Introduction to Corporate Governance

Aims of the course

- To develop the understanding of corporate governance mechanism.
- To define the relationship between governance and management.
- To identify the changing paradigm of corporate governance.
- To clarify the fundamental theoretical concepts of corporate governance.
- To highlight the characteristics and differences between one and two-tiered corporate governance system.

Course syllabus

1. Introduction into corporate governance
2. Relationship between governance and management
3. Historical perspectives of governance
4. Fundamental theoretical concepts of corporate governance
5. The changing paradigm of corporate governance
6. Characteristics of one and two-tiered corporate governance system
7. Shareholder and stakeholder theory of corporate governance
8. The agency problem, managerialism and the stewardship theory
9. Financial market and corporate control
10. Corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions

Course director(s)