Developed in partnership with the Bernheim Foundation, this Chair has as its objective to study and teach about entrepreneurship in its broadest sense of business creation and the development of a corporate ethos, as well as to promote a spirit of entrepreneurship amongst our graduates.

Two integral components to this Chair are the reinforcement of the number of lecturers and research assistants and the Bernheim Prize, which rewards sustainable businesses created by young graduates from the Solvay Business School (Master of Science in Management, MBA, or Executive Education graduates) or from the VUB.

The research themes of this Chair are:

- The micro-economic dynamics of corporate creation and development
- Corporate transmissions (MBO, MBI, etc.)
- Family businesses (of considerable importance in certain countries)
- The geographical, cultural and educational importance of a corporate ethos
- The role of public authorities in stimulating the development of corporate spirit

The Bernheim Chair will develop in partnership with the sections of the School supervised by Professor Jean-Claude Ettinger who, in the last few years, has developed the IACE and IADE training programmes, which contribute to the creation and development of SMF.

Each year, the "Bernheim Conferences" are also held under the auspices of the Bernheim Chair. Speakers at these conferences and seminars include the founders of successful European corporations and not-for-profit organisations, as well as renowned visiting foreign academics.