ERASMUS+ KA2 Strategic Partnership
INtergenerational Succession in SMEs’ Transition – INSIST
2014-1-HU01-KA200-002307
Family Firms and the Challenges of their Sustainable Development
Kraków 27.01.2016
Cracow University of Economics
Registration: 9:30-10:00
Opening 10:00-10:15
Rector of the Cracow University of Economics prof. Andrzej Chochół – Welcome and official opening of the Centrum Przedsiębiorstw Rodzinnych przy UEK
Prof. Aleksander Surdej, UEK Kraków
Marian Bryksy, President Grupa Bryksy and MZP Lewiatan
Introduction:
Family Firms and Sustainable Economic Development
Prof. Aleksander Surdej, UEK Kraków, dr Małgorzata Krzysztoszek, Konfederacja Lewiatan, CV of Polish Family Firms, – see presentation
Session I Strategic Dimension: The Development of Family Firms In the Age of Markets Internationalization 10:15-11:15
1) Prof. Balasz Heidrich, Budapest Business School –Leadership Challenges of Paternalistic Leadershipin Succession; – see presentation
2) Adam Górecki, BDO Polska, When a Family Firms Takes over a Foreign Family Firm: the lessons from the Takeover of a British Family Firm by a Polish One – see presentation
Sesja II Legal Dimension: Do Family Firms Need A Special Legal Framework? 11:15-12:15
1) Dr. David Devins, Dr. Brian Jones, Leeds Becket University – The characteristics of family businesses and some implications for policy; – see presentation
2) Dr. Anna Konopacka, MZP Lewiatan, Selected Legal Problems of Succession In Polish Family Firms,
12:15-12:30 Coffee Break
12:30-13:15 Socio-Cultural Dimension
1) Prof. Csaba Mako, Budapest Business School, Are family firms truly non-innovative? – see presentation
2) Prof. Aleksander Surdej, Cracow University of Economics, Academic Family Business Research Centers: What Role Do They Have? – see presentation
13:15-14:00 Mentoring Dimension: How to Choose Right Advisors and Make Use of them
1) Pascal Echardour, AdInvest International – Consultant In a family firm: How to Choose Right Advisors and Make Use of them;
14:00 -14:30 General Discussion