Analysis, banking and alliances
Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year
Subject: Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (FIN 250)
Unit 9: Merger and Acquisition
Academic Year: 2083/84
Topic Objectives
After studying this topic, students should be able to:
- Explain the scope and key elements of analysis, banking and alliances.
- Apply the relevant financial concepts or calculations and explain their assumptions, risks and analytical limits.
Curriculum Scope
- Merger analysis
- Role of investment bankers
- Corporate alliances
Detailed Microsyllabus
Merger analysis
- Relevant values, costs and financing.
- Assess the combined business under stated assumptions.
- Compare alternatives.
Intermediaries and alliances
- Investment-banker roles.
- Corporate alliances as an alternative arrangement.
- Evaluate responsibilities and coordination risks.
Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 80–82.
Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.