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
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| 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 | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | Y | | 2004 | Open University HK | Trimester 1A | Y | | | | 2004 | S'pore HR Institute | 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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