Advanced Seminar in Finance and Accounting: Case Study Seminar

General Information:

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Andreas Biagosch, Norbert Dörr
Supervisors: Dr. Maximilian Blaschke,Timm Höfer, Marie-Christine Groß, Sophie Westphal

Language: English
Semester weekly hours: 4

Registration: This course is limited to 30 participants.

Schedule:

Participation in all seminar sessions is mandatory.

  • 17.10.2023  Kick-off session, 0544, 15:00-17:30
    • Clarifying of organizational questions
    • Sharing of best practices regarding presentations and the written report 
    • Introduction to the cracking of case studies by Prof. Biagosch and Mr. Dörr
  • 27.10.2023 (3pm)  Deadline for handing in 2/3 case ideas for each team, via email (timm.hoefer@tum.de) Subject “CASE IDEAS”
  • 30.10.2023  Topics discussion and selection, 3539, 45min slot between 09:00 – 18:00
  • 08.11.2023  Communication training, 2418, 14:00 – 15:30
  • 20.11.2023 (12pm)  Deadline for handing in the executive summary, via email (timm.hoefer@tum.de) Subject “CASE EXECUTIVE”
  • 21.11.2023   Executive summary discussion, 2418, 45 min slot between 09:00-18:00
  • 12.01.2024 (3pm) Deadline for handing in updated executive summary of final presentation, as pdf via e-mail (marie-christine.gross@tum.de) Subject “FINAL EXEC SUM”
  • 15.01.2024 (EOD)  Deadline for handing in case presentations, as pdf via e-mail (sophie.westphal@tum.de) Subject “CASE PRESENTATION”1
  • 17.01.2024 & 18.01.2024 Case presentation, 3539
  • 18.01.2024  Oscar night, award ceremony for the best cases and informal get together
  • 31.01.2024 (EOD)  Deadline for handing in written case studies, as pdf via e-mail (maximilian.blaschke@tum.de) Subject “CASE REPORT”
  • On-demand  Meetings with your supervisor

Additionally there will be 3 sessions for the cracking of cases with industry partners:

  • Monday, November 27th Ommax Case Study 15.00
    • Contact person: Marie-Christine Groß
    • Location: Kaulbachstraße 4, 80539 München
  • Tuesday, December 12th Wacker Case Study 14.00
    • Contact person: Maximilian Blaschke
    • Location: Hanns Seidel Platz 4, 81737 München
  • Thursday, January 25th Bain Case Study 15.00
    • Contact person:  Sophie Westphal
    • Location: Karlsplatz 1, 80335 München