Business Strategies Blueprint: Analyzing for Success

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Course Introduction

Lecture 2: What you expect out of your suitcase

Lecture 3: Tutor Introduction

Lecture 4: Study Plan

Chapter 2: What are Mergers and Acquisition?

Lecture 1: Introduction to M & A

Lecture 2: Doubts over definitions of M&A

Lecture 3: Acquisition Definition

Lecture 4: Mergers Definition

Lecture 5: Let's Communicate together!

Chapter 3: Legal aspects of M&A

Lecture 1: Legal form of Acquisitions

Lecture 2: Legal form of Mergers

Lecture 3: Legal form of Integration

Chapter 4: Types of Mergers and Acquisitions (based on industry, products, and services)

Lecture 1: Types of M&A based on industry

Lecture 2: Vertical M&A

Lecture 3: Vertical M&A example

Lecture 4: Horizontal M&A

Lecture 5: Conglomerate M&A

Lecture 6: Conglomerate M&A and risks

Lecture 7: Concentric M&A

Chapter 5: Types of mergers and acquisitions (based on company form)

Lecture 1: Types of M&A based on Company form

Lecture 2: Private target company

Lecture 3: Public target company

Chapter 6: Friendly or hostile take over

Lecture 1: Friendly or hostile take-over

Lecture 2: Friendly take over

Lecture 3: Hostile take over

Chapter 7: How to resist a hostile take-over

Lecture 1: Techniques to counter attack a hostile take over

Lecture 2: Golden Parachute

Lecture 3: Poison Pill

Lecture 4: Self-Tender

Lecture 5: Greenmail

Lecture 6: PAC-MAN

Lecture 7: White Knight

Lecture 8: Asset Spinoff

Lecture 9: People Pill technique

Chapter 8: pre-acquisition steps

Lecture 1: Pre-acquisition steps brief

Lecture 2: Determine Growth Markets/Services

Lecture 3: Identify Merger and Acquisition Candidates

Lecture 4: Assess Strategic Financial Position and Fit

Lecture 5: Make a Go/No Decision

Lecture 6: Perform business Valuation

Lecture 7: Perform Due Diligence, Negotiate , & Execute Transaction

Chapter 9: Post-acquisition steps

Lecture 1: post-acquisition steps

Lecture 2: Top Executives & Stakeholders

Lecture 3: Diligence Team Members

Lecture 4: Human Resources

Lecture 5: A Change Management Expert

Chapter 10: Synergies and benefits of M&A

Lecture 1: Synergies of M&A

Lecture 2: Cost synergies

Lecture 3: Revenue synergies

Lecture 4: Financial synergies

Lecture 5: Marketing synergies

Chapter 11: Disadvantages of M&A

Lecture 1: Disadvantages of M&A

Lecture 2: Clash of Cultures

Lecture 3: Diseconomies of Scale

Lecture 4: Consumer Perceptions

Lecture 5: The Layoffs Dilemma

Lecture 6: Higher Consumer Prices

Lecture 7: Economies vs. Diseconomies of scale

Chapter 12: Valuation Techniques & Tactics

Lecture 1: Valuation Techniques

Lecture 2: Assets Based Valuation

Lecture 3: Assets Based Valuation Example

Lecture 4: Income Based Valuation

Lecture 5: Income Based Valuation Example

Lecture 6: Income Based Valuation Example advanced

Lecture 7: Market Based Valuation

Lecture 8: Market Based Valuation Example

Lecture 9: Economic Recessions and M&A

Chapter 13: Deal Negotiations and Managerial Tactics

Lecture 1: The Letter Of Intent (LOI)

Lecture 2: Negotiations after The Letter Of Intent (LOI)

Lecture 3: Importance of Negotiations

Lecture 4: What to do before negotiations start?

Lecture 5: What to do during negotiations?

Lecture 6: What to do after negotiations?

Chapter 14: Tax Impacts of M&A

Lecture 1: Tax impacts and consequences of M&A

Lecture 2: Stock purchase transaction

Lecture 3: Pros & Cons of Stock purchase transaction

Lecture 4: Assets purchase transaction

Lecture 5: Pros & Cons of Assets purchase transaction

Chapter 15: Nature and Causes of Risk

Lecture 1: Introduction to Causes of Risks

Lecture 2: Nature of risk

Lecture 3: Natural causes of risks