CIBC Family Business Forum
Objectives
- To provide a round-table for family business scholars to meet and discuss research in their discipline and an opportunity for faculty and graduate students from the four major universities to meet top scholars in the field
- To provide a vehicle allowing Canadian family firms and their professional associations to participate in the Forum debate and thus bridge the gap between theory and practice
- To carve a niche for JMSB in the field of family business and within the Montreal business community
Due to limited resources (a Distinguished Professorship Endowment is half the amount of an endowed or research chair) and the extensive preparations required in the three to six-month period preceding the event, the Concordia CIBC Forum is held only every second year.
In the past, the Forum has dealt with a number of family business issues, including succession, promoting entrepreneurship and renewal in family firms, competitive advantages of family firms, and governance of family firms. Some of the many prominent scholars and professionals who have participated in the Forum include:
Professor J. Astrachan, Wachovia Chair of Family Business and Editor of The Family Business Review, the only academic outlet in the field. He is also Distinguished Chair of Family Business at Loyola University, Chicago
Professor J. Chua, Endowed Professor in Family Business Management at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary
Professor S. Zahra, Paul T. Babson Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at Babson College; currently at the University of Minnesota
Professor D. Miller, Endowed Chair of Strategy and Family Enterprise at both HEC and the University of Alberta
Professor I. Le Breton-Miller, Senior Research Associate, University of Alberta
Professor L. Steier, Endowed Chair of Family Business, University of Alberta
Professor P. Reynolds, Endowed professor of Entrepreneurship at Babson College
Professor H. Matlay, Professor, University of Central England and editor of the Journal of Small Business and EnterpriseDevelopment
Professor L.-J. Filion, Rogers-J. A. Bombardier Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship, HEC
Professor L. St-Cyre, Endowed Professor of Family Business, HEC
Professor P. Johnson, Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies, McGill University
Professor J. McGuire, Professor of Management, Concordia University
Professor C. Marcot, Assistant Professor of Management, Concordia University
Mr. J. Lam, Manager and lecturer, Centre for Small Business and Entrepreneurial Studies, Concordia University
Mr. P. Kelley, Executive in Residence, Concordia University
Mr. M. Galetti, President of the Canadian Association of Family Enterprise (CAFE)
Mr. D. Durand of Jarislowsky, Fraser
Mr. J.M. Legentil of Bell-Nordic Inc.
Mr. A. Molson of the Molson Family
Mr. M. Cantin, Vice-President, Small and Family Firms, CIBC
Ms. S. Brun de Pontet, Canadian Association of Family Enterprise
The Forum has become a pivotal event for those interested in the field of family business, as evidenced by the number and diversity of Forum participants.
