Vari­et­ies of Cor­por­ate Gov­ernance: Nav­ig­at­ing Glob­al Sys­tems

Course content

Contents:

The political economy of corporate governance

Key concepts such as; agency costs, market failures, asymmetric information, separation of ownership  and control

Key corporate governance characteristics, including ownership and board structure, managerial remuneration, investor protection, and variations of capital markets

Overview of global Corporate Governance systems and capitalistic models

Key concepts within New Institutional Economics

The purpose of the corporation, corporate stakeholders and managements duty of loyalty 

The political economy of growth, inequality and wealth in a globalized world

Law, economics and incentives, including how law shapes the distribution of wealth

Learning process

Research and theory-based lectures mixed with exercises, mini cases and student presentations. 

Lectures provide the students with the theoretical and conceptual framework of the course while student presentations serve to strengthen the students critical analytical mindset.