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...

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)...

"Business transfer' refers to the transfer of ownership and leadership from one or more outgoing owner-manager(s) to one or more incoming owner-manager(s). Apart from all the company's material assets, it presupposes that information, relationships, know-how and social capital are also...

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...