IFGE - Institut Français de Gouvernement des entreprises
IFGE develops unique knowledge in Europe on corporate governance based on practical experience and research work.
It contributes to building legitimate and effective solutions for corporate governance oriented toward the common good.
The Institute publicly shares its findings to inform public debate and encourage the exchange of ideas and experiences, notably through interactions between researchers and business practitioners, allowing their perspectives to mutually enrich one another.
A Social Laboratory
IFGE draws its uniqueness from the continuous exchange of ideas and experiences between researchers and business practitioners.
Engagement in Public Life
IFGE stands for research in the service of action.
We take part in major social and political debates that help shape the evolution of corporate governance.
Thanks to a network of partners—companies, professional associations, and labor unions—we are able to confront our ideas with the real-world experiences of governance stakeholders.
We also embrace our role as a stakeholder among those who contribute to rethinking and improving corporate governance.
We invite these partners and stakeholders to collaborate with us through seminars and thematic meetings.
This commitment is reflected in publications such as Cahiers pour la réforme, the Framework for Reasonable Governance, and Evidence-Based Insights.
We have also conducted surveys on SME governance in collaboration with the APM network.
Finally, we engage with the press and media to contribute to public debate.
Would you like to become a partner?
Our partners have supported us since the founding of IFGE in 2003. It is thanks to them, and with them, that we have built our research momentum.
If you wish to contribute to in-depth thinking on corporate governance and the role of businesses in society, IFGE is now a recognized and unique think tank.
The French Institute for Corporate Governance (IFGE) is the teaching and research center of emlyon business school dedicated to corporate governance. Unique in Europe in its positioning, it produces and disseminates leading knowledge on contemporary transformations in governance.
Through its research, teaching, and outreach activities, IFGE helps shed light on the challenges faced by companies, their executives, board members, and investors in an environment marked by rising societal expectations, regulatory changes, geopolitical shifts, and ecological constraints.
Supported by an international team of researchers, IFGE contributes to all of emlyon business school’s academic programs, particularly those aimed at senior executives and governance stakeholders. It also contributes to public debate through research partnerships, studies, white papers, and forums that foster dialogue among researchers, companies, board members, investors, and institutions.
IFGE promotes a vision of corporate governance based on a sense of shared responsibility, the quality of collective judgment, respect for fundamental human rights, and consideration of the biophysical limits of the Earth system. Its ambition is to help economic actors professionalize their governance practices in order to strengthen trust, accountability, and the contribution of businesses to the common good.
Join Our Research Team
IFGE actively contributes to the training of high-level researchers.
If you wish to pursue doctoral research on corporate governance and on our various research areas, you may submit a cover letter along with a detailed research proposal.
emlyon business school also offers a PhD program and scholarships that can help fund your doctoral research.
