Monetary Policy in the U.S. and Abroad
By: Marvin Goodfriend, Professor of Economics; Chairman, The Gailliot Center for Public Policy

Summary:
This course presents a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of monetary policy with reference to recent U.S. monetary history and the monetary policy of selected central banks abroad. We begin by studying the joint determination of aggregate output and the real interest rate in a modern model of monetary policy. We see how interest rate policy offsets fluctuations in inflation and employment that would otherwise occur due to macroeconomic shocks. And we see why inflation targeting is welfare-maximizing monetary policy. (Read more)

Integrated Product Development
By: Eric Anderson, Peter Boatwright; Jonathan Cagan, and Laurie Weingart

Summary:
The IPD course focuses on team-based integrated product development among engineering, business and design disciplines and consists of four modules including identifying, understanding, conceptualizing and realizing a product opportunity.

Corporate Restructuring
By: Robert M. Dammon, Professor of Financial Economics

Course Syllabus

Summary:
In this course, Robert Dammon examines the economic, legal, and financial factors that underlie major corporate restructuring transactions. These transactions include mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, tender offers, divestitures, LBOs and leveraged recapitalizations, liquidations and bankruptcy reorganizations. The economic rationale for each type of restructuring transaction is explored and the empirical evidence that relates to how these transactions affect the welfare of stockholders, managers, and other stakeholders is discussed.

Business Society & Ethics
By: Dale Hershey, Associate Teaching Professor of Law

Course Syllabus

Summary:
Dale Hershey, Associate Teaching Professor of Law provides a syllabus for undergraduate course, Business Society & Ethics. The course examines the political, social and legal environment of the firm, within and outside the United States.

International Finance
By: Chris Telmer, Associate Professor of Financial Economics

Course Syllabus

Summary:
Chris Telmer, Associate Professor of Financial Economics shares his course syllabus for International Finance and the recommend textbook to use as a resource.