How and Why

“As a finance professor, I could be teaching in class how an IPO is structured, how the leading investment banks do it, and the factors that shape the outcome. But rather than just doing that, I’d like to have my students explore and understand why we have IPOs and why we have investment banks, and the theories behind the shape and structures of the deals that we see. I think that will make their education more future-proof. Corona is a great example of an unexpected situation that makes you think harder about the Why instead of the How. We are living in a world where things happen pretty quickly and unexpectedly, so it increases the value of knowing the theories behind it a little better.”

(Timo Korkeamäki)