Post Graduate Programme 2015-2016: Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
Post Graduate Programme 2015-2016: Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
Post Graduate Programme 2015-2016: Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
Objectives
The objective of the course is to aware students about the various strategic ways to
achieve superior corporate performance. Many Indian companies have adopted
“maximising long-term shareholder value” as the central corporate objective. Enhancing
long-term shareholder value involves managing costs, driving margins, managing capital
structure, and inorganic growth through acquisitions and divestiture. The course would
start with cost management issues- making students aware that cost consciousness is vital
to sustain profitability. Then it would discuss several value creating strategies- creating
shareholder value to unlocking shareholder value. Finally, we would study the linkage
between employee performance and corporate objective- how employees can be
motivated to act as owners.
Session Plan:
Session Learning Description
objective
1 1 Shareholder Vs. Stakeholder Theory
Agency theory and problem of free cash flows
Excess capacity problems
Essence of Corporate Restructuring
Strategic Control Map
Readings :
a) Agency costs of Free Cash Flows, Corporate Finance and takeovers
b) Value maximizations, Stakeholder Theory & the corporate Objective
c) Petroleum after the mega mergers
d) Bank of America round table on Corporate Finance
e) U.S. Corporate Governance: Accomplishments and Failings
2 4 Balance Sheet Restructuring:
Asset Restructuring
Modes of asset disposition
Readings :
Institutional Trading, information production, and the choice between spin offs, carve-outs, and
Pedagogy
The course would be conducted through lectures, case discussions, and illustrations.
Reading materials would be provided in polycopy and hence there is no prescribed text.
However, students may refer to journals (e.g. Mckinsey Quarterly, Harvard Business
Review, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, and Financial Management), CMIE’s
monthly bulletin (Mergers and Acquisitions) and reference texts (mentioned above).
Evaluation Method
Quiz 30%
Class Participation 10%
Project 20%
End-term 40%