Content
International mergers and acquisitions (M&A) represent an important strategy for growth, internationalisation and acquiring new capabilities, resources or knowledge. This course tackles international M&As from both the macro-economic and micro-economic perspective. On one hand, this course focuses on the reasons behind this phenomenon from the international business perspective. On the other hand, this course has a special emphasis on the socio-cultural aspects of the post-acquisition integration phase.
Objectives
Based on the learning objectives the students obtain a deeper understanding of the reasons behind this phenomenon and learn to apply critically various M&A approaches, evaluate the motives and strategies, as well as the specific needs related to the integration process on real-life case and in their written assignment. In addition, the students acquire the capability to independently recommend and design an M&A strategy for managers. This course aims also at improving students’ ability to debate during classes and writing in an academic manner. It is recommended that students have completed their Bachelor Thesis before attending this course.
Lectures: 12hours (intensive course 3*4hours)
Mode: case study (40%) and written assignment (60%)
- Teacher: Melanie Hassett