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2018/2019  KAN-CJURV1802U  Study-Group: Nordic Corporate Governance

English Title
Study-Group: Nordic Corporate Governance

Course information
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
Min. participants 4
Max. participants 4
Study board
Study Board for BSc/MSc in Business Administration and Commercial Law, MSc
Course coordinator
  • Søren Friis Hansen - CBS Law
Main academic disciplines
  • Corporate governance
Teaching methods
  • Face-to-face teaching
Last updated on 09-02-2018

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Learning objectives
The students will have to demonstrate knowledge of the basic Corporate Governance principles, and its role in value creation for the firm. The students must be able to identify the specific characteristics of the Nordic Corporate model. The students must be able to prepare a written analysis of four individual business cases, and to find the relevant aspects of corporate governance that impacted each case. The students must in this regard be able to identify the role which the individual actors in the company played in the case (management, shareholders, auditors, and other third parties). The students must analyse the impact that corporate governance played for each of these groups
Course prerequisites
Passed HA, HD, HA(jur.) or the like
Prerequisites for registering for the exam (activities during the teaching period)
Number of compulsory activities which must be approved: 4
Compulsory home assignments
At each workshop each team shall prepare an oral presentation and a written report on the case presented.
Examination
Study Group: Nordic Corporate Governance:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Home assignment - written product
Individual or group exam Individual exam
Size of written product Max. 10 pages
Maximum number of pages is for each individual report.
Assignment type Case based assignment
Duration 24 hours to prepare
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) Internal examiner and second internal examiner
Exam period Autumn
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Description of the exam procedure

The student must pass the 4 team-presenations to be able to participate in the final exam.

 
Course content and structure

The Study group is a cooperation betweeen four Nordic Universities.

 

The study Group requires a group of four students.

 

The course consists of four workshops with participants from 4 Nordic Universities. At each workshop, the student shall work in a team of four students, one from each country.

 

Ths students from each country prepares a case regarding a company of their own country, and presents the case to the students from the other countries.

 

The four universities participating are:

 

  • Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

  • Hanken business School, Helsinki, Finland

  • Stockholm Business school

  • BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo

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    Course content:
    The course concerns following areas:

     

    • Corporate Governance principles

    • The Nordic Corporate Governance Model

    • Corporate Governance and value creation

    • The role of Corporate Governance in a corporate crisis

    The power of the shareholders
     
Description of the teaching methods
Teaching methods:

Four workshops, which shall result in a oral and written presentation of the analysis of the case.
Feedback during the teaching period
The students are given individual feedback on the basic of each oral and written report
Student workload
Workshop 200 hours
Preparation 106 hours
Expected literature

Literature:
 

  • Per Lekvall (ed.) (2014) : The Nordic Corporate Governance Model, SNS Stockholm., 284 p

  • Jean-Paul Page (2005): Corporate Governance and Value Creation, Research Foundation of CFA Institute, CFA Research Foundation Publications, 77 p.

Bengt Holmström (2006): Pay Without Performance and the Managerial Power Hypothesis: A Comment. Available at SSRN:https:/​/​ssrn.com/​abstract=899096 or http:/​/​dx.doi.org/​10.2139/​ssrn.899096
Last updated on 09-02-2018