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ORAL EXAM
Technicalities
Orals between 31 May-05 June:
applications (office door)
Final grades after the electronic
confirmation (studomat)
Week 11-15 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)
http://www.economist.com/node/4255307
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What did Adidas do in 2005?
What were the reasons for the deal?
How did analysts see this?
Why was it unlikely for Nike to take over
Reebok?
Exchange rates (matching)
 fixed
 an ounce of
 over / undervalued
 gold
 pegging against
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gold
currencies
convertibility
exchange rate
the dollar
Exchange rates (matching)
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purchasing power
floating
stable
impact of
exchange
capital
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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.130-131
Use the words below to explain the
following (The Business Cycle) MK:p.117
1. 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 10,000.
3. 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 10,000.
3. 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.
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Inflation is … all over Europe.
We need to … their salaries.
This has …. a lot of problems.
The government needs to … funds for these
construction works.
Our salaries have … by 13% since January.
This … the question of illiquidity.
Our profits .... 11% last year.
A problem has ….
It is necessary to ... product awareness.
Rise, rose , risen (irr. v.)
Raise, raised, raised (reg. v.)
Arise, arose, arisen (irr. (v.)
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Inflation IS RISING all over Europe.
We need TO RAISE their salaries.
This HAS RAISED a lot of problems.
The government needs to RAISE funds for
these construction works.
Our salaries HAVE RISEN by 13% since
January.
This RAISES the question of illiquidity.
Our profits ROSE 11% last year.
A problem HAS ARISEN.
It is necessary TO RAISE product awareness.
Transform the sentences below
(adj + noun):
e.g. Sales increased sharply between 2002 and
2005.
There was a sharp increase in sales …
A sharp increase in sales was recorded …
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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 2005.
Sales increased sharply between 2002 and
2005.
 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 …. 2006 ….
2008.
6. 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.