After having completed this course you will be able to analyse complex business situations, have gained practical and analytical skills, and you are able to lead discussions on an academically high level.

This course provides you with thorough knowledge to analyse business situations for strategic decision-making. In particular, this course deals with due dligence analysis in mergers and acquisitions, value chain analysis, internal capital markets, turnaround management and the analysis of strategic changes. This course will provide you not only with the necessary practical and analytical skills but also in-depth knowledge of management accounting that help you to analyse the above mentioned situations and to support decision-making. The literature consists mainly of academic articles. Besides a thorough understanding of the theoretical foundations, this course will trigger your practical skills by several case studies and a company workshop.

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Courses and workload are very demanding for all IB Master courses. Exchange students need to have obtained a Bachelor degree in business and major in accounting in their Master.