Corporate Governance of the Public Firm
Spring term, Block C
M,T,W 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Professor Mark J. Roe
3 classroom credits LAW-34090A
In this course we will consider current academic thinking about corporate governance and ownership. The course work will be divided among these topics: the theory of the firm, the role of institutional investors, the foundations for venture capital markets, the role of gatekeepers (and how they failed in Enron and other recent corporate scandals), explanations for the differences in corporate governance around the world, the policy bases for building capital markets in developing and transition nations, current thinking on jurisdictional competition in producing corporate law, and bases for and against shareholder primacy in the corporation. Prerequisite or co-requisite: Corporations or equivalent exposure to corporate law.
This course is by-permission of the instructor for 1L students. 1L students with an appropriate background can apply by sending a note with the background to Mark Roe (mroe@law.harvard.edu, ccing Lise Berg (lberg@law.harvard.edu), by November 21.