving Corporate Performance – China

Discover how to create strategic alignment by exploring the vital connections between company strategy, economics, and control systems. A collaboration between HBS and Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, this program helps executives design, implement, and manage systems that focus an organization on business goals and in turn, improve performance and enhance corporate value.

Finance for Senior Executives

Senior executives acquire a broader, deeper understanding of corporate finance in this program designed for the non-specialist. This offering provides insight into corporate finance as practiced by today's best-run companies. You will increase your contributions to your company by mastering frameworks for establishing the best financial systems and learning how to read capital markets, evaluate market strategies, and maintain financial equilibrium.

Leadership in Financial Organizations

Investigate the critical leadership issues that confront high-level executives of financial institutions in today's challenging economy. This program, designed for managing directors and high-level leaders, explores risk management, ethical obligations, regulatory controls, and other demands placed on today's companies. You will learn to lead franchises, teams, and entire organizations more effectively.

Leadership in Financial Organizations – China

Leadership in Financial Organizations – Europe

Leadership in Financial Organizations – India

Private Equity and Venture Capital

Build a successful investment strategy and improve your effectiveness at all stages of a deal, even in today's turbulent market. In this program, you examine critical aspects of investing, such as negotiation strategy and portfolio management, while exploring industry models—from venture capital to growth equity to buyouts. You emerge with practical approaches to industry infrastructure, portfolio strategies, and decision making.

Strategic Financial Analysis for Business Evaluation

Develop the skills to analyze company financial data accurately and strategically in this program focused on improving executive decision making. Whether your concern is your own company, competitors, or potential acquisitions, you will master tools and techniques that give you a comprehensive view of any business, so you can monitor and forecast performance, measure profitability, assess competitiveness, and analyze restructuring opportunities.