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Taught by Professor Tensie Whelan, this 14-week course provides participants with the ability to help their business be a force for change through ESG (environment, social, and governance) investing, sustainable supply chain management, employee and consumer engagement, sustainability marketing, and more.

Every choice a corporation makes has financial implications. As a result, when defined broadly, every business decision fits under the rubric of corporate finance. In Corporate Finance with Professor Aswath Damodaran, students become familiar with this “big picture” of corporate finance while also learning the intricate theories and techniques that are crucial to maximizing shareholder value

Taught by Professor Aswath Damodaran, one of the leaders in the field, Advanced Valuation is for analysts, financial officers, and portfolio managers seeking a deeper understanding of valuation, and the skills and knowledge to confidently make financial decisions. Through video lectures, live Q&A sessions, and a hands-on valuation project, students will learn how to estimate the value of any business, small or large, private or public, in a developed or an emerging market.

Through a combination of lecture, discussion and group exercises, participants will learn about financially material Environmental Social Governance (ESG) indicators and data providers, and learn how to translate corporate performance on sustainability into financial performance.

In this four week course, students can progress at their own pace through the key steps of data visualization. The hands-on lessons will focus on techniques for data preparation — how to choose, create, and edit graphics, as well as best practices for presenting your visualizations.

This program will introduce you to a variety of analytical frameworks related to leadership and will focus on how to apply those frameworks to analyze and address important leadership challenges.

Combining lecture, discussion, and individual and group exercises, this short course addresses the prospects for globalization.

This course is designed for those who understand that topics such as social responsibility, environmental sustainability, ethics and morality, diversity and inclusion, and employee well-being have become integral components of leading a competitive and profitable company, and are looking for the knowledge skills necessary to embed these concepts in their organizations and themselves.

This course is designed to assist executives in developing the knowledge, skills and perspective they need to understand and address these environmental and social challenges, and build companies that meet the needs of society while delivering economic returns to shareholders and stakeholders.

For the first four weeks of this program, students will learn how to program in R for effective data manipulation and visualization. They will also develop the ability to create control structures, such as loops and conditional statements, to traverse, sort, merge, and evaluate data. The following four weeks of the program will focus on techniques for data preparation — how to choose, create, and edit graphics, as well as best practices for presenting your visualizations.

In this 4-week course, students will learn how to program in R for effective data manipulation and visualization. Students will import, transform, and manipulate datasets for various analytical purposes. Students will develop the ability to create control structures, such as loops and conditional statements to traverse, sort, merge, and evaluate data. This course is designed for those who have no experience in R or programming.

In this course, participants will learn about the Nobel prize-winning Modigliani-Miller (MM) Theorem of capital structure, and examine the effects of leverage on firm value and equity risk.

In this course, participants will learn the tools and methods needed to make more informed financial decisions.

On Friday, May 14, the final teams in the Entrepreneurs Challenge, hosted by NYU Stern's Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship, will pitch off to see which ventures win the grand prizes.

On Tuesday, May 11, NYU Stern’s Business and Society Program (BSP) will host the 2021 Ashok C. Sani Distinguished Scholar-In-Residence Lecture, delivered by Sallie Krawcheck, CEO and Co-founder, Ellevest. This year's talk will be entitled, "Women Are the Social Safety Net."

On Friday, April 30, NYU Stern's Volatility & Risk Institute hosted its Second Annual Conference, titled, “A Financial Risk Framework For Climate Change: Portfolio Construction, Stress Testing, and Risk Transfer.”

Join us for our 29th Annual Stern Women in Business Conference: “Reshaping Resilience: Women Leading The Way!” 

On Thursday, April 22, NYU Stern's Center for Global Economy and Business hosted a fireside chat with Dr. Henry Kaufman to discuss his book: “The Day the Markets Roared: How a 1982 Forecast Sparked a Global Bull Market.”

The Fubon Center will host a fireside chat featuring Terrance Odean, Rudd Family Foundation Professor of Finance at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, moderated by Professor Melissa Schilling.

In this program, we will examine best-practices related to the business use of social media and digital marketing.

Wharton Prof. Mauro F. Guillén will join NYU Stern Prof. Sinziana Dorobantu to share insights and answer questions from his new book 2030: How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything. He will relate this new work to his foundational research on globalization.

This two-day program covers: the true meaning and sources of power; the skills needed for effective political management of organizational problems; an understanding of your own political mindscape; and a personal plan for successful political management of conflict. It is designed for middle, upper middle and senior level managers interested in strengthening their political and conflict management skills to enhance their influence and productivity.

For over ten years, the Latin American Business Associations (LABA) at NYU Stern and Columbia Business School have positioned their Latin American Business Conference as one of the most anticipated forums to discuss the pressing issues, challenges, and achievements of the region. The 2021 Latin American Business Conference, on Friday, April 9th, will feature keynotes from BTG Pactual and Blackrock and panels that will explore Latin American resilience.

In its 15th year, the conference is open to students and the general public, providing industry knowledge and networking opportunities for hundreds of MBAs and media professionals passionate about the entertainment, media, and sports industry.

On April 9, 2021 we are virtually hosting our 16th Annual Private Equity & Venture Capital Conference. We will also have senior leaders speaking from esteemed firms such as BlackRock, Blackstone, Apollo, Greycroft, H.I.G Capital, Edison Partners, and many more serving on our six panels and two keynotes held throughout the day. These panel discussion topics will cover exit strategies in the Covid-19 era, growth equity, early-stage investing, ESG & impact investing, real estate, and the credit market outlook.