Adnane Maalaoui is the head of the entrepreneurship programs at IPAG Business School. His research mainly focuses on issues of entrepreneurship, and in particular on disadvantaged entrepreneurs (such as elderly, immigrant, and disabled entrepreneurs). He works on topics such as entrepreneurial intention and the cognitive approach to entrepreneurship. He mainly applies those questions to cases of diversity. Adnane Maalaoui is the author of more than twenty articles published in academic journals; he has also written articles published in professional journals and in edited books. Adnane is the author of a series of French language MOOCs on entrepreneurship.

Presents an interdisciplinary bouquet of research on elderly or senior entrepreneurship

Features important advancements in economic gerontology in the context of entrepreneurship

Explores motivation, cognition, and behavioral challenges to seniors' entrepreneurship behavior

Introduction: Senior Entrepreneurship: From the Shadow to the Light.- Part I: Senior Entrepreneurship: Theoretical Consideration and Future Researches: A Scoping Study of Entrepreneurship Among Seniors: Overview of the Literature and Avenues for Future Research.- Context, Cognitive Functioning and Entrepreneurial Intentions in the Elderly.- Entrepreneurs' Exit and Paths to Retirement - Theoretical and Empirical Considerations.- Experience of Aging as an Opportunity for Entrepreneurship Among the Elderly.- Senior Entrepreneurs: Are They Really Different?.- Part II: Senior Entrepreneurs: Are They Really Different?.- Heterogeneous Boomer Entrepreneurs.- Technology Adoption and Product Innovation by Third-Age Entrepreneurs: Evidence from GEM Data.- Senior Entrepreneurship, Gender Diversity and Intersectionality.- How to Support Women Seniorpreneursin Europe.- The New Career Starts After the Entrepreneurial Life.- Part III: Elderly Entrepreneur in Different Context.- Elderly Entrepreneurs in Healthcare: The Case of the European Institute of Oncology (IEO).- A Portrait of the Older Entrepreneur: Factors Toward Transformation and Persistence.- How to Foster Older Adults Entrepreneurial Motivation - The Israeli Case.- Senior Entrepreneurs in China.