Creating Value: Merger/Acquisition

Catalog description

This course is intended to extend and further develop the long-term investment and financing topics introduced in earlier courses. The course focuses on applied managerial decision-making, and is designed for students seeking a more thorough understanding of the economic analysis of mergers and acquisitions and the effect capital structure decisions have on firm value. Topics addressed include advanced techniques in capital budgeting, firm (division) valuation, capital structure, firm (division) cost of capital, and quantitative risk assessment.