Family Business
and Long-Term Investment Chair

The “Family Businesses and Long-Term Investment” Chair at the University Paris Dauphine – PSL organizes a virtual seminar dedicated to family firms. It aims to bring together professionals and researchers who are interested in the results of academic studies exploring the dynamics of family businesses.

The online seminars will be held on Fridays from 1:00 to 2:15 pm (Paris Time). We are planning to organize one session every 4 to 6 weeks. 

If you are interested in the online seminar series, please subscribe to our mailing list by sending an email to the coordinator: François Belot (francois.belot@dauphine.psl.eu). After registration, you will receive a confirmation and invitations to upcoming seminars.

Dancing with Family Owners: Is Shareholder Activism Effective in Family Firms?
May 16, 2025, 1:00 pm
Hyemin Kim (with J.-K. Kang and J. Kim)

Economic policy uncertainty and the founding family firm premium
April 11, 2025, 1:00 pm
Ignacio Requejo (with M. Fütterer and M. S. Rapp)

Value-Based Leadership
March 14, 2025, 1:00 pm. 
Morten Bennedsen (with E. Chevrot-Bianco, G. Friebel and M. Schlier)

Controlling Shareholders' Real Portfolio Adjustments after Natural Disasters
January 24, 2025, 1:00 pm
Ettore Croci (with M. Degl’Innocenti, M. Rancan and S. Zhou)

Control Motivations and Firm Growth
December 13, 2024, 1:00 pm
Raffaele Corvino (with A.Ellul, A. Piccolo and S. Sacchetto)

Undiversified Shareholders, Socioemotional Wealth, and Corporate Hedging: Evidence from Family Firms
November 15, 2024, 1:00
Amal Abeysekera (with P. Brockman, C. Fernando and J. Salas)

Careers and Wages in Family Firms: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
October 18, 2024, 1:00 pm
Marco Pagano (with E. Di Porto, V. Pezone, R. Saggio and F. Schivardi)

Fusing Identities: The 'I Am the Firm' Phenomenon in Eponymous Enterprises
September 20, 2024, 1:00 pm
Ruth Rooz (with D. Kliger and Y. Mugerman)

The Ties That Bind Or Those That Tear Us Apart? Co-CEO Constellations And ESG Performance In Family Firms
July 5, 2024, 1:00 pm
Yuliya Ponomareva (with F. Paolone, D. R. Cambrea and M. Goergen)

Using Artificial Intelligence to Measure the Family Control of Firms
June 7, 2024, 10:00 am
Mario-Daniele Amore (with V. D’Angelo, I. Le Breton-Miller, D. Miller, V. Pelucco and M. van Essen)

Family Firm Performance and the First-Generation Change: Evidence from Latvia
May 3, 2024, 1:00 pm
Janis Berzins and Anete Pajuste

Family Ownership and Carbon Emissions
March 15, 2024, 1:00 pm
Paul-Olivier Klein and Oskar Kowalewski (with M. Borsuk and N. Eugster)