Paul André

Professor, Accounting and Management Control Department

Ph.D. (1996) School of Accountancy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
M.Sc. (1991) Sciences comptables (Accounting), Université du Québec à Montréal
Chartered Accountant (CA) (1986) Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants

Dr. Paul André is Professor, Accounting and Management Control, since September 2007. He has also been professor of financial accounting at the University of Ottawa, l’Université du Québec à Montréal, HEC Montréal and University of Edinburgh. His areas of expertise include financial statement analysis, financial performance measures, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and market reactions to financial information. Graduated from the University of Waterloo (Ontario) in 1996 with a Ph.D. in financial accounting and finance, Dr. André has been active in numerous research projects and in the development of financial statement analysis seminars for MSc, MBA and CFA candidates and of tailored training seminars in finance and accounting for various organisations. Chartered Accountant (CA) since 1986, he worked for one of the big international accounting firms, Ernst & Young, in Ottawa and Melbourne (Australia). Dr. André has been a visiting professor at the Université de Paris-Dauphine, Université de Paris-Créteil, Concordia University and ISCAE Tunis. He is also an active member of the Research Alliance in Governance and Forensic Accounting funded within the Initiative on the new economy program of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). He has participated in various executive training programs at Bombardier, Pratt-Whitney, KPMG, NHS and SWIP, to name a few.

Undergraduate
Advanced Financial Accounting (Business Combinations and consolidation)
Accounting TheoryIntermediate Accounting 

Master’s level
Analysis of Corporate Financial Information (M.Sc.)
Takeovers, Restructurings and Corporate Governance (M.Sc.)
Performance Measurement and Evaluation (M.Sc.)
Research in Financial Accounting Seminar (M.Sc.), Capital Asset Pricing (CFA), Accounting Language (MBA: regular, executive and Pratt and Whitney programs) 

Ph.D. level
Research in Financial Accounting SeminarMergers and Acquisitions: Accounting, Tax and Financial Implications

2005
Scottish Financial Enterprise
Innovation Awards (Overall award & Support services sector)
Project: MSc in Finance & Investment
(member of various committees and involved in developing and teaching two courses) 

2005
Canadian Academic Accounting Association
Best Case Study Award Gouvernance et rémunération des dirigeants: Le cas Abitbi-Price 1994-2003
(Governance and compensation: the case of Abitibi-Price 1994-2003)(With M. Magnan and S. St-Onge) 

1998
Concours "Jeune(s) Chercheur(s)" (Young Researcher Award)
École des Hauts Études Commerciales(with Martin Boyer, HEC Montréal), $7,500
Project: Performance des entreprises, contrôle corporatif et problèmes d'agence
(Long Term Performance, Corporate Control and Agency Costs) 

1997
C. D. Mellor Bursary of the Ordre des comptables agrées du Québec
(with Robert Mathieu, Université Laval): $5,000
Project : Frais de restructuration et radiation d’actifs : Une étude canadienne(Restructuring Charges and Asset Write-Downs : A Canadian Study) 

1990-1994
Special Hiring Plan of the Département des sciences comptables, École des sciences de la gestion, UQAM: $160,000

With peer review  

Kill fees in merger deals: Protecting shareholders or managers? (with Khalil, S., M. Magnan, Concordia U.)
Journal of Business Finance and Accounting Conference, Thassoliniki, Greece, May 2006
Canadian Academic Accounting Association, Québec June 2005
4th Int’l Conference on Governance, Mons Belgium, May 2005 

Stock Market Reaction to the Adoption of Deferred Share Unit Plans for Outside Directors in Canada (with M. Magnan and S. Khalil)
4th International Conference on Corporate Governance, Birmingham, 3rd July 2006 

Corporate Governance and Acquiring Firm Shareholder Wealth: Evidence from High-Tech Acquisitions in Canada (with W. Ben-Amar and S. Saadi)
4th International Conference on Corporate Governance, Birmingham, 3rd July 2006
Multinational Finance Society Annual Meeting, Edinburgh, 25-27 June 2006 

Concentrated Ownership and Long Term Operating performance of Acquiring Firms: The Case of English Origin Countries (with Yen, T.)
Multinational Finance Society Annual Meeting, Edinburgh, 25-27 June 2006 

Deferred Share Unit Plans for Outside Directors in Canada: Economic and Social determinants (with Khalil, S., M. Magnan)
Canadian Academic Accounting Association, Banff, June 2006 

Impacts of Mergers and Acquisitions on Specific Attributes of Executive Compensation Contracts of Canadian Acquiring Firms (with V. Bodolica, M. Magnan and S, St-Onge)
Canadian Academic Accounting Association, Banff, June 2006 

The Stock Market Valuation of R&D Expenditures in Biotech Firms (with M. Magnan and B. Xu)
European Accounting Association Conference, Dublin, March 2006 

CEO turnover in the UK following recent domestic and cross-border deals
5th Int’l Conference on Governance, Strasbourg, May 2006
French Finance Association International Conference, Paris, Dec. 2005 

Ownership structure and the acquiring firm performance: Evidence from Canada (with Ben-Amar, Walid, U. of Ottawa)

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting Conference, Lake Windemere, May 2005
European Accounting Association Congress, Gotenborg Sweden, May 2005
3rd Int’l Conference on Governance, Montreal June 2004 

The use of individual performance evaluation (IPE) in incentive contracts: Optimal contracting or managerialism” (with Schiehll, E., HEC Montréal)
Canadian Academic Accounting Association, Vancouver May 20043rd Int’l Conference on Governance, Montreal June 2004 
Int’l Performance Measurement Conference, Edinburgh July 2004
Conference of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Science, Las Vegas, February 2005 

A clinical exploration of stakeholder value creation or destruction in large mergers and acquisitions: The case of the pulp and paper merger between Donohue and Abitibi-Consolidated, (with M. Magnan, Concordia, and S. St-Onge, HEC Montréal)
Canadian Association of Administrative Sciences meetings, Quebec June 2004
Canadian Academic Accounting Association, Vancouver May 2004 

Compensation of target CEO before mergers and acquisitions: Characteristics and Impact (with K. Houle, M. Magnan, Concordia, and S. St-Onge, HEC Montréal)
Canadian Association of Administrative Sciences meetings, Quebec June 2004 
3rd Int’l Conference on Governance, Montreal June 2004

Evaluating the value relevance of financial and non-financial performance information: An interactive perspective(With Xu, B. and M. Magnan)
Annual meetings of the American Accounting Association, Hawaii, August 2003

The Value relevance of non-financial performance information and its measurement: The case of the biotechnology industry(With Xu, B. and M. Magnan)
Annual meetings of the Canadian Academic Accounting Association, Ottawa, 31 May 2003 

Alternative governance mechanisms and firm performance(With E. Schiehll)
Congrès Gouvernement d’Entreprise et Nouvelle Économie, Mons, Belgium, May 2003 

The long-run performance of mergers and acquisitions: Evidence from the Canadian stock market (With M. Kooli and J.F. L’Her)
Colloque de l’Association Française de Finance, Paris, December 2002 

Le timing de l’annonce des bénéfices et des transferts d’information(With JonhJohn D’Argensio and Calude Laurin)
Congrès de l'Association Française de Comptabilité, Toulouse, mai 2002 

Déterminants de la décision de consolider les filiales de financement : Le cas de la France.(with D. Cormier, UQAM and E. Charles-Cargnello)
Congrès de l'Association Française de Comptabilité, Angers, May 2000 

Frais de restructuration et performance des entreprises (with Claude Laurin, UQAM and Robert Mathieu, WLU)
Congrès de l'Association Française de Comptabilité, Bordeaux , May 1999 

The timing of earnings announcement: A two-stage estimation approach (with Anis Thabet and Claude Laurin, UQAM)
European Accounting Association Congress, Bordeaux, May 1999 

The Information Content of Banks Loans, Auditors' Quality and Ownership Concentration: A Canadian Study (with Robert Mathieu and Ping Zhang, Wilfrid Laurier University)
Canadian Academic Accounting Association Conference, June 1999
European Accounting Association Congress, Bordeaux, May 1999
Northern Finance Association Meetings, Toronto, September 1998 

The timing of earnings announcement: Canadian Evidence (with Anis Thabet and Claude Laurin, UQAM)
Canadian Academic Accounting Association Congress, Saskatoon, May 1998 

Le moment de l'annonce du bénéfice: Une étude canadienne (with Anis Thabet and Claude Laurin, UQAM)
Association Canadienne Française pour l'Avancement des Sciences, Université Laval, May 1998 

Off-Balance Sheet Financing: The Case of Finance Subsidiaries (with Denis Cormier, UQAM.)
European Accounting Association Congress, Antwerp, Belgium, April 1998 

Special Items, Earnings Announcements, and Divergence of Analysts' Beliefs
American Accounting Association Annual Meetings, Dallas, August 1997
Canadian Academic Accounting Association Congress, Montréal, May 1996 

Invited 

Concentrated Ownership and Long Term Operating performance of Acquiring Firms: The Case of English Origin Countries (with Yen, T.)
Laboratoire de recherche, Université Paris XII, ESA Créteil, 11 Dec. 2006
HEC Paris research seminars, 15 December 2005 

The Stock Market Valuation of R&D Expenditures in Biotech Firms (with B. Xu and M. Magnan)
Laboratoire de recherche, Université Paris XII, ESA Créteil, 6 February 2006 

Kill fees in merger deals: Protecting shareholders or managers? (with Khalil, S., M. Magnan, Concordia U.)
ESSEC Business School, Paris, 24 Nov. 2006
University of Glasgow, 26 April 2006
Seminar of the Research Alliance on Governance and Forensic Accounting, Montréal, 11 February 2005 

Ownership structure and performance of acquiring firms (avec Ben Amar, W. Ottawa University)
Laboratoire de recherche, Université Paris XII, ESA Créteil, 22 February 2005 

Value Creation from Scientific and Business Innovations in the Biotechnology Industry (with Xu, Bixia, WLU and M. Magnan, Concordia)
HEC Paris research seminars, 10 December 2004 

The use of individual performance evaluation (IPE) in CEO incentive contracts: optimal contracting or managerial entrenchment (with E. Schiehll)
Workshop - Research Alliance on Governance and Forensic Accounting, HEC Montréal, 25 Sept. 2003
Laboratoire de recherche, Université Paris XII, ESA Créteil, 29 March 2004 

Regroupements d’entreprises au Canada et création de valeur
Déjeuner d’Archimède, HEC Montréal, 12 February 2003 

The long-run performance of mergers and acquisitions: Evidence from the Canadian stock market (with J.-F. L’Her)
Concordia University, April 2002
Université Laval, May 2002 

The Impact of a Mandated Change in the Classification of Restructuring Charges and Write-Offs on Divergence
Of Beliefs et Le moment de l’annonce des bénéfices et les transferts d’information : Une étude canadienne
Laboratoire de recherche, Université Paris XII, ESA Créteil, December 2001 

Do CEOs Exercise Their Options Earlier than Other Top Executives?
(with BOYER, Martin; GAGNE, Robert)
First École Polytechnique/CIRANO Workshop on compensation in firms: An international comparison Paris, France, Janvier 2001
Journée Finance CIRANO, Montréal, Québec, 11 mai 2001 

Presentation at the VIe Sommet Québécois des contrôleurs et gestionnaires financiers organised by l’Institut International de Recherche (IIR) on the following subject “Harmonisation des normes comptables : Quels sont les enjeux” (International Accounting Harmonisation), Montréal, 16 September 1999. 

L'annonce des bénéfices par les entreprises canadiennes : Stratégie ou hasard ?
Déjeuner d'Archimède, École des HEC, Montréal, October 1998 

The Information Content of Banks Loans, Auditors' Quality and Ownership Concentration: A Canadian Study (with Robert Mathieu and Ping Zhang, Wilfrid Laurier University)
Déjeuner d'Archimède au carré, September 1998 

Special Items, Earnings Announcements, and Divergence of Analysts' Beliefs
Concordia University, April 1998,
Université Laval, October 1995; UQAM and UQAH, December 1994.
University of Waterloo/WLU Finance Workshop, February 1994.

Academic Affiliations and Professional Designation

Chartered Accountant (CA), Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (1986)

Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA); American Accounting Association (AAA); Association Française de Comptabilité (AFC), Association Française de Finance (AFFI),European Accounting Association (EAA)

Research related activities (boards, committees, discussant, reviewer)

Editorial board, Journal of Business, Finance & Accounting
Scientific committee member, French Finance Association (AFFI) December 2006 International Conference
Scientific committee member, Northern Finance Association meetings, Montréal, September 2006
Scientific committee member, French Finance Association (AFFI) June 2006 Conference
Scientific committee member, 5th Int’l Conference on Governance, Strasbourg, June 2006
Scientific committee member, French Finance Association (AFFI) December 2005 International Conference
Scientific committee member, French Finance Association (AFFI) December 2004 Conference
Research committee member, Canadian Academic Accounting Association, 2002-03, 2003-04
Scientific committee member, 3rd Int’l Conference on Governance, Montreal June 2004
Scientific committee member, CAAA Conference, Montreal, June 2002 Chair, French Finance Association (AFFI) December 2006 International Conference

Discussant French Finance Association (AFFI) December 2006 International Conference
Chair, French Finance Association (AFFI) December 2005 International Conference
Discussant French Finance Association (AFFI) December 2005 International Conference
Chair, 4th Int’l Conference on Governance, Mons Belgium, May 2005
Discussant at the Canadian Administrative Sciences Conference, Québec 2004
Chair, 3rd Int’l Conference on Governance, Montreal June 2004

Discussant at the Canadian Academic Accounting Association Conference, 2002
Discussant at the French Finance Association meetings, Dec. 2001
Discussant at the Canadian Academic Accounting Association Conference, 2001
Discussant at the Canadian Academic Accounting Association Conference, 1999
Discussant at the Northern Finance Association Meetings, 1998 

Reviewer of several papers for the Journal of Business Finance & Accounting
Reviewer of a paper for the British Journal of Management
Reviewer of a paper submitted to Financial Management and Accountability
Reviewer of several papers submitted to Contemporary Accounting Research
Reviewer of several papers submitted to Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences
Reviewer of several papers submitted to Gestion – revue internationale de gestion
Reviewer of papers submitted to The Journal of Accounting Case Research
Reviewer of one paper submitted to Canadian Accounting Perpectives
Reviewer of one paper submitted to Revue Internationale PME
Reviewer of grant proposals submitted to SSHRC-Canada 1998, 1999, 2000
Reviewer of numerous papers submitted to the CAAA Conferences of 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2002 

Evaluator of a full professor tenure dossier, HEC Montreal
Evaluator of a full professor tenure dossier, Université Laval
Evaluator of an associate professor tenure dossier, HEC Montreal 

Visiting Professor, Université Paris IX (Dauphine) May 1999, 2000, Jan. 2001, 2002, Dec. 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Visiting Professor, Université Paris XII (Val-de-Marne) Fall 2001, March 2003, 2004, February 2005, 2006, November 2006
Visiting Professor, Institut Supérieur de Finance, Dakar, Sénégal, May 2004
Visiting Professor, Concordia University, Winter/Spring 2002
Visiting Professor, ISCAE Tunis, Spring 2002
Visiting Professor, Pôle universitaire Léonard de Vinci, Paris, Fall 2001

Academic and professional experience

Senior Lecturer in Financial Management, Accounting and Finance, School of Management, University of Edinburgh (January 2004- ) 

Associate Professor, Service de l’enseignement des sciences comptables (Accounting), HEC Montréal (June 1999- ) 
Assistant Professor, Service de l’enseignement des sciences comptables (Accounting), HEC Montréal (August 1997- May 1999) 

Professor, Département des sciences comptables, Université du Québec à Montréal (July 1988-July 1997) 

Professor lecturer, Faculty of Administration, Ottawa University (July 1987–June 1988)  

Auditor, Clarkson Gordon - Arthur Young (now Ernst & Young), Ottawa (October 1984-June 1987)

Research grants

University of Edinburgh, Management School Research Fund, Autumn 2005: £3672
With Jonathan CrookProject: CEO turnover following recent domestic and cross-border takeovers in the UK

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Grant, Research initiative on the new economy (INE),2003-2006, $900,000Member of the multidisciplinary team, Réal Labelle, HEC Montréal (principal)
Project: Gouvernance, juricomptabilité et création de valeur (Governance, Forensic Accounting and Value Creation)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Grant 2002-2005, $152,600 + $20,000 (teaching offloads)
with Michel Magnan, JMSB Concordia (principal) and Sylvie St-Onge, HEC Montréal
Project: Executive Compensation and Mergers and Acquisitions: Financial, Political and Institutional Perspectives


Fondation Mercure, Infrastructure Grant, 2002-2003, $15,000
Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en performance et rémunération/Interdisciplinary Research Group on Compensation and Performance
Director and Member of the Interdisciplinary Team

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Grant, Programme Alliance de recherche de l’Initiative de la Nouvelle Économie (INÉ), Start up grant, 2002, $30,000
Member of the multidisciplinary team, George Dionne, HEC Montréal (principal)
Project: E Finance

HEC Montréal, Start-up grant, Sept. 2001: $4,000
Project: The Effects of Divergent Methods of Accounting for R&D: The Case of the Aerospace Industry 

Canadian Fondation for Innovation/Fondation canadienne pour l’innovation, $1,317,622
Laboratoire de calcul en finance et en assurance (Advanced Laboratory in Insurance and Financial Calculations)
(Member of the Multidisciplinary Group)

Start up Grant, HEC Montréal, 1999: $5,000(With Alexander Mersereau, HEC Montréal)
Project : Les tableaux de bord et les mesures de performance (Balanced Scorecards and Performance) 

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Grant, 1999-2002, $92,250
(With M. Boyer, R. Gagné and J.-F. L'Her, HEC)
Project:  Corporate Governance, Agency Costs and Performance: A Canadian Study 

Start-up Grant, HEC Montréal, 1998-99: $7,500(With M. Boyer)
Project: Performance des entreprises, contrôle corporatif et problèmes d'agence(Corporate Governance, Agency Costs and Financial Performance) 

Research Grant, CGA Canada Research Foundation, July 1998: $8,000(With Claude Laurin, UQAM)
Project : Les transferts informationnel: Une étude canadienne (Information Transfers: A Canadian Study) 

Start-up Grant, HEC Montréal, May 1998: $4,000
Project : Le moment de l'annonce des bénéfices et les transferts d'information(The Timing of Earnings Announcements and Information Transfers) 

Start-up Grant, HEC Montréal, September 1997: $4,500
Project : Causes et effets des frais de restructuration(Causes and Effects of Voluntary Corporate Restructurings) 

CPHEC Grant, HEC Montréal, September 1997: $1,600(With MORISSETTE, Raymond)
Project : Les tableaux de Bord de Gestion Stratégique et Opérationnelle
(Strategic and Operational Balanced Scorecards) 

Academic Journal Grant – Canadian Academic Accounting Association financed by the CICA 1996: $8,000
(with Robert Mathieu, Université Laval, and Ping Zhang, Université Wilfrid Laurier),
Project: Banks and Analysts as Information Producers: An Empirical Investigation