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CM.IB43 International Corporate Governance and Finance* (Q3)

Faculty
Thomas Poulsen
Course Coordinator
Steen Thomsen
Prerequisite
Minimum TOEFL 575, finalized bachelor degree
Prerequisite/progression of the course
  • Complete bachelor degree in business
  • The course builds on and extends a basic undergraduate understanding of management, strategy, accounting, law and finance.
Aim of the course
The course builds on and extends a basic undergraduate understanding of management, strategy, accounting, law and finance.
Course content, structure and teaching
Corporate Governance can be defined as the “operating system” for company managers. Governance in this sense includes company law, ownership structure, boards and management incentives. As governance differs from company to company and from country to country, international managers need a professional understanding of these differences. The course introduces students to the mechanisms of governance in different systems such as the US, Japan, Germany, and Scandinavia. The course covers the mechanisms of governance and comparative systems of governance.
Type of examination, exam aids and assessment
48-hour case exam. The text and the assignment questions will be uploaded on SiteScape. In the exam students will be asked to analyze a corporate governance problem, for example to assess the corporate governance of a company, a country or to address other governance problems.
Course literature
  • Steen Thomsen, An introduction to Corporate Governance, DJØF. Copenhagen. 2008
  • (Supplemented by readings uploaded on Sitescape)

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