1) know the types of mergers, vertical, horizontal

2) Know what LBOs are!

3) Know what happens in risk arbitrage, in terms of investors' and bidder's stock price

4) Know what the minority shareholders can do in freeze outs

5) What does the bidder do in a de-facto merger?

6) How do economic, regulatory, and technological shocks contribute to the origination of merger waves according to research conducted?

7) Which types of deals were common in the first merger wave?