European Corporate Governance (in English) [ LLSMS2018 ]
5.0 crédits ECTS
30.0 h
1q
| Teacher(s) |
Lambrecht Philippe ;
Cerrada Cristia Karine ;
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| Language |
English
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Place
of the course |
Louvain-la-Neuve
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| Main themes |
The main themes adressed are :
- The different corporate governance frameworks and mechanisms
- the distinctive feautures of the European governance systems in comparison with other systems
- Europe's practices, codes and models of corporate governance
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| Aims |
At the end of the class, students should have sufficient knowledge to understand the different existing types of corporate governance systems in Europe. They should also be able to have a critical understanding of what are the stakes in matters such as enforcing laws or codes, the impact of corporate governance on the firm's financial and non financial reporting , as well as in matters of audit and control.
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| Content |
Content
Part I: Corporate governance models
- Corporate governance definition
- Agency theory versus stakeholder theory
- External and internal factors influencing Corporate Governance
- Anglosaxon model and european continental model of Corporate Governance
Part II The Board of Directors
- the organs of the firm
- the board of directors within the codes and laws: structure,
Part III: the role of institutional investors
- institutional investor's activism
- voting practices of institutional investors
Part IV The role of transparency
- Communication and Corporate Governance
- Internal control and Corporate Governance
- Auditing and Corporate Governance
Methods
In-class activities
- Lectures
At home activities
- Readings to prepare the lecture
- Paper work
- Students presentation
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| Other information |
Prerequisites (ideally in terms of competiencies)
Evaluation : Class participation and oral examination, in French or English
Support : Slides provided through icampus
References : Provided during the class
Internationalisation
- international content (does the course tackle international issues related to the course content ?)
- international case study
Corporate features
- case study
- corporate guest
Skills
- presentation skills
- writing skills
- team work
- decision making
- multicultural work
- critical thinking
- assertiveness
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Cycle et année
d'étude |
> Master [120] in Business engineering
> Master [120] in Management
> Master [120] in Management
> Master [120] in Business Engineering
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Faculty or entity
in charge |
> CLSM
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