Advanced Seminar in Finance and Accounting: Case Study Seminar

General Information:

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Andreas Biagosch, Norbert Dörr
Supervisors: Maximilian Nadicksbernd, Jeana Ren, Sophia Spitzer

Language: English
Semester weekly hours: 4

Registration: This course is limited to 30 participants.

The course teaches how to structure a real-world problem in a specific industry and find solutions and derive strategic recommendations.

Schedule:

Participation in all seminar sessions is mandatory.

  • 17.04.2024  Kick-off session, 0999, 09:00-12:00
    • 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
  • 02.05.2024 (EOD)  Deadline for handing in 2/3 case ideas for each team, via email (maximilian.nadicksbernd@tum.de) Subject "CASE IDEAS"
  • 02.05.2024  Communication training, 0999, 09:00-13:00
  • 06.05.2024  Topics discussion and selection, 2418, 45 min slot between 09:00-18:00
  • 23.05.2024 (EOD)  Deadline for handing in the executive summary, via email (jeana.ren@tum.de) Subject “CASE EXEC SUM”
  • 27.05.2024   Executive summary discussion, 2418, 45 min slot between 09:00-18:00
  • 03.06.2024 (EOD)  Deadline for handing in updated executive summary of final presentation, as pdf via   e-mail (jeana.ren@tum.de) Subject “FINAL EXEC SUM”
  • 11.07.2024 (EOD)  Deadline for handing in case presentations, as pdf via e-mail (sophia.spitzer@tum.de) Subject “CASE PRESENTATION”
  • 16./17.07.2024  Case presentation, 2418, 09:00-18:00
  • 17.07.2024  Oscar night, award ceremony for the best cases and informal get together
  • 31.07.2024 (EOD)  Deadline for handing in written case studies as pdf via e-mail (maximilian.nadicksbernd@tum.de) Subject “CASE REPORT”

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

  • 05.06. 4pm Burda Media Group
  • 20.06. 2pm Deloitte Consulting
  • 02.07. 3pm Wacker Chemie