Financial derivatives are ubiquitous in global capital markets. Students will obtain a sophisticated understanding of valuation methods; tools for quantifying, hedging, and speculating on risk; and a basic familiarity with major markets and instruments. Financial derivatives are ubiquitous in global...

Our 4-week advanced course considers how to design interactions between agents in order to achieve good social outcomes. The course -- which is free and open to the public -- considers three main topics: social choice theory (i.e., collective decision making), mechanism design, and auctions. More...

Теория игр занимается математическим моделированием конфликтных ситуаций, таких как конкуренция в экономике, политические конфликты, проблемы, связанные с голосованием и т.д. Строя математические модели этих явлений, можно предсказывать, каким будет результат конфликта, или находить решение, примени...

S'équiper de la boîte à outils du financier pour prendre des décisions judicieuses d'investissement ou d'épargne. La finance est omniprésente et les décisions financières nous concernent tous. Tout individu est un jour ou l'autre amené à épargner ou emprunter. La sélection des projets d'investissements...

Learn how corporate leaders make effective decisions to maximize profitability and achieve strategic organizational goals. Need a career boost? Every business depends on the acumen of its financial leaders. Learn to make profitable financial decisions from UMUC professors who have been distance educators...

Discover how to use fundamental finance tools in both management and MBA learning contexts and understand common financial situations faced in everyday life. Want to study for an MBA but are unsure of basic financial concepts? This business and management course prepares you for studying finance in an...

What is credit risk? Why is it so important, in modern economies, to correctly deal with it? This course combines theory with practice to answer these questions. Imagine that you are a bank and a main part of your daily business is to lend money. Unfortunately, lending money is a risky business - there...

Gain a solid foundation in mergers & acquisitions to kick-start your career in finance. Offering an intensive introduction to the complex world of M&A;, this course will provide an invaluable foundation in strategy, regulation, finding a deal, corporate valuation, and more. You will learn about buyer...

Learn how a national economy works, including the determination of equilibrium levels of national income and prices In this economics course, you will learn some of the major concepts of macroeconomics, such as gross domestic product, price level, inflation, unemployment, economic growth and the balance...

Explore how entrepreneurship and innovation tackle complex health problems in emerging economies. Entrepreneurship and Healthcare in Emerging Economies aims to engage students in an inter-disciplinary approach to understanding the nature of complex health problems throughout the world, with an illustrative...

Learn the basics of microeconomics, including supply and demand of commodities and how equilibrium in the market affects price. A country’s economy consists of three major economic agents; consumers, firms and government. Analyzing the choices made by these economic agents is one of the main subjects...

Learn how to identify effective nonprofit organizations and apply course concepts by awarding grants to student-nominated nonprofits. About this Course *Note - This is an Archived course* This is a past/archived course. At this time, you can only explore this course in a self-paced fashion. Certain features...

Learn how to make better decisions about security and IT by using state-of-the-art economic tools, security metrics and data analytics. This economics course provides an introduction to the field of cybersecurity through the lens of economic principles. Delivered by four leading research teams, it will...

Introduction to the Black-Scholes-Merton model and other mathematical models for pricing financial derivatives and hedging risk in financial markets. This is an introductory course on options and other financial derivatives, and their applications to risk management. We will start with discrete-time...

Learn about Corporate Funding Alternatives and Financing Strategies. In this course, we’ll look at the role of venture capitalists in funding early-stage companies including their position in the capital structure and potential benefits to the early-stage company beyond obtaining capital. We’ll describe...

We are living in a financially fragile world. There is economic growth, but not enough opportunities to find decent work. Globally, more than 200 million people are still unemployed, but there has been progress in standards of labour and work. This is not sustainable. Learn from experts from the International...

Explore why and how political institutions affect economic development, and apply key theories and empirical techniques to real-world examples ranging from voting and corruption to the role of the media. This course is part of the MITx MicroMasters program in Data, Economics, and Development Policy ...

Learn advanced topics in M&A; including financial accounting, financing the deal, and the all-important understanding of the seller’s viewpoint. If your goal is a career on a broker-dealer’s M&A; desk, this is the course for you! This course will dive deeper into advanced M&A; topics. We’ll look at the...

Is it possible to develop a thriving global economy in an equitable and environmentally-resilient way? Unemployment. Inflation. Protectionism. Trade barriers. Fiscal deficit. These are not just terms in an economics textbook or in newspaper headlines. These real-life challenges carry societal and environmental...

Improve critical thinking about healthcare entrepreneurship by reading, discussing, and analyzing case studies and writing a business plan. Problems with healthcare quality, access, and costs bedevil all countries. This course explores how to create successful global business innovations in health care...