Selective Lecture & Discussion Topics

1. Finance and Investing


2. Common Stocks


3. Mergers and Acquisitions


4. Buffett's Value Investing Rules


5. Brk B


6. Brk A


7. Corporate Governance and Sustainability


8. Circular Economy


9. Circular Business Models


10. Sustainable Finance


11. Sustainable Derivatives


12. Financial and Accounting Shenanigans


13. Sustainability Report 


14.  Sustainability Policy


15. GDP and Circular GDP  

TBA

Grades will be determined on the basis of the student's performance in relation to a) class attendance and participation, b) two individual assignments, c) one group presentation on reviewing a Berkshire Hathaway company and d) one research report.

Class attendance and participation (10%)

Individual assignment (20%)

Group presentation (30%)

Final research report on Berkshire Circular Business Model (40%)

(Required Texts)

(A) Cunningham, Lawrence A. The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America. Fourth Edition. 2015. (ISBN: 978-1-61163-758-8)

(B) Ross, Stephen A., Randolph W. Westerfield, and Bradford D. Jordan. Essentials of Corporate Finance. 10th ed., 2020. McGraw-Hill. 

(Reference Books) 

1. Brears, Robert C. Natutral Resource Management and the Circular Economy. Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

2. De Angelis, Roberta.  Business Models in the Circular Economy: Concepts, Examples and Theory. Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

3. Lin, Brian Chi-ang and Zheng, Siqi. (eds.) Environmental Economics and Sustainability. Oxford, UK: Wiley Blackwell, 2017.

4. Osterwalder, Alexander and Pigneur, Yves. Business Model Generation : A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, 2010.