This book is a compilation of articles which emerged from the »Project Course M&A - the German
Bewing Industry« at the European Business School Oestrich-Winkel. The design of this project
course has a special character. Departing from a single industry the students were asked to
filter and elaborate on relevant aspects of finance related to M&A activities in this industry.
Due to the underlying concept the articles in this book cover a wide range of M&A-related
topics. Starting with descriptive issues of brewing companies and deals continuing with an
empirical evaluation of trading and transaction valuation of aquirers and targets going
further to the issue of constructing industry indices and finally widening the focus to Central
and Eastern European beer markets this book provides insights into an industry which can
hardly be found in one single source and in this compactness. On top insights on depicted
transactions are provided in the form of case studies.
