Dans cet ouvrage, les deux éminents auteurs, Yvan Allaire et Mihaela Firsirotu, proposent une série de changements importants pour empêcher une autre crise financière.

« Yvan Allaire and Mihaela Firsirotu aren’t the kind of people you would expect to find railing against the dangers of modern capitalism and proposing a major overhaul. Mr. Allaire is an emeritus professor of management and former senior executive of Bombardier Inc., while Ms. Firsirotu is a respected professor of business strategy at Université […]

[ … ] « The main question in most of the studies we survey is: Does disproportional ownership destroy shareholder value? We will argue that, while the literature has uncovered some robust evidence, this question has proven difficult to address empirically. A related issue is whether the widespread use of mechanisms to unbundle cash flow […]

Yvan Allaire a bâti les stratégies de plusieurs grandes entreprises du Québec. Chez Bombardier, depuis 5 ans, il est passé de la parole aux actes. Il quitte aujourd’hui son poste en laissant derrière lui de solides fondations.   Pour lire l’article complet, veuillez cliquer ici.

« The wave of mergers and acquisitions rolls on unabated, the latest statistics putting the number of transactions worldwide at some 34,000 in 1999. Canada has been an active participant in this global phenomenon. In 2000, there were close to 1300 transactions, worth some C$234 billion, in which Canadian companies took part. Canadians were involved […]

« The 4th Conference of Montréal on globalized economies wove together three different but closely related strands of issues and challenges confronting Europe and directly or indirectly a good part of the world. What’s happening now in Europe will have momentous ramifications throughout the world, bringing forth major shifts in economic power and new alignments […]

« With all the pomp and circumstance of a D.W. Griffith movie spectacle, the ultimate business jet was unveiled in a cavernous hangar in Toronto last summer. While Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and other political heavies looked on –  an accompanied by a 45-piece orchestra and 1,000-strong choir belting out a rousing chorus – an […]

Stratèges, motivateurs, innovateurs, ils ont l’oreille des Laurent Beaudoin et cie. Certains même n’ont rien à envier aux Tom Peters de ce monde. Ce sont les Américains qui ont inventé le gourou d’affaires avec les Peter Drucker, Tom Peters, Alvin Toffler, John Naisbitt et bien d’autres. Faut-il le dire, ils en ont fait un métier […]