German title of M&A = Unternehmenskooperationen und -aufkäufe
Namen der Dozentin: Marika Weigle M.B.A. & Eng.
Modulnummer: WI-M B12 bzw. W12
Sonstige Informationen:
Our 1st lecture starts on 9th of October 2026 from 11:45 a.m. in room S1.04.
M&A lecture can only take place, if there are 6 reliable participants minimum and 20 participants maximum!
Main Lecture Contents:
Principles of companies' cooperations and the Mergers & Acquisitions "M&A" market (ca. 30%):
- M&A relevant definitions
- Global acting companies: diversification/expansion
- The M&A market: History, structure, participants
- Life cycle of a company
- Characteristics for stability/instability of a company related to M&A view
Cooperations of companies (ca. 30%)
Mergers and acquisitions (ca. 30%)
Demergers (ca. 10%)
The course focusses on best practise process flow for cooperations, acquisitions and mergers to strengthen restructuring, corporate control and governance of companies. It does not focus on finance and accounting topics.
Lecture Language and Examination Parameters:
- English in spoken and written mode, also for examination presentation and related files.
- Students enrol for obligatory participation.
- Students organise themselves in working groups of 2 members and choose a topic of their own interest for a case study.
- The choosen case (cooperation, acquisition or merger of companies) should not be older than 5 years or not be younger than 6 - 12 month.
- Case study must be described in files (Power Point presentation plus abstract) and must be presented by the group as examination (written description and presentation of the case study = 100% for evaluated mark).
- Examination presentation consists of case study presentation plus 10- 15 min of discussion (presenter - audience)
- Duration of presentation depends on number of group members: 1 member --> min. 40 min plus discussion; 2 members --> min. 55 min plus discussion
- Teacher: Weigle, Marika