Mergers & Acquisitions

A successful mergers and acquisition strategy requires a highly focused, professionally-managed process. Such a process ensures that you select the right targets, value them correctly, negotiate the deal to your best advantage and rapidly integrate them post-closing with the least amount of disruption to your customers and employees.

Program Description

This one-day program is designed to take you through the entire acquisition process, highlighting through hands-on exercises the steps that are critical to the healthy growth of your business. In particular, we focus on the following: creating a focused acquisition strategy for 100% acquisitions, joint ventures, and/or alliances; determining your deal parameters; identifying appropriate acquisition targets; analyzing targets' financials using multiple valuation methodologies; establishing your negotiating strategy and key success/walk-away positioning; closing the deal; making post-closing adjustments; and successfully integrating the acquired organization.

Learning Outcomes

After participating in this program, you will have learned to:

Audience

This program is designed for business leaders seeking to expand their businesses through merger or acquisition activities. It is useful for decision-makers, managers and executives in for-profit and not-for-profit fields.

Program Dates / Locations

While this course is not scheduled at this time, any of the executive education programs offered by the Hudson Center of Entrepreneurship and Executive Education (HCEEE) can be delivered to your organization either in our classroom or at your location. Please contact us for more information.

Program Fee

Fee of $395 includes tuition and instructional materials.

Instructor

Laura Kozloski Hart, PhD

Dr. Hart's corporate experience includes management and executive positions in strategy, mergers & acquisitions, and operations at Otis Elevator Company, Chase Manhattan Bank, and Ryder System, Inc. in the United States and overseas. Dr. Hart received her BA from Colby College, her MBA from Thunderbird Garvin School of International Management, and her PhD from the University of Miami. In addition to her professional training and consulting activities in mergers & acquisitions and strategic planning, she is a business professor at Barry University.

Comments From Past Participants

"The instructor was excellent. Her presentation was very relevant to our business."
N. Lois Adams, President/CEO | HHCS Health Group

"Laura K. Hart was terrific!"
Ron Blumkin, President | Nebraska Furniture Mart

"Very good course; instructors were great!"
Christopher Comerford, Manager | TRG

"Instructor was very experienced and knowledgeable, especially about cross-border deals."
Ricardo Cookson, Managing Director | Ameriza LLC

"The instructor was beyond excellent. Her experience in M&A showed in discussions."
Ed Jackowitz, Finance Director | Viking Life Saving Equipment Inc.

"Excellent instructor."
WM. K. Jackson, President | Southeastern Aluminum Products

"Good program."
Jeffrey Oshinsky, Partner | Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

"Instructors were extremely pleasant and knowledgeable. Real world experience and their anecdotes made class more lively and relevant."
Demetrio Perez, Vice President | Lincoln-Marti Schools LLC

"Dr. Hart did a fantastic job of interacting with class and took a personal interest in my business. Great instructor."
Scott Ruprecht, President | Sportfishing Worldwide

"Excellent course - great instructor."
John R. Wright, Chairman | Southeastern Aluminum Products

Course Customization

Using core programs, we can customize the material to fit your corporate training needs. With our extensive resources and program facilitators, we will design a program that is tailored to fit your specified objectives and requirements.

Substitution, Cancellation, Fee and Transfer Policies

We realize that occasionally you need to cancel your registration. You can substitute another individual in your place at any time prior to the first day of a program.

If you wish to receive a credit toward a future program: we will allow you to transfer you registration to a future date of the same program you are enrolled in currently, provided we receive written notice two weeks prior to the start date of the class you are currently registered in. You are permitted to re-register only one time.

If you wish to receive a refund: written cancellations received 30 calendar days before a program begins will be issued a full refund, less a $150.00 processing fee; written cancellations received 6 to 29 calendar days prior to the start of a program will get 50 percent of the registration fee refunded. We apologize but we cannot provide a refund if we receive your written cancellation in five or fewer business days prior to the start of the program.

In the event of non-payment, the responsibility for any fees incurred in collecting the payment is the responsibility of the customer.

Fees and dates are subject to change without notice.

Contact Information

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