FINA 6214 — Mergers and Acquisitions
3 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springtypical days: TBostonHybrid
Explores the environments that have recently given rise to a large number of corporate mergers and the business factors underlying these corporate combinations. Examines the financial, managerial, accounting, and legal factors affecting mergers. Focuses on three aspects of the merger and acquisition process: the strategic decision to acquire, the valuation decision of how much to pay, and the financing decision on how to fund the acquisition.
Prerequisites
- one of:
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 2 | 46 | 70 | 66% | 12.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 2 | 67 | 68 | 99% | 0.5 |
| Summer A 2024 | 1 | 18 | 35 | 51% | 17.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 31 | 35 | 89% | 4.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 2 | 53 | 70 | 76% | 8.5 |
| Summer A 2025 | 1 | 15 | 35 | 43% | 20.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 11 | 35 | 31% | 24.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 27 | 35 | 77% | 8.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 19% · T 57% · W 24% · Th 12% · F 0%
Common patterns: T (45% of sections), W (24% of sections), M (19% of sections), TR (12% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Cao Fang (48% of students) · reviews
- Xiaochuan Tong (30% of students) · reviews
- Scott Schoen (23% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Scott Schoen (61% of students) · reviews
- Cao Fang (22% of students) · reviews
- Xiaochuan Tong (17% of students) · reviews
Summer A
- Scott Schoen (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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