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Professor Lemma W. Senbet

The William E. Mayer Chair Professor of Finance

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Teaching Materials

Professor Senbet teaches an advanced financial management course (now BUFN 714; formerly BMGT 741), and Corporate Governance Performance (BUFN 758G) at the MBA level, as well as Ph.D. seminars in corporate finance and corporate governance. Samples course materials are shown below.

BUFN 758G, Winter 2007
Corporate Governance and Performance

A new course dealing with corporate governance and its impact on shareholder value.

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BMGT 841, Spring 2006
Seminar in Corporate Finance (Ph.D. Course)

Prerequisite: permission of department. Seminar in selected classic and current theoretical and empirical research in corporate finance.

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BMGT 808C, Fall 2005
Seminar in Issues in Corporate Governance and Financial Reforms

Prerequisite: permission of department. Seminar focuses on issues in corporate governance and financial reforms with specific attention to the reforms of governance/executive compensation practices, linkages between finance and development, and financial crisis.

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Seminar Methodology and Approach
 

BMGT 741, Spring 2003 (entitled BUFN 714 beginning Fall 2003)
Advanced Financial Management

Prerequisite: BUSI 640.  Advanced corporate finance course that builds on the core course. Study of investment and financing decisions faced by firms at various stages in their life cycles. Topics include advanced capital budgeting and capital structure, real options and option-like features in securities, financial contracting, governance, financial distress, and capital-raising transactions ranging from IPOs for young firms to complex hedging strategies for large firms. Pedagogy uses mix of lectures and case studies. Non-majors should review their registration eligibility in the statement preceding the BUFN courses.

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