Rania Labaki

Associate Professor, Family Business Chair Director

Main contributions

Journal of the Knowledge Economy (2022), Family Business Review (2014 ; 2020), Entreprises & Histoire (2018), Case Research Journal (2013), Entrepreneurship Research Journal (2013, 2021, 2022), Journal of Family Business Strategy (2012 ; 2021), International Journal of Management Cases (2011), Revue Française de Gestion (2009), Journal des Entreprises Familiales (2008)

Discipline: Management
Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
Expertise:

Bio

Rania Labaki is Director of the EDHEC Family Business Centre and Associate Professor of Finance and Family Business at EDHEC Business School. Her current research and teaching interests revolve around the interplay between family dynamics and strategic decision-making, the succession planning and development of responsible owners and leaders, and the governance design in family businesses.
Rania serves on international boards and committees in relation with family businesses and is Family Business Fellow at Cornell University and The Family Firm Institute.
As a global speaker, she held presentations and lectures related to her areas of expertise for various academic, professional, and business institutions in more than 50 countries across continents. Her insights have been featured in over 200 publications in the main academic journals dedicated to family businesses as well as in international practice-oriented and media outlets, including Campden FB, El País, Financial Times, Forbes, La Tercera, Le Figaro, Les Echos, Le Monde, Radio France, Tharawat, and The Conversation.
Among her past appointments, she was member of the International Next Generation Committee and academic expert of The Family Business Network International (FBN-i), the largest membership network of family businesses, member of the Board of Directors of The International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) for two consecutive mandates, director of the Financial and Wealth Management Master Program at the University of Bordeaux and director of the Family Business Global Executive MBA at EDHEC Business School.
Along with a master’s in business administration from the Holy Spirit University (Lebanon), a Master of Science and a Ph.D. in Management Sciences from the University of Bordeaux (France), Rania holds the Advanced Certificates in Family Business Advising and Family Wealth Advising from FFI (U.S.A) and the Certificate of Women Leadership Development from the University of Oxford (UK).
Rania has received several international awards in recognition of her work in the family business field including the prestigious Barbara Hollander Award in 2020.

Publications of Rania Labaki

26.07.2024 - EDHEC publication

La propriété psychologique, un levier pour la continuité de l'entreprise familiale

Rania Labaki
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EDHEC Family Business, EDHEC VOX, July 2024


17.04.2024 - EDHEC publication

(Newsletter #6) Leading without misleading

Sylvie Deffayet Davrout, Manuelle Malot, Geneviève Houriet Segard, Julia Milner, Rania Labaki, Hager Jemel-Fornetty, Bastiaan Van Der Linden
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EDHEC VOX, April 2024


15.04.2024 - EDHEC publication

In times of succession: Leading the family business without misleading the stakeholders

Rania Labaki
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EDHEC Family Business, EDHEC VOX, April 2024


26.02.2024 - EDHEC publication

Réussir la relève agricole : le rôle capital des entreprises familiales

Rania Labaki, Maryem Cherni
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EDHEC Family Business, EDHEC VOX, February 2024


16.02.2024 - EDHEC publication

(Newsletter #4) Without a collective approach, can we (really) combat our individual vulnerabilities?

Hua Ariel Li, Bertrand Monnet, Rania Labaki, Laura Lacombe, Loick Menvielle, Camille Pradies, Guergana Guintcheva
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EDHEC VOX, February 2024



Derniers articles EDHEC Vox

08.10.2024

Psychological ownership, a lever for continuity in the family business

  • Rania Labaki , Associate Professor, Family Business Chair Director
15.05.2024

Successful farm succession: the vital role of family businesses

  • Rania Labaki , Associate Professor, Family Business Chair Director
  • Maryem Cherni , Uni LaSalle