Value Creation Process

IECG's value creation process is predicated on a unique four-way relationship among UTD faculty, service provider organizations designated as strategic partners, corporations referred to as corporate sponsors, and various organizations identified as institutional advisers.

The process is in three steps:

1. UTD faculty and IECG strategic partners receive input from IECG corporate sponsors and institutional advisers regarding current and emerging issues in corporate governance affecting directors, senior management, and institutional investors.
   
2. Based on that input and their own knowledge, UTD faculty and IECG strategic partners design, develop, and prepare the delivery of programs that respond to the needs of directors, senior management, and institutional investors.
   
3. IECG corporate sponsors and institutional advisers review these programs and recommend modifications.

Each group is eminently qualified to perform its function. UTD faculty are well versed on the theory and concepts related to the various aspects of corporate governance. Strategic partners are service providers, such as accounting firms, law firms, insurers and banks, which are experts in specific aspects of corporate governance and related issues. In contrast, corporate sponsors bring a unique “insiders” perspective to the process in that they have in-depth knowledge of the needs of corporate directors and senior management. This is complemented by the viewpoint of institutional advisers who provide IECG guidance in the national/global arena of corporate governance. IECG programs meet the needs of corporate directors and senior management through the interactive partnership of these four groups.