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EDHEC 2017 FAMILY BUSINESS CONFERENCE

Organized by the EDHEC Family Business Centre, the 2017 EDHEC Family Business Conference on “Family Firms in the long run: The interplay between emotions and history” will be held on May 11 in Lille (Academic Day) and on May 12 in Paris (Family Business day).

Family owned and managed businesses play a central role in the world’s economy. What makes them fascinating is the interrelation of the family and the business on the long-run. As such, they offer a fertile ground for exploring the history of the family in addition to the history of the business. Up to date however, rare studies and documented practices exist on the mutual influence between emotions and history and their impact on family business sustainability. This conference stands as a meeting point between business historians, family business members, scholars and practitioners to address these gaps in knowledge.

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Emmanuelle Deglaire, Associate Professor and Director of the MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, prepared several short videos on tax-related themes including tax professions, income tax progressivity, fund transfer pricing and international tax optimisation, and setting up holding companies.  She also delivered an analysis of the changes liable to affect wealth taxation and income tax as a result of measures proposed by France’s presidential candidates.

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Christophe Roquilly, Director of the LegalEdhec Research Centre, took part in the plenary round table on the subject of “Ethics, responsibility, globalisation: a new legal order for businesses?”, during the General Assembly on Corporate Law, organised by France’s National Council of the Bars, in Paris on 23 March 2017.

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Arnt Verriest, Associate Professor of Accounting, participated in a research workshop in London on 23 March 2017 on the topic of “The informativeness of EBITDA for Users of Financial Statements”.

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Arnaud Chéron, Professor of Economics and Director of the Economics Research Centre, co-ordinated a white paper titled “Mettre l'emploi des jeunes et des seniors au coeur de la réforme de notre modèle social”. Timed to coincide with France’s 2017 presidential election, this publication features practical proposals for the French economy. EDHEC Business School’s Economics Research Centre has been assessing public policies through its research work for 10 years now.

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EDHEC FAMILY BUSINESS CENTRE
The EDHEC Family Business Centre is organising a conference on the theme “Reasons and sentiments": the emotions, history and strategy of family businesses” in Lille and Paris on 11 and 12 May 2017. Family firms play an essential role in the world economy and one of their most fascinating aspects is the importance played by time in the relationship between families and their businesses. This subject provides a unique opportunity to relate the history of know-how and business development to the history of one or more families. To date, however, little research has been undertaken on the direct two-way influence between family history and emotions, and the endurance and success of family businesses. The promising conference is due to gather together historians, family-business members, researchers and specialists with a view to eradicating the deficit of knowledge in this area.
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