Dr. P.V. Viswanath

pviswanath@pace.edu

Terms and Concepts: Mergers and Acquisitions

• Introduction and Key Themes
• Strategy and the Origination of Transaction Proposals
• Diligence, Valuation and Accounting
• Design of Detailed Transaction Terms
• Rules of the Road: Governance, Laws and Regulations

INTRODUCTION AND KEY THEMES

Terms

• Agency

Short Questions

• What is the rationale

STRATEGY AND THE ORIGINATION OF TRANSACTION PROPOSALS

Terms

• resources
• capabilities
• core competencies
• sustainable competitive advantage

Short Questions

• How do you come up

Quantitative Problems

1. (Spring 2005 Midterm) You wish to buy a car. 

DILLGENCE, VALUATION, AND ACCOUNTING

Terms

• Free Cash Flow to Equity
• Optionality: the right to take action, the triggering of which is contingent on some other event.

Short Questions

• From a financial analyst's point of view,

DESIGN OF DETAILED TRANSACTION TERMS

Terms

• Marginal Inve

Short Questions

• What is the req

RULES OF THE ROAD: GOVERNANCE, LAWS, AND REGULATIONS

Terms

• opportunity cost of capital

Short Questions

• How do you unleverage a firm's beta?