Lecture: Mergers and Acquisitions - Details

Lecture: Mergers and Acquisitions - Details

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General information

Course name Lecture: Mergers and Acquisitions
Semester WiSe 2023/24
Current number of participants 11
maximum number of participants 20
Home institute BWL, insb. Betriebswirtschaftliche Steuerlehre
Courses type Lecture in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
First date Tuesday, 17.10.2023 14:00 - 16:00, Room: Raum 222 (Raum 57) [WiWi]
Performance record Classroom participation (10%)
Classroom presentation of specified problem or case study (60%)
Written analysis of presentation of specified problem or case study (30%)
ECTS points 5

Comment/Description

Learning objectives:
- Fundamentals, Terminology and Definitions regarding Acquisitions, Mergers, Demergers and related strategies
- Acquisition of profound knowledge regarding specifics of related M&A-strategies (merger and demerger types)
- Ability to embed reorganizational strategies into a holistic strategical perspective of decision-making models
- Acquisition of basic knowledge with respect to relevant legal provisions

Contents:
- M&A-strategies as Part of a holistic perspective on Business strategies
- Rationale for Acquisitions
- Rationale for Mergers
- Rationale for Demergers
- Going public; going private
- Distressed entities
- The Reorganization Process (Virtual Data Room, Due Diligence)

Important
As you may have noticed, the available slots for the course are limited to 20 students. On October 14th, the selection of participants will be conducted through the Stud.IP system. In case there are more than 20 registrations, a waiting list will be created. To ensure that every student interested in the course has the opportunity to secure a spot, please attend the first class on October 17th (time: 12-14, room 222 at the wiwi faculty). During this class, a registration list for the course will be provided, allowing students who have decided to enroll to sign up. This also means that students on the waiting list may have a chance to secure a spot.

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Beschränkte Teilnehmendenanzahl: Mergers and Acquisitions".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats in the affected courses have been assigned at 13.10.2023 on 23:59. Additional seats may be available via a wait list.

Registration mode

After enrolment, participants will manually be selected.

As you may have noticed, the available slots for the course are limited to 20 students. On October 14th, the selection of participants will be conducted through the Stud.IP system. In case there are more than 20 registrations, a waiting list will be created. To ensure that every student interested in the course has the opportunity to secure a spot, please attend the first class on October 17th (time: 12-14, room 222 at the wiwi faculty). During this class, a registration list for the course will be provided, allowing students who have decided to enroll to sign up. This also means that students on the waiting list may have a chance to secure a spot.