Sex and gender in family business succession research: A review and forward agenda from a social construction perspective

in Family Business Review (2017), 30(3), 219-241

This article focuses on how family business succession research has engaged and may be further enriched by application of a gender lens as socially constructed. We analyze the succession literature ... [more ▼]

This article focuses on how family business succession research has engaged and may be further enriched by application of a gender lens as socially constructed. We analyze the succession literature developing a gender terms vocabulary and five themes of historical engagement. Finding a lack of theoretical grounding, we apply the construct of gender, through expectation states theory, revising the Sharma and Irving model of successor commitment to examine how a socially constructed view of gender shifts and opens up points of view. We then present a forward looking agenda to motivate future scholarship. [less ▲]

How women’s entrepreneurship builds on collaborative entrepreneurship

in ISBE (Ed.) ISBE Conference 2016 Proceedings (2016, October 27)

This communication is part of a larger research project that aims to develop and test a model about the collaboration practices of female entrepreneurs, through identifying antecedents and consequences ... [more ▼]

This communication is part of a larger research project that aims to develop and test a model about the collaboration practices of female entrepreneurs, through identifying antecedents and consequences for entrepreneurial success. The objective of our communication is to explore collaborative entrepreneurship, an emerging topic in the literature, from the perspective of female entrepreneurs in Luxembourg. We share here the first insights brought by our exploratory study on this relatively underinvestigated topic, in particular in the women’s entrepreneurship field. Through the analysis of an in-depth longitudinal case study with two women entrepreneurs who created and developed a business collaboration, completed by a set of qualitative interviews with other women entrepreneurs working in collaboration, we are able to propose a first understanding of this phenomenon and to establish the bases for a theoretical model. [less ▲]

L’entrepreneuriat collaboratif sous l’angle du genre : Le cas des femmes entrepreneures luxembourgeoises

Scientific Conference (2016, May 19)

The aim of this communication is to explore an emergent topic in the entrepreneurship literature, collaborative entrepreneurship, with the perspective of female entrepreneurs in Luxembourg. We share the ... [more ▼]

The aim of this communication is to explore an emergent topic in the entrepreneurship literature, collaborative entrepreneurship, with the perspective of female entrepreneurs in Luxembourg. We share the first insights from an exploratory study on this relatively unexplored topic, in particular in the women's entrepreneurship field. The in-depth case study analysis of two female entrepreneurs who created and developed a business collaboration, complemented by qualitative interviews with female entrepreneurs working in collaboration, enable to propose first elements of understanding of this phenomenon and to establish the bases of a theoretical model. [less ▲]

Entreprendre au féminin

in Janssen, Franck (Ed.) Entreprendre : Une introduction à l’entrepreneuriat (2016)

This chapter aims to depict the specific realities of female entrepreneurs and to understand the gender dynamics characterizing their entrepreneurial activity. To do so, we first define the boundaries of ... [more ▼]

This chapter aims to depict the specific realities of female entrepreneurs and to understand the gender dynamics characterizing their entrepreneurial activity. To do so, we first define the boundaries of women's entrepreneurship, mobilizing European and American perspectives (section 1). Then, we give some keys to understand the social construction of gender in women's entrepreneurship (section 2). In the next sections of the chapter, we explore different dimensions of women's entrepreneurial activities, at start-up (section 3), for accessing resources and for managing their businesses (section 4). For each dimension, we investigate female entrepreneurs' realities and the underlying gender dynamics, and describe the strategies used by female entrepreneurs to manage them. [less ▲]

Entrepreneuriat collaboratif et réseaux chez les femmes créatrices

Speeches/Talks (2014)

Mobiliser les décideurs et les acteurs clés autour d’une vision commune de la diversité

Conference given outside the academic context (2014)

Le management humain face à la distanciation – Etat de l’art théorique et empirique

Report (2014)

Understanding the role of subcultures in the enterprise architecture process

in Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Information Systems (2013)

Enterprise Architecture (EA) is positioned as an instrument for coordinating enterprise transformation. However, existing EA approaches pay less attention to soft factors that may have an impact on ... [more ▼]

Enterprise Architecture (EA) is positioned as an instrument for coordinating enterprise transformation. However, existing EA approaches pay less attention to soft factors that may have an impact on enterprise transformations. The existence of different organisational subcultures is not taken into account although it is considered as significant in the context of change. The social alignment of business and IT groups plays, for instance, a major role in transformations and in EA. This paper presents the first step of a larger study addressing the question how differences between organisational subcultures contribute to struggles/failure of EA-guided transformations. We use a series of qualitative, unstructured expert interviews to explore to what extent and how cultural differences can trigger struggles in EA-guided transformations from an architect’s perspective. Based on these interviews, an initial conceptual model is developed. This model suggests that communication breakdowns act as an intermediary factor between differences in organisational subculture and transformation struggles. A second round of expert interviews is used for the assessment and elaboration of the initial model focusing on communication breakdowns. The analysis of these interviews supports the intermediary role of communication breakdowns and refines the concepts of the model. [less ▲]

Integrating succession and gender issues from the perspective of the daughter of family enterprise: A cross-national investigation

Conference given outside the academic context (2012)

Gender and success in entrepreneurship research: A critical perspective

in EURAM Conference Proceedings (2012)