Investment Banking and Finance: Why Acquisitions Really Fail
Investment Banking and Finance: Why Acquisitions Really Fail
Welcome to Why Acquisitions REALLY fail!
Are you ready to discover why so many corporations and CEOs get it so wrong!
Make sure that you watch the Free Preview Lectures (first 8 course lectures) of this course!
This course will provide you with an in depth framework which you can apply to any acquisition or M&A transaction - this goes well beyond the conventional excuses of overpayment or bad management
With over 30 years of M&A experience, I am sharing knowledge with you that you will not be taught in Business School!
This unwraps this problem layer by layer moving beyond superficial explanations.
We consider the impact of:
Business Momentum
Ill Judged Incentivisation
Inappropriate Performance Measurement
Behavioural Economics and Psychology
Skewed Investment Banking Advice
We also consider the RIGHT way to make acquisitions following the Berkshire Hathaway Model and we propose more appropriate measures of acquisition success and performance.
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“The most important investment you can make is in yourself.”
Warren Buffet, Chairman Berkshire Hathaway
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In this course you will discover:
Move beyond the superficial: Why conventional explanations of failed acquisitions do not go far enough
Business Momentum: Understand the Institutional Imperative and why it makes bad deals inevitable
Incentives: Why CEO remuneration makes the problem worse
Performance Measurement: Why Yard Sticks of Success are inappropriate and don't work
Behavioural Economics: The real reasons CEOs make bad decisions
Investment Banking Advice: Why you have to Wake Up to Wall Street
How to Make Successful Acquisitions: How the Berkshire Hathaway System Works
How to correctly measure acquisition success: Better Measures of Success you should use
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"The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more"
Charlie Munger, Billionaire and Vice Chairman Berkshire Hathaway
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By the end of the course not only will you have a clear in depth understanding of this complex issue
You will also have a proven framework for making successful acquisitions
There are no pre-requisites or requirements to enroll but just come with an open mind and be ready to immerse yourself in a rewarding, easy to follow, instructive experience.
What makes us qualified to teach you?
This is a Finance course taught by a 30+ year, Managing Director level, Investment Banker - from a practical perspective - I also have an MBA (with Distinction).
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A Verifiable Certificate of Completion is presented to all students who undertake this finance course.
So enroll today!
We look forward to welcoming you to the course!
Best regards
John
Mergers and Acquisitions: Discover why Mergers and Acquisitions Deals Fail and how Warren Buffett makes them work!
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What you will learn
- Move beyond the superficial: Why conventional explanations of failed acquisitions do not go far enough
- Business Momentum: Understand the Institutional Imperative and why it makes bad deals inevitable
- Incentives: Why CEO remuneration makes the problem worse
Rating: 4.5
Level: All Levels
Duration: 3.5 hours
Instructor: John Colley MBA, MA(Cantab)
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