13318 (v.2) Finance (Market for Corporate Control) 511

Area:

School of Economics and Finance

Contact Hours:

3.0

Credits:

25.0

Seminar:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

11948 (v.2) Finance (Managerial) 512 or any previous version

Examination of the motives and incentives for mergers, acquisitions and takeovers. Measuring security price performance. The causes and consequences of takeovers. Corporate raiders. Corporate governance through proxy contests. The effects of share marketrepurchases versus cash dividends as forms of corporate payouts. Anti-takeover defence mechanisms. Executive compensations structures, ownership and firm performance.

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2003	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y		Y
2003	Open University HK	Trimester 1A	Y
2003	Open University HK	Trimester 3A	Y

- Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
- Central External refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area.

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