Claude Francoeur

Professor, Department of Accounting

Contact information

HEC Montréal
3000, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine
Montréal (Québec)
Canada H3T 2A7

Email : claude.francoeur@hec.ca
Phone : 514 340-6847
Secretary: 514 340-6779
Fax : 514 340-5633
Office : 5.367

Other title(s)

Chair holder of the Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Governance

Education

MBA, UQAM
Ph. D. (finance), UQAM
CPA

Expertise

Corporate governance
Composition of boards of directors
Corporate social responsibility
Financial information quality

Current research

Curriculum Vitae

This publication selection covers the last five years.

Journal articles (7)

HUANG, Yinglin, FRANCOEUR, Claude, ZHANG, Shafu, BRAMMER, Stephen; « Conditional Silence: Organizational Status and Under‐Communication of Environmental Performance », British Journal of Management, vol. 36, no 3, 2025, p. 1219-1239.

BEN AMAR, Walid, GARCÍA MECA, Emma, FRANCOEUR, Claude, MARTÍNEZ-FERRERO, Jennifer; « Do Gender-Diverse Boards Enhance the Linguistic Features of Corporate Financial Reporting? », Accounting Horizons, vol. 38, no 2, 2024, p. 57-81.

FRANCOEUR, Claude, LI, Yuntian, SINGER, Zvi, ZHANG, Jing; « Earnings forecasts of female CEOs: quality and consequences », Review of Accounting Studies, vol. 28, no 3, 2023, p. 1721-1764.

HUANG, Yinglin, FRANCOEUR, Claude, BRAMMER, Stephen; « What drives and curbs brownwashing? », Business Strategy and the Environment, vol. 31, no 5, 2022, p. 2518-2532.

FRANCOEUR, Claude, LAKHAL, Faten, GAAYA, Safa, BEN SAAD, Itidel; « How Do Powerful CEOs Influence Corporate Environmental Performance? », Economic Modelling, vol. 94, 2021, p. 121-129.

AUBÉ, Caroline, FRANCOEUR, Claude, SPONEM, Samuel, SÉGUIN, Michel; « Ethical Leadership and Corporate Board Effectiveness: The Role of Team Reflexivity and Environmental Dynamism », Group Dynamics : Theory Research and Practice, vol. 25, no 4, 2021, p. 288-302.

BEN AMAR, Walid, FRANCOEUR, Claude, MARSAT, Sylvain, WAHID, Aida Sijamic; « How do firms achieve corporate social performance? An integrated perspective », Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, vol. 28, no 3, 2021, p. 1078-1090.

This award and honor selection covers the last five years.

FRANCOEUR, Claude, LABELLE, Réal
Diversité en gouvernance : Claude Francoeur et Réal Labelle parmi les plus cités, Une analyse bibliométrique publiée en 2020 dans le Journal of Business Research classe Claude Francoeur et Réal Labelle parmi les chercheurs les plus influents dans le monde sur le thème de la diversité en gouvernance. https://www.hec.ca/nouvelles/2020/gouvernance.html, Journal of Business Research, 2020

This selection of supervision activities covers the last five years.

Dissertation direction – PhD in Administration (5)

Three Essays on the Impacts of Cryptocurrencies, ICOs and Other Emerging Technologies: Implication for the Accounting Profession, by Annie Lecompte
August 2023

In codirection with : SINGER, Zvi
Gender, Management Earnings Forecasts, and Critical Audit Matters, by Yuntian Li
August 2023

Environmental and Social Disclosures: The Bright Sde of CEO Narcissism, by Souha Balti
September 2020

The Impact of Stakeholder Management on Corporate Reputation and Environmental Disclosure, by Yinglin Huang
September 2020

Éthique et transparence d'entreprise, by Sana Ben Hassine
March 2020

Integrative project supervision – Master's (2)

Adaptation d'une plate-forme de collecte et gestion de données ESG pour les besoins spécifiques des clients investisseurs , by Félix Vallière
August 2023

Rationaliser la divulgation extra-financière dans un contexte de complexification des standards et réglementations. , by Valère Verner
May 2021

Winter 2025

COMP 80975A

Governance and Financial Accounting

Fall 2024

COMP 40930

Gestion de la performance

Fall 2023

COMP 40930

Gestion de la performance