Course Title:
Issues in Corporate Governance
Course Description:
Examines conflicts over control and governance of the corporation from a finance perspective. These conflicts often precipitate dissident shareholder actions such as proxy fights, hostile takeover attempts, and securities litigation, each of which are key concerns of top-level managers. Because stock market prices are critical to understanding virtually all conflicts regarding corporate control, part of this course covers efficient market theory and the assumptions that underlie it. The final part of the course focuses on using principles developed in the first part to analyze issues surrounding actual proxy fights, court cases, hostile takeovers, and current public policy debates. Includes specific issues of current interest: poison pills, dead hand provisions, executive salaries, and binding proxy votes.
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