Consolidation Project (Merger and Acquisition) (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Location and time

The project is held in the autumn semester. There will be a one hour long workshop per week.

Materials

Lectures slides, template spreadsheet and other relevant material will be provided by the lecturer. Any text book covering fundamental issues of finance will be useful.
The following online resources will be explored:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeZf5FUwF9LrvdnjXhiCGKQ/videos
The above channel is run by the lecturer himself.
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/
http://www.worldbank.org/
https://www.bloomberg.com
http://www.reuters.com/
www.bbc.co.uk
http://ssrn.com
http://www.imf.org/external
http://www.worldbank.org/
http://www.ifc.org
http://www.reuters.com/
www.bbc.co.uk
https://www.investing.com
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/
https://finance.yahoo.com/
http://www.nasdaqomxnordic.com
http://www.nytimes.com

Teaching methods

The primary modes of delivery are both online and classroom meetings (lectures, workshops, meetings and presentations) and blended learning.

Exam schedules

Students will form five groups and they will have weekly meetings with their counterparts in the foreign universities via Skype/Zoom/Microsoft Teams, for example. One final presentation at the end of the project.

International connections

This project is fully international since students will be interacting their counterparts based in the foreign universities.

Completion alternatives

None

Student workload

You will be required to required to invest 135 hours approximately and the break up of the total time is as below:
Lectures: 20 hours
Workshop: 15 Hours
Assignment Preparations: 60 Hours
Meetings and Presentations 30 Hours
Miscellaneous: 10 Hours