The program fee covers tuition, e-books, and online case materials.
This program includes live online classes, self-paced work, discussion groups, and virtual networking.Across the globe, mergers and acquisitions are reshaping the corporate and competitive landscape. To help companies gain a strategic advantage and expand market share, this M&A program takes you inside the process—from strategy and valuation to execution and post-merger management. Whether your company is private or public, or looking to buy or to sell, you will emerge from this live online program with new ability to broker powerful deals and create shareholder value.
You will also discuss how to structure M&A deals in the COVID environment, where contingency-planning is critical and risks need to be carefully allocated between the parties. Special emphasis will be given to managing future M&A deals in a post-COVID world.
You may also be interested in the related program: Mergers and Acquisitions: Strategy, Execution, and Post-Merger Management.
Across the globe, mergers and acquisitions are reshaping the corporate and competitive landscape. To help companies gain a strategic advantage and expand market share, this M&A program takes you inside the process—from strategy and valuation to execution and post-merger management. Whether your company is private or public, or looking to buy or to sell, you will emerge from this live online program with new ability to broker powerful deals and create shareholder value.
You will also discuss how to structure M&A deals in the COVID environment, where contingency-planning is critical and risks need to be carefully allocated between the parties. Special emphasis will be given to managing future M&A deals in a post-COVID world.
You may also be interested in the related program: Mergers and Acquisitions: Strategy, Execution, and Post-Merger Management.
This mergers and acquisitions course is designed for senior executives involved in M&A activity who want to broaden their knowledge of financial business valuation methods, negotiation strategies, and deal process design.
The program is of particular interest to:
Attendance by multiple company representatives will foster teamwork and amplify the impact of the Mergers and Acquisitions program across your organization.
Program for Leadership Development participants earn 3 PLDA Points on completion of this program.
This mergers and acquisitions course is designed for senior executives involved in M&A activity who want to broaden their knowledge of financial business valuation methods, negotiation strategies, and deal process design.
The program is of particular interest to:
Attendance by multiple company representatives will foster teamwork and amplify the impact of the Mergers and Acquisitions program across your organization.
Program for Leadership Development participants earn 3 PLDA Points on completion of this program.
When you participate in a virtual HBS Executive Education program, you benefit from a powerful learning experience carefully designed with a virtual setting in mind. Through live, synchronous program sessions you'll engage directly with our renowned faculty to learn from their latest research, gain actionable takeaways, and facilitate your growth. In addition, virtual discussion groups will connect you to a global group of peers and build your network.
When you participate in a virtual HBS Executive Education program, you benefit from a powerful learning experience carefully designed with a virtual setting in mind. Through live, synchronous program sessions you'll engage directly with our renowned faculty to learn from their latest research, gain actionable takeaways, and facilitate your growth. In addition, virtual discussion groups will connect you to a global group of peers and build your network.
This mergers and acquisitions program provides a holistic view of the M&A process—from front-end target selection and search processes to approach strategies and execution to post-merger integration and management. Your rich learning experience will include faculty presentations, global case studies, valuation exercises, negotiation simulations, small group projects, and dynamic discussions.
In the process, you will delve into the challenges and opportunities presented by hedge fund activism, hostile takeovers, cross-border deals, corporate inversions, earn-outs, spin-offs, restructurings, and corporate governance. You also will examine different strategic approaches suited to private versus public companies in developed, emerging, and distressed economies.
Participants should expect to spend at least 9-12 hours on self-paced case preparation prior to attending the program. Case materials will be made available approximately two weeks prior to program start.
This mergers and acquisitions program provides a holistic view of the M&A process—from front-end target selection and search processes to approach strategies and execution to post-merger integration and management. Your rich learning experience will include faculty presentations, global case studies, valuation exercises, negotiation simulations, small group projects, and dynamic discussions.
In the process, you will delve into the challenges and opportunities presented by hedge fund activism, hostile takeovers, cross-border deals, corporate inversions, earn-outs, spin-offs, restructurings, and corporate governance. You also will examine different strategic approaches suited to private versus public companies in developed, emerging, and distressed economies.
Participants should expect to spend at least 9-12 hours on self-paced case preparation prior to attending the program. Case materials will be made available approximately two weeks prior to program start.
The program takes place over the course of a week with live online sessions taking place on the Zoom platform. In addition to the live online case discussions, participants will also participate in virtual negotiation simulations, discussion groups, and networking sessions.
Collaborative learning is an integral part of the experience. To maximize the benefit for everyone, you are expected to attend every session, complete all assignments, and contribute effectively in the class and in small groups. We advise setting aside a total of 3-5 hours each week for program work in addition to the synchronous class sessions.
The program takes place over the course of a week with live online sessions taking place on the Zoom platform. In addition to the live online case discussions, participants will also participate in virtual negotiation simulations, discussion groups, and networking sessions.
Collaborative learning is an integral part of the experience. To maximize the benefit for everyone, you are expected to attend every session, complete all assignments, and contribute effectively in the class and in small groups. We advise setting aside a total of 3-5 hours each week for program work in addition to the synchronous class sessions.
Our Executive Education programs are developed and taught by HBS faculty who are widely recognized as skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.
H. Douglas Weaver Professor of Business Law
Joseph Flom Professor of Law and Business
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Steven R. Fenster Professor of Business Administration
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Our Executive Education programs are developed and taught by HBS faculty who are widely recognized as skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.
H. Douglas Weaver Professor of Business Law
Joseph Flom Professor of Law and Business
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Steven R. Fenster Professor of Business Administration
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration