2015/2016 KAN-CCMVV1662U Corporate Governance in International Perspective - cancelled
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Corporate Governance in International Perspective - cancelled |
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Language | English |
Course ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
Type | Elective |
Level | Full Degree Master |
Duration | One Semester |
Start time of the course | Autumn |
Timetable | Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk |
Study board |
Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business
Administration
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Kontaktinformation: https://e-campus.dk/studium/kontakt eller Contact information: https://e-campus.dk/studium/kontakt | |
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Last updated on 24-06-2015 |
Learning objectives | |||||||||||||||||||||||
To achieve the grade 12, students
should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor
mistakes or errors: The main objective of this course is to equip
students with a knowledge base such that they are able to
understand and participate in general decision making concerning
governance activities in a corporation. The students shall gain an
in-depth understanding of corporate governance and how corporate
governance influences corporate performance. The course will
introduce the students to corporate governance issues and teach
them to analyze how different corporate governance mechanisms –
like ownership and board structure, legal systems and incentives –
contribute to the solution of agency problems and influence
corporate economic performance. The students shall acquire skills
and competences which make them able to evaluate the corporate
governance structure of a given company. More precisely the
participants shall be able to:
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Course prerequisites | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The course builds on and extends a basic undergraduate understanding of management, strategy, law and finance. It is closed for students from the cand.merc. concentrations of AEF, FSM and IBS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Course content and structure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The current financial crisis has raised important questions concerning the control and responsibility of the owners and the managers especially in banks and large corporations. Many of these questions are closely related to the discussion about good corporate governance - understood as the system by which companies are directed and controlled. The course starts with a discussion about the problems and advantages of the large-scale organization. We continue by looking at institutional investors, which has become crucial players in the financial market following shifts of ownership structure. Thereafter we look at minority shareholders, minority protection, and the regulation of capital. We then go on a classroom journey around the world, exploring region- and country specific governance systems and solutions, the regulation of labour, transplant of corporate law, and political preconditions for separating ownership and control. We start by visiting developed nations, and end the course by exploring markets in transition. |
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Teaching methods | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The teaching style will be a mix of lectures, cases and class discussions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Expected literature | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Steen Thomsen and Martin Conyon (2012): Corporate Governance:
Mechanisms and Systems, Mc Graw-Hill, 1st Edition.
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