Soumaya SFEIR

Soumaya SFEIR Research Active Faculty - Associate Professor
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    • Department
      Strategy Department
    • Languages
      French, Arabic, English
    • Teaching specialisations
      Business Law, International Law, Business Management, Intercultural Management, International Trade, Entrepreneurship, Marketing
    • Areas of research
      Family Business Governance, Demographic and cognitive diversity of directors on the Board of Family Businesses, The human being in the Family Business, Succession in Family Businesses, The influence of emotions on decisions, Non-economic aspects that can explain the behaviour of Family Businesses
    • Campus
      La Rochelle

    Biography

    Soumaya Sfeir holds a PHD in Management Sciences at Université Grenoble Alpes. Her thesis focuses on the influence of the composition of the boards of directors of family businesses on the behaviour of directors and on succession. She holds a LLM in Private Law and a Master 2 in Finance. She has accompanied business leaders in the human, economic and legal issues as a legal advisor in an international context. She is also interested in all non-economic aspects that may explain the behaviour of family businesses in terms of succession.

  • 2021

    PhD in Management Sciences, Université de Grenoble Alpes, France

    2017

    Master's degree in Finance, Université de Strasbourg, France

    1997

    MA in Private Law, Université Libanaise, Lebanon

  • 2023

    Research Active Faculty - Associate Professor, Excelia, La Rochelle, France

    2022-2023

    Research Active Faculty - Assistant Professor, Excelia, La Rochelle, France

    2018

    Consultant Trainer Legal Finance, Freelance,

    2017-2019

    Administrator, Conseil d’administration Crédit Mutuel, Strasbourg, France

    2010-2017

    Consultant in business creation/takeover, Cabinet SYNAPSE, Strasbourg, France

    2008-2018

    Full Professor, Ecole de Management de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

    2000-2010

    RESPONSABLE JURIDIQUE & ADMINISTRATIF, Kayser Entreprise , Strasbourg

    1997-1999

    AVOCATE SERVICE JURIDIQUE, United Bank of Lebanon, Beyrouth, Lebanon

  • Journal articles

    SFEIR, S., KALLMUENZER, A. (2024). The Will to Sustain Through Shocks, Wars and Crises: How the History of a Country Influences the Behaviour of the Family CEO. Journal of Family Economic Issues. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-024-09985-5.
    SFEIR, S. (2023). Women’s involvement on family firm boards of directors and their role in family business succession as seen through the lens of socio-emotional wealth and goal setting theory. Revue de l'Entrepreneuriat, 22, 69-101. doi:https://doi.org/10.3917/entre.pr.0067.
    SFEIR, S. (2022). Who I am affects what I do: How does diversity among the directors of medium-sized family firms influence board roles? International journal of Entrepreneurship and small business, 48 (2), pp. 128-157.
    SFEIR, S. (2020). Une succession familiale, que d’émotions ! Entreprendre & innover, n°44 (1), 39. doi:10.3917/entin.044.0039.

    Chapters

    SFEIR, S. (2022). The influence on succession of women’s involvement in the boards of directors of family firms, through the lens of neuroscience. Women, Family and Family Businesses Across Entrepreneurial Contexts (pp. 13-38). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
    SFEIR, S. (2021). Emotions in the Family Business Transfer. In Deschamps B. et al. (Ed.), Business Transfers, Family Firms and Entrepreneurship (pp. 39-51). Routledge.

  • Papers presented at academic or professional meetings

    SFEIR, S. (2023). Using art to define Family Firms. Académie de l'Entrepreneuriat et de l'Innovation (AEI).
    SFEIR, S. (2023). Influence of the incumbent's past experiences on the choice of the successor in a Family Firm: a history of trajectories. 28èmes Journées d'Histoire du Management des organisations (AHMO).
    SFEIR, S. (2021). The choice of successor in family businesses: the influence of directors’ past experiences. 3rd International Conference on Digital, Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Financing.
    SFEIR, S. (2021). Women in the boards of directors of family firms. Congrès International Francophone en Entrepreneuriat et PME (CIFEPME).
    SFEIR, S. (2019). A Review of Literature of Board of Directors’ Composition in Family Firms to study its impact on succession planning. 11ème Congrès de l'Académie de l'Entrepreneuriat et de l'Innovation (AEI).
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