Finance Simulations

Most people make business decisions every day without fully understanding their financial impact. The Fundamentals of Finance simulation changes that. Participants run a company across multiple rounds, designing strategies through the eyes of a CFO — monitoring KPIs, managing cash and assets, and understanding how every operational decision ripples through the balance sheet. It's one of the most accessible finance simulations available, and one of the most powerful tools for building a shared financial language across a team or classroom.

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Fundamentals of Finance

Duration: 4 to 12h
Team: 2–6 per team
What: Participants develop their finance acumen to make sounder business decisions and explore how organisations create value. Key learning areas: understanding the three financial statements, exploring profitability and break-even, managing cash, assets and investments, mastering P&L and cash flow dynamics, linking strategy to financial performance, and using KPIs to drive value creation. Best for financial accounting courses at advanced undergraduate and graduate levels, and junior to middle managers in corporate environments. Available on Harvard Business Publishing. Available in English, French, Chinese & German.

Who is it for?

Non-finance managers who need to understand the numbers behind the business, business and MBA students building foundational financial literacy, and executives who want to connect their operational decisions more directly to financial performance.

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