Please see the course schedule on learn@wu for details.

Readings for diaries:

• Aguilera R.V., Filatotchev I., Gospel H. & Jackshon G., 2008, An Organizational Approach to Comparative Corporate Governance: Costs, Contingencies, and Complementaries. Organization Science, 19:3, 475-492.
• Chan M., D’Anna G., Watson I. & Wee M., 2008, Does Disclosure Quality via Investor Relations Affect Information Asymmetry? Australian Journal of Management, 33:2, 375-390.
• Frydman C. & Jenter D., 2010, CEO Compensation. CESifo working paper: Labour Markets, No. 3277
• Hermalin B.E. & Weisbach M.S., 2003, Boards of Directors as an Endogeneously Determined Institution: A Survey of the Economic Literature. Economic Policy Review, 9, 7-26.
• Roe M.J., 2004, The institutions of corporate governance. Harvard Law School, Discussion Paper 488, only pages 1-16.
• In addition, student reports presented June 3-5, 2013 belong to the reading list. They will be delivered one week prior to the presentations.

Apart from the students' presentations, the reading list will be sent to students by the course instructor by email.

After completing this class the student will have the ability to:

• use the concepts of corporate governance in every day thinking
• understand the role of good governance in the corporate success
• understand the relationship between the company management, board of directors and shareholders
• understand the reasons for the variety in corporate governance practices both within one country and between countries and the recent trend of convergence in corporate governance practices; 
• understand the theoretical basis of the Board of Directors, Investor Relations, Executive Compensation, Auditing and Internal Control, Ownership Structure and Market for Corporate Control;
• understand how these institutions constitute the corporate governance bundle;
• evaluate the quality of corporate governance practices.

Furthermore, after completing this class the student will have the ability to:

• work independently writing analytical essays based on given material and apply it empirically;
• work effectively in a team in order to contribute appropriately to the production of a group output, report and presentation;
• participate in group and one-to-one discussion.

Besides, after completing this class the student will have the ability to:

• use scientific argumentation skills in the discussions
• write a short research report based on research papers and empirical material
  

The main elements of the course are:

• lecture by the course instructor
• learning diaries to be made by the students
• group presentation
• dialogue between lecturer and students

Please see the information provided within the assessment section for more details.

During the course you may achieve 100  points comprising of following elements:

• max 40 points  final written exam
• max 20 points  learning diaries
• max 10 points  class participation
• max 30 points  group presentation and report

There will be one additional opportunity to take the final exam.

For students attend this class, it is mandatory to read the additional information provided on our learn@wu webpage (you can see it after you registered for the course).

• Positive completion of each of the four courses of the subject "Basics Finance, Accounting and Taxation".
• Positive completion of at least six courses of the subject "Advanced Finance, Accounting and Taxation".
• Pre-allocation to elective.v

• Basic knowledge in finance
• Basic knowledge in accounting