Professor Droussiotis's Web Platform

Baruch Summer Leadership Academy - Lecture Series

HOME PAGE
_______________________________
---- SPRING 2024 COURSES ---
Columbia University Saturday Seminar
Columbia Intro to Finance
Fordham Fin. Modeling
SHU BFIN 4234/7331 Derivatives
SHU ECO 2408 Money and Banking
_______________________________
-----PROFESSOR's INFO-----
PROFESSOR'S TEXT BOOKS
LECTURE VIDEOS
DROU ACCADEMY SEMINARS
ACCESSS TEXTBOOKS (PWD)
_______________________________
DrouMarkets.com Sim Game
Biography
Published Books/Articles
Rate your Professor
_______________________________
--- OTHER COURSES ---
BARUCH COLLEGE
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
CITY UNITY COLLEGE
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY
_______________________________

AGENDA

This program area examines the dynamic world of cross border mergers & acquisitions. To grow globally through acquisition is one of the most important managerial strategies a company can make in order to compete effectively.

Classroom: 13-145  

 

July 8
1:30pm-4:00pm 

VALUATION OF COMPANIES
& START-UPS 
 

July 16
1:30pm-4:00pm
 
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

July 23
 1:30pm-4:00pm
 
CREDIT AND BANKING 

July 29
 1:30pm-4:00pm
 
Investments, Corporate Finance & Credit
 
Career in Finance
 

         

Topics

+ Basic Valuation Methods and Concepts of Enterprise Values

+ Valuing Patents

+ Valuing Intellectual Property – Option Pricing and DCF Analysis Overview

+ Case I (IP) – BioTech (Option Pricing Method)

+ Case II (IP) – EduTech (DCF Method)

+ Managerial Strategies and the Need to Grow Globally via acquisitions
 
+ Mergers & Acquisition Overview
 
+ Cross-Border Merger & Acquisitions: Opportunities and Challenges
 
+ Mergers & Acquisition process
 
+ Analytical Approach to M&A, valuations and structures
 
Mergers & acquisitions – process (first round & second)
 
Accretion ABD dilution analysis


+ Review of financial statements and apply credit related ratio
 
+ Debt Capacity Analysis
 
+ Risk and Credit Restructure Analysis

 

 

Careers in Finance
 
+ Investment Banking
 
+ Commercai Banking
 
+ Corporate Finance

 

 

Powerpoint
Presentation

IP and Start-ups Valuations

Cross Boarder M&As

Credit & Banking

Carreer in Finance w/ Examples

Assigned
Spreadsheets

Basic Option Strategies

Bionomial Option Pricing Model Method 1 (6-step Method)

BOPM (single and 2-period) Method 2

Black Scholes Option Model

Ak Steel Financial Information

Valuation Analysis

Public Company Valuation

Private Company Valuation

   

Reports /Reading Assignments

 

AK Steel Annual Report

Steel Dynamics Annual Report

AK Steel 10K

Yahoo Finance -AK Steel

December 11 Seeking Alpha Report

NASDAQ Report on AK Steel

Article Takeover speculation

Yahoo Finance -Steel Dynamics

Analyst Report Dec 8, 2018

 

Wesco

Starbucks

Iron Mountain

Tyson Foods

Projects / Case Studies

Start-up Company Valuation Class Project

Tyson Foods

Wesco International