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Analyzing Growth Drivers & Business Risks 

    Analyzing Growth Drivers & Business Risks
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    Overview

    Kickstart your business or finance journey by unpacking how macro-level, industry-level, and firm-level characteristics can influence business decisions!

    Duration

    2 hours

    Mode of learning

    Online

    Schedule type

    Self paced

    Difficulty level

    Beginner

    Credential

    Certificate

    Analyzing Growth Drivers & Business Risks
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    CFI 
    Highlights

    • 100% online and self-paced
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    Analyzing Growth Drivers & Business Risks
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    CFI 
    Course details

    Who should do this course?
    • For beginner and intermediate business and finance enthusiasts, including aspiring financial analysts, management consultants, and entrepreneurs
    What are the course deliverables?
    • Upon completing this course, learner will be able to:
    • Define key categories of growth drivers and business risks
    • Compare different business analysis frameworks
    • Define how economic, industry and company-level characteristics may influence business strategies and outcomes
    • Interpret the results of qualitative assessments
    • Explain how these results may inform financial analysis
    More about this course
    • Understanding growth drivers and business risks are essential parts of analyzing a business or in formulating a solid corporate strategy
    • This can be achieved using a top-down approach, by first looking at the broader economy, followed by industry analysis, then at the company itself; this course introduces frameworks to assess each level in specific detail
    • Learner will look at how to conduct a PESTEL analysis before diving into the Porter’s 5 Forces framework to help understand the bargaining power of suppliers and of buyers, as well as the threat of new entrants
    • Learner will also explore the industry life cycle, competitive advantage and positioning, as well as Ansoff’s Matrix, before completing a SWOT analysis
    • Finally, learner will work on two example case studies to demonstrate how the findings from these frameworks might help inform an analyst’s model assumptions
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    Analyzing Growth Drivers & Business Risks
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    CFI 
    Curriculum

    Introduction

    Introduction

    Learning Objectives

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    Analyzing the External Business Environment

    Analysis Framework

    PESTEL Analysis

    Political Factors

    Economic Factors

    Social Factors

    Technological Factors

    Environmental Factors

    Legal Factors

    PESTEL Example

    Analyzing the Industry

    Porter's 5 Forces

    Industry Research

    Porter's 5 Forces Example

    Industry Lifecycle

    Analyzing the Business

    Frameworks for Analyzing a Business

    Understanding Competitive Position

    Ansoff Matrix

    SWOT Analysis

    Connecting the Frameworks to Financial Analysis

    Translating Growth Drivers & Business Risks into Financial Analysis

    Assumptions & Drivers in a Financial Model

    Case Study: ABC Sporting Goods

    Case Study: ABC Sporting Goods (cont.)

    Case Study: MDM Medical (Part 1)

    Case Study: MDM Medical (Part 2)

    Case Study: MDM Medical (Part 3)

    Course Summary

    Qualified Assessment

    Qualified Assessment

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