TY - THES ID - 146384703 TI - The holding company : what are the motivations and benefits of starting a holding company ? Why are family businesses interested in founding a holding ? AU - Hilgers, Emil AU - Weerts, Laurent AU - Capodici, Giuseppina AU - Herman, Magali PY - 2018 PB - Liège Université de Liège (ULiège) DB - UniCat KW - holding company KW - family business KW - advantages KW - Europe KW - generational transition KW - Sciences économiques & de gestion > Comptabilité & audit UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:146384703 AB - Many people do not know the term “Holding Company” and the meaning of it. In order to understand a holding company, some relevant questions can be raised: what is it, how does it work, how is it created, what are the advantages of a holding company and what could be the incentives for a company to decide in favor of creating a holding structure. Moreover, I want to particularly focus on family businesses in the course of this paper. Therefore, it might be questioned why family businesses are interested in founding a holding. ER -