Corporate Finance Lecture 4: Conflicts of Interest

This video is a part of online course on Corporate Finance by Professor Aswath Damodaran of NYU.

This video discusses:

  • Alternative Corporate Governance System
  • Choose a Different Objective Function
  • Maximize Stock Prices
  • The Stockholder Backlash
  • The Hostile Acquisition Threat
  • Independent Boards
  • The bondholders' Defense Against Stockholder Excesses
  • The Financial market Response
  • The Social Response
  • The Counter Reaction
  • Risk and Return Model