Corporate Governance

This course is about corporate governance and analyzes from a variety of perspectives the three fundamental elements of corporate governance: compliance, disclosure, and materiality. During the two-day course, the following topics are covered: corporate governance models (including the Anglo-US, German, Japanese, Korean, and Polish models); disclosure regimes; the legal and self-regulatory framework for corporate governance; monitoring of corporate performance by institutional investors; the rights and responsibilities of corporate organs, including the annual general meeting of shareholders, the board and management; shareholders’ rights; and the use of governance information by shareholders and stakeholders. Students are exposed to financial, legal, and practical aspects of corporate governance in several jurisdictions by analyzing and discussing a number of case studies about real companies (in France, India, Japan, Poland, Sweden, and the United States). Students read the case studies and then analyze them individually and in small teams.

Lecturer - Prof. Geoffrey Mazullo