Mergers and Acquisitions

THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO

Joseph M. Bryan School of Business and Economics

Master of Business Administration Program

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS( MBA 683-11

Fall 2008

Professor John Englar (336)272-3802 (Home)

Bryan office 344E (336)549-3169 (cell)

e-mail:johnenglar@aol.com (336)334-4318 (Bryan)

Note: I will rarely be in the Bryan office or use UNCG email. Best communication with me will be the aol email address.

Required Texts: Case Packet Available in the Bookstore, including Balbirer monogram.

Purpose: MBA 683 is designed to provide students with an understanding of the implementation of corporate strategy via corporate mergers and acquisitions. Upon completion of this course, students should be equipped to:

1. Identify the different ways businesses can be acquired and indicate the circumstances under which each might be appropriate.

2. Assess a merger/acquisition in terms of it meeting a firm’s strategic objectives.

3. Value a merger/acquisition from an economic perspective. Evaluate a merger’s synergies and tax consequences, and how these factors might impact the organizational structure of both the target and acquiring firm.

4. Understand the regulatory and corporate governance constraints on merger transactions,

and how Boards/managers must consider these elements in implementing M&A transact-

tions.

Course Requirements: A student’s final grade will be based on two case write-ups, class participation and a term paper. The relative weight of each component is as follows:

Case Write-up #1 25%

Case Write-up #2 25%

Class Participation 10%

Term Paper...