This paper weaves together two strands of literature: one on sustainable development (SD) and one on family business (FB), with a focus on the longevity of FB. We investigate the SD literature and then review the FB one on longevity, in light of the key questions related to SD. Using 27 h of...

Dans cet article nous cherchons à comprendre comment, en vue d'une transmission à la génération suivante, les successeurs potentiels d'une entreprise familiale sont façonnés pour passer du statut d'héritier à celui d'entrepreneur familial. Dans une première partie nous expliquons à...

In this article we highlight the role played by widows in French Family businesses. We take a historical point of view in order to highlight the significance of our topic. We show the role of French family law in enabling widows to become entrepreneurs. Then we relate the life of the wife of a...

Our research started with the following question: have longstanding family businesses been conducting sustainable development policies long before the word became a fashion. After presenting our methodology, we investigate the sustainable development concept and review the family business (FB)...

The place of wife in the little familial business. A study from the report of failure (18th-20th century) This article tries to put forward the place of wife in the French little familial business from the 18th to the 20th century. We have worked in 307 files of failure from the departmental...