Economic Viewpoint
Business transition: the issue at home and elsewhere
May 16, 2016
With population ageing, as is occurring in Quebec, many entrepreneurs are getting ready to retire. At that point, the problem of handing the business on arises. Quebec is not the only economy facing population ageing, so the issue of business transition is arising elsewhere in the world, too. How do those in other countries interpret and handle the issue and what can we learn from them? This analysis, one of a series of publications from Desjardins Group’s Economic Studies, attempts to answer these questions.