VENTURE CAPITAL|PRIVATE EQUITY|INVESTMENT BANKING|FINANCIAL MARKETS

The module will cover valuation concepts with focus on Private Equity and Venture Capital companies. After a review of corporate valuation principles and...

Venture Capital and Private Equity Valuation (IFTE0011)

The module will cover valuation concepts with focus on Private Equity and Venture Capital companies. After a review of corporate valuation principles and financial modelling, students will see how those models are applied by PE and VC to value investments. Empirical examples will be covered with emphasis on the FinTech sector. Further applications to value Funds making such investments will be studied.

The Module aims to introduce students to valuation concepts of Private Capital Investments in a broad sense including valuing privately held companies (i.e.: unlisted) and investments in early stage ventures. Students will understand management buyouts and buyins, the issues of financing and leverage and the mechanics of these investments and the types of entities making such investments. Particular areas of focus will be real options valuation and the FinTech sector with empirical examples for both.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, students will have:

A critical understanding of PE and VC investment considerations and evaluation methods.
	The ability to value Private Capital investments
	The ability to set-up a financial model for those companies
	Specific knowledge of how to value FinTech companies

Digital transformation|contemporary topics of healthcare|systems leadership|population health

This module seeks to strengthen your knowledge of business, management and organisational principles and practices within the contemporary health sector....

Contemporary Topics in Health and Healthcare (GBSH0004)

This module seeks to strengthen your knowledge of business, management and organisational principles and practices within the contemporary health sector.  It emphasises a critical and reflective approach in the consideration of contemporary issues.  You will have to draw on and reflect upon your own experiences of organisations and share them with peers during group discussions.

The topics will be selected by the MBA Health academic staff on an annual basis.  Some of the topics that might be included are:

-    Digital Health Transformation and Opportunities in Healthcare
-    Social Determinants of Health
-    The Business of Behavioural Health and Ageing
-    Leading Change in Healthcare
-    AI for Health Solutions
-    Population Health Management
-    Systems Leadership

You will be asked to prioritise your five top topics.  You will then be assigned three topics across the first three weeks of the module face to face days.

Wrap up week for this module will be more focused on sharing learning and reflection, but as always, it will be led by health professionals who work in the various themed areas that you have been discussing and evaluating over the previous three weeks.  They will take you through real world case studies that solidify the application of these themes.