Reading required:
Zattoni A. (2020), Corporate Governance. How to Design Good Companies. BUP (with the exception of chapter 4).
Other readings required will be indicated at the beginning of the course and they will be available on Moodle.
Supplementary readings:
Dewar C., Keller S., Malhotra V. (2022), CEO Excellence. The Six Mindset That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest. Nicholas Brealey Publishing.
Georgen M. (2018), Corporate governance. A Global Perspective. Cengage.
Hilb M. (2016), New Corporate Governance. Successful Board Management Tools. Springer
Thomsen S., Conyon M. (2019), Corporate Governance and Board Decisions. Djof Forlag & Now Publisher.
Tricker B. (2019), Corporate governance. Principles, Policies and Practices. Oxford University Press.
Learning Objectives
Students develop knowledge and acquires skills on the functioning of the governance systems with a special reference to the Board of Directors.
The course aims to offer a methodology aimed at assessing the adequacy of the governance structures of Board of Directors.
Prerequisites
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Teaching Methods
Lectures with discussion of some papers and business cases.
Further information
The rule followed for assigning the graduation thesis favors students who attended the course and who obtained the best marks in the corporate governance final exam.
Type of Assessment
Final oral exam.
Course program
I. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE THEORIES AND FRAMEWORKS
1. Historical evolution of the debate on corporate governance
2. What is the Purpose of a Corporation?
3. Corporate governance Mechanisms
4. The Ownership Structure
5. The Board of Directors
6. The Remuneration of Top Management
II. VARIETIES OF CAPITALISM AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS
1. Corporate Governance Models Around the World
2. Enron, Parmalat & Co.: What's went wrong in Board of Directors
3. Financial crisis and corporate governance
4. Insight the black box of Board of Directors
5. Evolution of corporate governance