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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

10821 (v.4) Mergers and Acquisitions 311

Area: School of Economics and Finance
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Seminar: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 2807 (v.6) Managerial Finance 212 or any previous version
OR
12607 (v.4) Finance Principles 215 or any previous version
Syllabus: This unit examines the motives and incentives for mergers, acquisitions and takeovers. It measures security price performance and the causes and consequences of takeovers. We look at corporate raiders and corporate governance through proxy contests. A comparison of the effects of share market repurchases versus cash dividends as forms of corporate payouts are studied. Other issues include anti-takeover defences, executive compensation structures, ownership and firm performance.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 081101 Banking and Finance
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2013 Miri Sarawak Campus Semester 2 Y        

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