How should you conduct an analysis and valuation of digital businesses? These businesses often generate negative operating margins and cash flows, paired with double-digit revenue growth. Nevertheless, they can represent significant enterprise value because of high margins and cash flow farther out on the horizon. What are key financial and operating indicators for analysis of performance? What are best methods for estimating enterprise value?
This one day course will help you identify which direction a digital business is headed by providing approaches to develop and read financial and operating indicators. Find out the critical factors for the success of a digital business, and how to determine if such companies could expand their value creation in the future. In addition, the course provides guidance on how to setup a discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation of digital business, based on scenarios for long-term business performance and growth and how to select and apply valuation multiples.
You are an investor, analysist or manager of digital businesses, in business development, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate controlling, or corporate strategy. You have a basic understanding of financial analysis and valuation before starting the course. This programme will especially suit your learning needs if you are:
You have a minimum of 5 years of managerial experience
You have budget responsibility and have financial impact in your organisation
You have responsibility in the strategic decision-making process in your organisation.
During Analysis and Valuation of Digital Business Models you will learn from Prof. Marc Goedhart. Occasionally we may substitute other faculty members according to the content of the programme and their availability.
Marc Goedhart leads the RSM Diploma Programme in Business Valuation. He is professor of corporate valuation at RSM and has more than 20 years of experience in advising companies across Europe and Asia on corporate finance and valuation issues at McKinsey & Company. He is one of the leaders of McKinsey’s Strategy & Corporate Finance practice in the Benelux, and co-wrote Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Valuation of Companies. He is a member of the editorial board of the quarterly journal McKinsey on Finance, and has published extensively in the McKinsey Quarterly and academic journals. Marc is a regular contributor to courses in finance at academic institutions in Europe.
30 June 2023
15 December 2023
€ 1,100 (excl. 21% VAT) including course materials, lunches, and snacks. This fee does not include hotel accommodation.
25% discount for alumni from Erasmus University Rotterdam and RSM.
All of our short courses can also be delivered as personalised in-company training to groups of employees from the same organisation. This enables us to develop a comprehensive programme that focuses on your organisation’s own unique situation and issues.
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) offers a dynamic learning environment for professionals looking for new skills and knowledge in business and management education.
This programme takes place in Bayle building on the Woudestein Campus of Erasmus University Rotterdam, just 15 minutes by public transport from Rotterdam city centre. Our modern and lively campus has innovative study facilities, sustainable design, and calming green spaces.
Most programmes start at 09:00. Finishing times are different for each programme. There’s also an approximate schedule in each programme’s brochure and on its webpages. When you register for a programme you will be given access to Canvas, our online learning system, and the full schedule is in Canvas. Your programme manager will hand out a detailed schedule on the first day of your programme.
Class sizes are usually between 12 to 24 people, but it does depend on the programme. We aim for a balance between allowing capacity to guarantee individual attention, and achieving a good group dynamic and networking opportunities.
Yes. Alumni from RSM and Erasmus University Rotterdam receive a 25 per cent discount. RSM alumni are those who have completed either a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, PhD or at least one executive education programme of more than 40 hours duration. Participants of open programmes of less than 40 hours do not receive a discount. Companies sponsoring several participants may also be offered a special price.
These programmes are excluded from this alumni discount:
Programme fees include tuition, programme materials, plus lunch and refreshments throughout the programme. Hotel accommodation is not included, unless mentioned otherwise in the programme information.
If you require hotel accommodation, we recommend the Novotel Rotterdam Brainpark Hotel and the Bilderberg Park Hotel. Both hotels are located in Rotterdam, accessible to the university, and participants can benefit from special rates.
Please note that due to high demand, we advise you to book your hotel stay for any program as early as possible with a flexible rate.
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