Pilar Marques shares on Trans-Generational Transitions and How to prepare siblings for succession

About: Pilar Marques is an associate professor in the department of business administration at the University of Girona. She is currently the director of the Chair of Family Business at the same university and was the promoter of the Masters in Entrepreneurship and Business Development.

She formerly was deputy vice-rector for International Policy at the same university and research coordinator at the Chair of Family Business. She has participated as an external expert in European projects regarding innovation in SMEs, and has been a researcher or director in several projects within Spanish research schemes. She holds a PhD in management from the University of Girona and a Licenciatura in Economics and Business from the Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona. Her teaching activities focus on strategic management and family business. Her international experience is based on her current academic responsibilities and research activities, her post-doctoral stays abroad and her former professional experience in a global manufacturing company. Her main area of research is family business, especially regarding transgenerational challenges and innovation, with publications on such topics in international journals, such as the Family Business Review, the Journal of Family Business Strategy, the Journal of Family Business Management, European Journal of International Management and Management Decision.

Marques, P., Bikfalvi, A., & Busquet, F. (2022). A Family Imprinting Approach to Nurturing Willing Successors: Evidence From Centennial Family Firms. Family Business Review, 35(3), 246–274. https://doi.org/10.1177/08944865221098316

Arbussà i Reixach, A., Bikfalvi, A., & Marquès i Gou, P. (2017). Strategic agility-driven business model renewal: the case of an SME. Management Decision, 2017, vol. 55, núm. 2, p. 271-293.

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MD-05-2016-0355/full/html?fullSc=1

Marques, P., Presas, P., & Simon, A. (2014). The Heterogeneity of Family Firms in CSR Engagement: The Role of Values. Family Business Review, 27(3), 206–227. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894486514539004

Marques, P., Bikfalvi, A., Simon, A., Llach, J., & Lerch, C. (2015). Servitisation and technological complexity in family and non–family firms: European evidence. European Journal of International Management, 9(2), 221-239.

https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/EJIM.2015.067855

Simon, A., Marquès, P., Bikfalvi, A., & Muñoz, M. D. (2012). Exploring value differences across family firms: The influence of choosing and managing complexity. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 3(3), 132-146.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1877858512000411

Llach, J., Marquès, P., Bikfalvi, A., Simon, A., & Kraus, S. (2012). The innovativeness of family firms through the economic cycle. Journal of Family Business Management, 2(2), 96-109.

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/20436231211261853/full/html