Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations
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Established in September 2005, the Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations (IGOPP) is a Canadian think tank and joint initiative of HEC Montréal and Concordia University (The John Molson School of Business) and the Jarislowsky Foundation. The Institute is committed to promoting strong corporate governance practices among organizations in Quebec and the rest of Canada.[1]
Activity[]
Its operations focus primarily on key management activities, namely defining the corporate mission, evaluating strategic management and financial performance, recruiting and compensating officers and managing risk. It achieves this through:
- Policy papers: The Institute supports academic research, takes part in public debates on governance issues, reinforces governance related skills;
- Research: the aim is to stimulate debate on key issues of governance by providing rigorous research work;
- Training: IGOPP organizes conferences and training seminars
- Dissemination of information: The Institute promotes partnership and knowledge transfer.
Policy papers[]
From 2006 to 2017, nine policy papers have been prepared on topical issues:
- Executive compensation: Cutting the Gordian knot
- Who should pick board members?
- The Troubling Case of Proxy Advisors Some policy recommendations
- Executive compensation Pay for value: Cutting the Gordian Knot of Executive Compensation
- Giving Shareholders a Say on Pay A measure leading to better governance?
- The Status of Women Corporate Directors in Canada Pushing for Change
- The Independence of Board Members: A Quest for Legitimacy
- Corporate citizenship and the right to vote A proposal
- Dual-class share structures in Canada Review and recommendations
Books[]
Yvan Allaire [2] and IGOPP's books deal with the financial market, mining royalties, executive compensation, "good governance" in the public or private sector, takeovers of listed companies, regulation of financial markets, Davos, the presence of women on boards and many other themes relevant to governance. These books are constantly looking to provide a measured opinion, sensitive to others', by formulating policy proposals that respect the rights of the parties. Their authors' are concerned about the perverse and unexpected effects of good intentions.
- On becoming an activist board... In the age of activist shareholders
- A Capitalism of Owners : How Financial Markets Destroy Companies and Societies and What to Do About It [3]
- Black Markets and Business Blues : The Man-Made Crisis of 2007-2009 and the Road to a New Capitalism. Silver medal, Category : Current Events I (Political/Economic/Legal/Media) of the 2010 Independent Publisher Book Awards.[4]
- Beyond Monks and Minow: From Fiduciary to Value Creating Governance
Reports and studies[]
- Are our State-owned enterprises well governed?
- Pershing Square, Ackman and CP Rail: A Case of Successful Activism?
- Corporate Governance: looking backward, looking forward
- What's the risk of losing a significant number of corporate head offices now located in Quebec?
- Enhancing the dynamics of board of directors: An exchange with experienced board members
- Two flawed studies about controlled corporations by ISS and IRRCI
- The game of activist hedge funds: Cui bono?
- Still unanswered questions (and new ones) to Bebchuk, Brav and Jiang: This paper is the third one of a series of three papers on [Hedge Fund] Activism.
- "The case for and against activist hedge funds"
- The value of "just say no": A Response to ISS
- To govern in the interest of the corporation : What is the board’s responsibility to stakeholders other than shareholder?
- Hedge Fund Activism and their Long-Term Consequences Unanswered Questions to Bebchuk, Brav and Jiang
- Board Members' Compensation and Governance: Issues and Challenges
- The Governance of Canadian Airports; Issues and Recommendations
- On becoming an activist board! Sketch of a corporate governance that creates value
- "Activist" hedge funds: creators of lasting wealth? What do the _ empirical studies really say?[5]
Members of the board of directors[]
Chaired by Dr. Yvan Allaire, the board of directors of the institute is made up of 15 prominent individuals from various fields: senior executives of large and small businesses, institutional investors, heads of public-sector organizations, university researchers and regulatory experts : Mary-Ann Bell, Isabelle Courville, Hélène Desmarais, Paule Doré, Robert Greenhill, Stephen Jarislowsky, Michel Magnan, Claudine Mangen, Andrew T. Molson, Louis Morisset, Michel Nadeau, Robert Parizeau, Guylaine Saucier and Sebastian Van Berkom.
Notes and references[]
- ^ IGOPP. "Institute for governance of private and public organizations". Retrieved February 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ^ "Yvan Allaire". Retrieved February 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ^ Harvey Schachter (June 2012). The Globe and Mail (ed.). "Corporate leaders suffer under the capitalist gun". Retrieved February 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ^ Independent Publisher (June 2010). "Independent Publisher". Retrieved February 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ^ Martin Lipton (July 2014). Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation (ed.). "Do Activist Hedge Funds Really Create Long Term Value?". Archived from the original on 2015-02-09. Retrieved February 2015. Check date values in:
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External links[]
- Political and economic think tanks based in Canada
- Think tanks based in Canada
- Corporate governance