Handbook of Research on Elderly Entrepreneurship
This handbook introduces readers to the concept of elderly entrepreneurship, and analyzes key issues concerning individuals and institutions. In addition, it presents theoretical and empirical studies exploring the reasons why elderly persons choose to pu
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Handbook of Research on Elderly Entrepreneurship
Handbook of Research on Elderly Entrepreneurship
Adnane Maâlaoui Editor
Handbook of Research on Elderly Entrepreneurship
Editor Adnane Maâlaoui IPAG Business School Paris, France
ISBN 978-3-030-13333-7 ISBN 978-3-030-13334-4 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13334-4
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To my wife Nadia and my son Ryan, who continuously bring me serenity and love. To my colleagues who support me every day at the office at IPAG Business School! To those I miss: my grandparents, my uncles and my friends who left us too early. “When Grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age” Victor Hugo
Foreword
There seems to be something of a paradox. Everyone seems to agree that experience pays off in professional life. The more experience one has gathered, the better one is equipped to handle challenges in one’s professional life. At the same time, however, elderly people are often overlooked in hiring or promoting employees, or as potential candidates for starting new businesses. It is as if the benefits of experience suddenly become a liability when we invoke the words ‘senior’, ‘elder’ or ‘older person’. It has also been pointed out that both body and brain seem to start to slow down at the age of 40. Is slowing down a bad thing, and is speed all we need to succeed in professional life? Or is it better to take our time to see and feel things around us, giving ourselves time to think things through before acting and making choices? Oscar Wilde said ‘With age comes wisdom. . .’. In this regard, studies have shown that the wisdom of
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