ab Wintersemester 2024/2025

Lecturer Dr. Karl Michael Popp

Dr. Karl Michael Popp is Senior Director Corporate Strategy, Corporate Development & New Growth at SAP AG and an alumnus of the University of Bamberg. He completed his studies and doctorate at the University of Bamberg. Furthermore, he has worked at SAP for over 20 years and is an expert in the field of mergers & acquisitions and post-merger integration. He will pass on his knowledge and experience pragmatically in this module.

Content

This course equips students with the basics of key activities in the software industry: software supply chains and mergers & acquisitions. The content ranges from supply side value chains, like inbound OEM, open-source components or APIs, to mergers and acquisitions, including players, deal types, processes, opportunities, and risks, with a detailed examination of goals, valuations, and transactions in the recent software M&A market.

This course equips students with the basics of key activities in the software industry: software supply chains and mergers & acquisitions. The content ranges from supply side value chains, like inbound OEM, open-source components or APIs, to mergers and acquisitions, including players, deal types, processes, opportunities, and risks, with a detailed examination of goals, valuations, and transactions in the recent software M&A market.

Learning objectives

After successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

1.     Analyze supply chains of software vendors.

2.     Define and evaluate supply relationships in software supply chains by discussing risks and opportunities of such relationships.

3.     Identify players and roles in mergers and acquisitions processes.

4.     Define phases and tasks of M&A processes.

5.     Understand and discuss valuations of software companies.

6.     Analyze opportunities and risks of M&A projects.

Schedule:

• Block 1:
  • 24.10.2024, 14:00 - 17:00
  • 25.10.2024, 13:00 - 16:00
• Block 2:
  • 25.11.2024, 14:00 - 17:00
  • 26.11.2024, 13:00 - 16:00
• Block 3:
  • 12.12.2024, 14:00 - 17:00
  • 13.12.2024, 13:00 - 16:00
• Block 4:
  • 16.01.2025, 14:00 - 17:00
  • 17.01.2025, 13:00 - 16:00