Overview of Mergers and Acquitisions - Online

This course offers participants an introduction to an aspect of business that has become an inseparable part of today's increasingly competitive economic environment. This introductory level course walks students step-by-step through the M&A process. The course identifies the types of corporations most likely to be M&A players and the types of corporations most likely to be M&A targets.

This course replicates the content from lesson 1 of the course Mergers and Acquisitions - Online

This is an asynchronous eLearning course that can be accessed 24/7 from any internet enabled computer. Subscription period for this course is 90 days.


Financial analysts/managers, bankers, strategic planning professionals, financial decision-makers in corporations, corporate finance lawyers, corporate finance accountants, financial management consultants, market regulators and professionals interested in the nuts-and-bolts aspects of M&A analysis and valuation.
Students will be able to:
  • Compare and contrast build and buy strategies
  • Describe the advantages and disadvantages of acquiring a public company
  • Identify the main players in M&A transactions
  • List the steps for planning an acquisition
  • Discuss the basics of financing an acquisition
Overview of Mergers and Acquitisions
  • Business expansion decisions: build it or buy it?
  • Key advantages of acquisitions
  • Acquisition of public vs. private companies
  • The players in the world of acquisitions
  • The acquisition process
  • Basics of financing the deal