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Cross Perspectives on the Transmission and Investment Issues Facing Family Businesses
Raising students’ awareness of the specific challenges faced by family businesses and their transmission is a core ambition of the HEC Paris – Dieter Schwarz Center for Family Business. In January 2026, the Center launched the first edition of the Family Business Strategy & Advisory Academy, an ...
A joint webinar bringing together key ecosystem players to explore governance, purpose and long-term value creation in family businesses.
Cross-European Perspectives on Family Businesses at the Family & Business Forum Paris 2025
The HEC Paris Family Business Center had the pleasure of introducing the roundtable organized by the HEC Alumni Governance Club on the theme: “Governance: The Key to Ensuring the Longevity of Family Businesses.” This introduction provided an opportunity to present the newly created Center and to ...
Interest in family businesses is growing among HEC Paris students. Gathered for a first networking evening, they exchanged on succession, governance, and repreneurship. The Family Business Center will support the creation of a cross-program club dedicated to these topics.
“There is a difference between being passive and being silent but supportive.A supportive family shareholder, even one who does not seek visibility, can be a real strength for the company.”— Dr Cécile de Lisle, Executive Director, HEC Paris Family Business Center
If engagement is energy, how is the shareholder engine broken down to enable a shareholder to become a true actor alongside the family business (operationally or not)? How does a family shareholder move from the intention or desire to get involved to a concrete, visible, and useful action for the ...
A look back at the Family Business Conference: 85% of French people see family businesses as a major asset, providing a means of handing down the family business and anchoring it in their local area.
Conducted in September 2025 among 1,001 French citizens and 400 business leaders, the Viavoice – HEC Paris – L’Express Decision-Makers Barometer highlights the unique role of family businesses in the French economy.
