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Corporate Acquisitions - MGSM858

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The study of corporate mergers/acquisitions is truly interdisciplinary, and for this reason, our unit will draw on material from the fields of strategy, accounting, law, economics and corporate finance. The unit broadly covers each of the following topics:
- Evaluation of the strategy and motives for acquisitions
- Valuing targets to determine optimum acquisition price
- Financing considerations for acquisitions
- Deal design and structure
- The main forms of corporate combinations and their motivation
- Due diligence
- Implementation and post-implementation planning.

Credit Points: 4
When Offered:

Term 1 North Ryde - January to March

Term 3 North Ryde - June to September

Term 3 Hong Kong - Offshore students only

Staff Contact(s): studentservices@mgsm.edu.au
Prerequisites:

MGSM840 and MGSM835 Prerequisite Information

Corequisites:

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Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of Applied Finance

Faculty of Business and Economics

Course structures, including unit offerings, are subject to change.
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