"France 2022: a new record for business start-ups, while the challenges linked to their durability/transmission/takeover grow. How can we cope?"

Resolutely 'action' oriented, KEDGE Business School and APIA (Administrateurs Professionnels Indépendants Associés) have joined forces to create GOPKA ("Gouvernance: Objectif Pérennité" by KEDGE APIA), a cycle of 3 annual round tables focusing on innovation in governance, a decisive (and little-known!) lever for the development and longevity of SMEs.

Objective: Articulate ...

• the real-life experience of managers of startups/SMEs/family businesses,
• the cutting-edge expertise of KEDGE professors and
• the stimulating questioning of student-entrepreneurs,

... to explore best practices in strategic management, including the crucial role played by independent directors in the success of some of the finest recent entrepreneurial adventures.

Come and share your views with our experts and students!

KEDGE and APIA invite you to take part in a round table on the theme :

"Informal governance in SMEs and startups: challenges and realities"

Participants:

• Sara Bentebbaa, Professor at KEDGE BS, Director of the Center of Expertise in Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprises
• Laurence Bricteux, Business Coach, independent director
• Nathalie Clere, President of APIA Mediterranée, independent director
• Olivier Cocheteux, Chairman of CroisSensE, serial entrepreneur
• Cécile Deleuze Serrus, Founder OPTIMETRIE - Elected CCIAMP - Independent director
• Xavier Hollandts, Professor at KEDGE Business School, governance expert

Thursday, October 19, from 5.30 pm to 7.00 pm

At KEDGE Business School,
Luminy Campus
amphitheater 6040
13009 Marseille, France

Registration required to attend the conference online

• Round Table 2 - "Passing on your business with confidence
• Round Table 3 - "Bouncing back after an entrepreneurial failure