Master
2024/2025
Mentor's Seminar
Type:
Compulsory course (Strategic Corporate Finance)
Area of studies:
Finance and Credit
Delivered by:
School of Finance
Where:
Faculty of Economic Sciences
When:
2 year, 1-4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Svetlana Grigorieva
Master’s programme:
Strategic Corporate Finance
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
6
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This track focuses on investment decisions, M&A and restructuring topics and introduces you to a spectrum of interesting practical and research ideas and questions. Investment decisions are critical to the growth, profitability, and value creation of companies. And mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are one of the most important investment decisions made by firms, the volume and number of which is impressive. Nowadays M&As are a key strategy for many firms in their attempt to adapt to the rapidly changing conditions of the external business environment. The rising M&A activity is driven by companies seeking to optimize processes, modernize their assets, increase market share, create, or expand digital capabilities, acquire technology and innovation to create new customer experiences, attract talent, enter new markets, and strengthen their competitive position. How has the market for corporate control evolved, how have deal terms changed and what are the specifics of M&As in the new reality? Why do companies resort to restructuring and what are the prerequisites for its success? We will be able to discuss these and other questions with you during the seminar, when building your individual study plan, when choosing your research project and developing a research question that will later be addressed in your master’s thesis. By joining this track, you will be able to discuss with your mentor a set of courses that will help you in your future career in corporations, consulting firms, investment banks and boutique firms, or in your future career in academia when you enter the PhD program. You also can discuss research questions and get additional feedback on your master’s thesis. As well as discuss possible career paths.
Learning Objectives
- to provide the students with the systematized understanding of current research trends in M&A field;
- to form an individual curriculum;
- to prepare the research proposal.
- to choose a research project from those proposed by the faculty and select a scientific supervisor;
- to discuss the research questions for future master thesis and its integration into a professional strategy;
- to discuss personal strategies;
- to discuss the necessary competences for the planned career, finding resources inside and outside the HSE;
- to discuss the main stages of an academic career and opportunities for combining science and business;
- to develop discussion skills
Expected Learning Outcomes
- An individual education plan for the 1st and 2nd academic years Discussion of research ideas Discussion of possible career’s tracks Research Proposal
Assessment Elements
- Defense of the Research Proposal
- Analytical task
- Discussion of research progress
- Pre-defence of Master's thesis
Interim Assessment
- 2023/2024 4th module0.5 * Analytical task + 0.5 * Analytical task + 0.5 * Defense of the Research Proposal + 0.5 * Defense of the Research Proposal
- 2024/2025 4th module0.3 * Discussion of research progress + 0.3 * Discussion of research progress + 0.7 * Pre-defence of Master's thesis + 0.7 * Pre-defence of Master's thesis
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Faulkner, D., Teerikangas, S., & Joseph, R. J. (2012). The Handbook of Mergers and Acquisitions (Vol. First edition). Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2245641
- Strategic deals in emerging capital markets : are there efficiency gains for firms in BRIC countries?, , 2020
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Reza Yaghoubi, Mona Yaghoubi, Stuart Locke, & Jenny Gibb. (2016). Mergers and acquisitions: a review (part 2). Studies in Economics and Finance, (3), 437. https://doi.org/10.1108/SEF-07-2015-0165?utm_campaign=RePEc&WT.mc_id=RePEc
- Reza Yaghoubi, Mona Yaghoubi, Stuart Locke, & Jenny Gibb. (2016). Mergers and acquisitions: a review. Part 1. Studies in Economics and Finance, (1), 147. https://doi.org/10.1108/SEF-03-2015-0078?utm_campaign=RePEc&WT.mc_id=RePEc