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  THE REFERENCE IN GOVERNANCE

  For a value-creating governance®

  IGOPP will thus continue its mission in playing a significant role in the improvement of the governance of public and private organizations in Quebec and Canada.
• Policy Papers

  POLICY PAPERS

  • The Case for Dual-Class of Shares
  • Board members are independent but are they legitimate and credible?
  • Executive compensation
  • Who should pick board members?
  • The Troubling Case of Proxy Advisors
  • Executive compensation
  • Giving Shareholders a Say on Pay
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  • Corporate citizenship and the right to vote
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  The Case for Dual-Class of Shares

  Policy Paper No. 11

  LATEST

  The Case for Dual-Class of Shares

  Yvan Allaire | SSRN

  Brief review of empirical studies on the economic performance of dual-class companies: 2007 to 2018

  Caroline Cambourieu and Mantote Sambiani | IGOPP

  Pershing Square, Ackman and CP Rail: A Case of Successful «Activism»?

  Yvan Allaire and François Dauphin | SSRN
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  FEATURED

  What was the story behind SNC-Lavalin’s supposedly ‘excellent’ corporate governance regime?

  Excerpted and translated from “Le fiasco SNC-Lavalin: crime, culture, governance?” by Yvan Allaire, executive chairman of the Institute for Governance of Pr...

  THOUGHT GOVERNANCE

  Theory, Evidence, and Policy on Dual-Class Shares: A Country- Specific Response to a Global Debate

  Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez | Ibero-American Institute for Law and Finance

  Judge rules SNC-Lavalin to stand trial on fraud, bribery charges

  Nicolas Van Praet | The Globe and Mail

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• Courses and Events

  COURSES & EVENTS

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  Governance of SMEs

  These workshops will provide the participants with an opportunity to meet entrepreneurs and directors of SMEs for the purpose of discussing solutions to the challenges...

  OUR COURSES

  Governance of SMEs

  Build a credible and motivated SME board

  Montreal | Quebec

  Governance for SMEs

  Five practical workshops for members of the boards of directors of SMEs

  IGOPP | Montreal

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  The case for multiple voting shares

  Montreal (February 4, 2019) — In Canada, the number of companies with multiple voting shares has dropped from 100 in 2005 to 69 in 2018. But these companies c...

  IGOPP IN THE NEWS

  Theory, Evidence, and Policy on Dual-Class Shares: A Country- Specific Response to a Global Debate

  Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez | Ibero-American Institute for Law and Finance

  Judge rules SNC-Lavalin to stand trial on fraud, bribery charges

  Nicolas Van Praet | The Globe and Mail

  Short-term thinking forcing companies to delay IPOs, opt for dual-class shares: Governance expert

  Greg Bonnell | BNN Bloomberg

IGOPP IN THE MEDIAS

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