ORAL EXAM

Technicalities Orals between 31 May-05 June: applications (office door) Final grades after the electronic confirmation (studomat) Week June (late afternoon?, tba)

Oral exam: 2 questions 1 GENERAL question topics covered in class: e.g. Bonds -brief uninterrupted talk on a given topic -”mini-presentation” 2 SPECIFIC question -short answer (1-2 sentences) a)Explain the following:e.g. flotation b)Explain the difference between …

Assessment 1.BE terminology 2.Coherent (clear) speech (signaling devices and connectors introduce structure to your talk and make it more clear) 3.Full understanding

REVISION

A few more words on M&A... Pg.1: Reasons for M&A Pg.2: Raiders and takeover bids Pg.3: Who else gets involved in M&A? Pg.4: Describe LBO (undervalued, borrow, buy, sell off, pay back) Explain: backward/forward integration, controlling interest, fee, private equity funds, synergy, subsidiaries, asset stripping

Assignment: Adidas-Reebok Answer the questions based on the article below: Just doing it (The Economist, 2005) 1.What did Adidas do in 2005? 2.What were the reasons for the deal? 3.How did analysts see this? 4.Why was it unlikely for Nike to take over Reebok?

Exchange rates (matching)  fixed  an ounce of  over / undervalued  gold  pegging against  gold  currencies  convertibility  exchange rate  the dollar

Exchange rates (matching)  purchasing power  floating  stable  impact of  exchange  capital  world currency  controls  exchange rates  speculation  parity  exchange rates  gains

Tobin Tax vs. CTT  A proposal has been made to …  The idea behind … was to slow down…, to make..., and to prevent or manage...  The CTT, on the contrary, is not designed to …, but only to … MK: p

Use the words below to explain the following (The Business Cycle) MK:p Two opposed views excess savings, investments, high unemployment, interest rates, durable equilibrium, full employment, market system 2. Two opposed solutions abandon, counteract, inflationary boom, spending, neutral, taxation, business cycle, governmnet, money supply, interest rates, non-inflationary growth,recession

Fill in the blanks (prepositions): 1.Last year sales rose …€7m … €7.5m. So that’s an increase … €0.5m. 2.Last year there was an increase … sales … 8%.In other words, sales went up … 2,500 reaching 10, Our market share now stands … 28%. 4.Unemployment figures have been relatively stable for some time, fluctuating …. 4.3% and 4.6%.

Fill in the blanks (prepositions): 1.Last year sales rose FROM €7m TO €7.5m. So that’s an increase OF €0.5m. 2.Last year there was an increase IN sales OF 8%.In other words, sales went up BY 2,500 reaching 10, Our market share now stands AT 28%. 4.Unemployment figures have been relatively stable for some time, fluctuating BETWEEN 4.3% and 4.6%.

Rise, rose, risen (irr. v.) Raise, raised, raised (reg. v.) Arise, arose, arisen (irr. (v.) - 1.Inflation is … all over Europe. 2.We need to … their salaries. 3.This has …. a lot of problems. 4.The government needs to … funds for these construction works. 5.Our salaries have … by 13% since January. 6.This … the question of illiquidity. 7.Our profits % last year. 8.A problem has …. 9.It is necessary to... product awareness.

Rise, rose, risen (irr. v.) Raise, raised, raised (reg. v.) Arise, arose, arisen (irr. (v.) 1.Inflation IS RISING all over Europe. 2.We need TO RAISE their salaries. 3.This HAS RAISED a lot of problems. 4.The government needs to RAISE funds for these construction works. 5.Our salaries HAVE RISEN by 13% since January. 6.This RAISES the question of illiquidity. 7.Our profits ROSE 11% last year. 8.A problem HAS ARISEN. 9.It is necessary TO RAISE product awareness.

Transform the sentences below (adj + noun): e.g. Sales increased sharply between 2002 and There was a sharp increase in sales … A sharp increase in sales was recorded …  Profits rose dramatically from 1.5m to 4 m …  Salaries declined gradually by 2%  The employment rate grew steadily …  The GDP fell rapidly by 25%…

Turn the sentences below into similar sentences (verb +adv) e.g. There was a sharp increase in sales between 2002 and Sales increased sharply between 2002 and  There was a dramatic rise in profits f…  A gradual decrease in salaries of 2% was observed …  A steady growth in the employment rate was recorded …  There was a rapid fall of 25% in the GDP ….

Fill in the blanks: 5. There was an increase …. 50,000 … … Overall sales peaked … nearly 60,000 … 2007, but then plummeted … 10,000 over the next two years. 7. After some fluctuations, in 2012, sales reached their peak … 15,000, which was a rise … 5,000 since the beginning of the year. 8. Sales increased … over 11,000 reaching around 26,000 between 2004 and 2007, but then again dropped … more than 10,000 between 2007 and 2011 falling …. about 15,000.