Co-requisite: Corporations, as pre-requisite or co-requisite, or sufficient background with permission of the instructor.

Exam Type: No Exam

In this seminar-style course we will investigate the basic issues of corporate governance and finance from a comparative perspective. How did the large publicly-owned firm develop?  Why is it central in some nations and not in others? What differing channels around the world provide financing to the corporation and why? What explains private equity, hedge fund activism, and corporate social responsibility pressures and their differing impact around the world?