• Maîtrise ès Arts Économiques, Paris
• M.A. Marketing (M.Sc.), Sherbrooke

Jean-Charles Cachon is the Chair of the Small Business Research Group at Laurentian University. His research is focused upon innovation among Small and Medium Enterprises in the mining service sector, Aboriginal Entrepreneurship, and Entrepreneurship in Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. Member USASBE.

• Knight of the National Order of Merit (France)
• Founder award - Collège Boréal
• Best Paper Award ICSB

• Robichaud, Y., Cachon, J.-C., and R. Haq (2010) 'Motives, Success Factors, and Barriers among Canadian Female Entrepreneurs: The Case of Greater Sudbury' Entrepreneurial Practice Review. 1, 2, 36-65.
• Cachon, J.-C., (2013) Paleo Aboriginal Entrepreneurship. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues
• Cachon, J.-C., H. Blanco (2008) « Innovation, Marketing, & Management Strategies Among Mining Supply Firms: Comparison Canada - Chile 53rd ICSB Conf. Proc. 36 p.
• Cachon, J.-C., and Cotton, B. (2008) Long-Term Effects of Active Entrepreneurial Training on Business School Students' and Graduates' Attitudes Int. J. of Bus. & Glob., 2, 1, 17-32.
• Cotton, B., and J.-C. Cachon (2007) Resisting the Giants : Small Retail Entrepreneurs Against Mega Retailers. J. of Small Bus. & Entr. 20, 2 135-150.