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Isabelle Le Breton-Miller

Professor,  Department of Management

Isabelle Le Breton-Miller

Contact information

HEC Montréal
3000, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine
Montréal (Québec)
Canada H3T 2A7

Email : isabelle.lebreton@hec.ca
Phone : 514 340-7315
Secretary: 514 340-6322
Fax : 514 340-5635
Office : 5.105

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Education

  • B.A.A., HEC Montréal
  • M. Sc. (management et gestion des ressources humaines), HEC Montréal
  • Ph.D., DIC (management) Imperial College London, University of London

Expertise

  • Family Business
  • Management
  • Corporate Strategy

Current research

For more information: Research, publications and teaching

This publication selection covers the last five years.


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Journal articles (20)

MIROSHNYCHENKO, Ivan, MILLER, Danny, DE MASSIS, Alfredo, LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle; « Are family firms green? », Small Business Economics : An Entrepreneurship Journal, 2024 (status : online).

LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle, MILLER, Danny; « A multi-level model of family enterprise corruption », Journal of Family Business Strategy, vol. 15, no 3, 2024, p. 1-7.

LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle, MILLER, Danny, TANG, Zhenyang, XU, Xiaowei; « CEO Religion and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Socio-behavioral Model », Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 195, no 1, 2024, p. 167-189.

MAZZELLI, Ambra, MILLER, Danny, LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle, DE MASSIS, Alfredo, KOTLAR, Josip; « Outcome-Based Imitation in Family Firms’ International Market Entry Decisions », Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, vol. 47, no 4, 2023, p. 1059-1092.

LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle, MILLER, Danny; « Contradiction and disaggregation for family firm research », Journal of Family Business Strategy, vol. 14, no 1, 2023, p. 1-7.

CYR, Audrey-Anne, LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle, MILLER, Danny; « Organizational Social Relations and Social Embedding: A Pluralistic Review », Journal of Management, vol. 49, no 1, 2023, p. 474-508.

CHEN, Tianxu, CHEN, Jianhong, MILLER, Danny, LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle, CHEN, Ming-Jer; « Corporate venture capital and interfirm rivalry: A competitive dynamics perspective », Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, vol. 17, no 1, 2023, p. 210-236.

MILLER, Danny, TANG, Zhenyang, XU, Xiaowei, LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle; « Are Socially Responsible Firms Associated with Socially Responsible Citizens? A Study of Social Distancing During the Covid-19 Pandemic », Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 179, no 2, 2022, p. 387-410.

ANDREVSKI, Goce, MILLER, Danny, LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle, FERRIER, Walter; « Competitive Rationales: Beneath the Surface of Competitive Behavior », Journal of Management, vol. 48, no 8, 2022, p. 2286-2317.

LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle, MILLER, Danny; « Family businesses under COVID-19: Inspiring models – Sometimes », Journal of Family Business Strategy, vol. 13, no 2, 2022, p. 1-5.

AMORE, Mario Daniele, BENNEDSEN, Morten, LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle, MILLER, Danny; « Back to the future: The effect of returning family successions on firm performance », Strategic Management Journal, vol. 42, no 8, 2021, p. 1432-1458.

TSAO, Chiung-Wen, LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle, MILLER, Danny, CHEN, Shyh-Jer; « Firing managers: The benefits of family ownership and costs of family management », Journal of Family Business Strategy, vol. 12, no 3, 2021, p. 1-13.

MILLER, Danny, LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle; « Paradoxical Resource Trajectories: When Strength Leads to Weakness and Weakness Leads to Strength », Journal of Management, vol. 47, no 7, 2021, p. 1899-1914.

MILLER, Danny, LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle; « Brief reflections on family firm research and some suggested paths forward », Journal of Family Business Strategy, vol. 12, no 1, 2021, p. 1-4.

LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle, MILLER, Danny; « Alienation among Management Scholars », Revue Française de Gestion, vol. 47, no 294, 2021, p. 53-75.

MILLER, Danny, LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle; « Family Firms: A Breed of Extremes? », Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, vol. 45, no 4, 2021, p. 663-681.

LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle, MILLER, Danny; « Ideals-Based Accountability and Reputation in Select Family Firms », Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 163, no 2, 2020, p. 183-196.

S. NASON, Robert, CARNEY, Michael, LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle, MILLER, Danny; « Who cares about socioemotional wealth? SEW and rentier perspectives on the one percent wealthiest business households », Journal of Family Business Strategy, vol. 10, no 2, 2019, p. 144-158.

LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle, MILLER, Danny; « Looking Back at and Forward From: “Family Governance and Firm Performance: Agency, Stewardship, and Capabilities” », Family Business Review, vol. 31, no 2, 2018, p. 229-237.

LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle, MILLER, Danny; « Beyond the Firm: Business Families as Entrepreneurs », Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, vol. 42, no 4, 2018, p. 527-536.

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Book chapters (2)

LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle, MILLER, Danny; « Familles en affaires : comment réduire les risques qui menacent la pérennité des entreprises familiales ? », Gestion des carrières et des talents, Revue Gestion HEC Montréal, 2022, p. 465-468.

CYR, Audrey-Anne, LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle; « How Can I Become a Respected Representative of the Family? », Enabling Next Generation Legacies: 35 Questions that Next Generation Members in Enterprising Families Ask, Family Enterprise Knowledge Hub Publishing, 2021, p. 22-29.


This award and honor selection covers the last five years.


MILLER, Danny, LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle, STEIER, Lloyd
FERC Lifetime Influence and Impact Award, (...) for providing sustained and distinguished leadership toward the growth and development of family businesses and/or family business research and scholars." "Le FERC Lifetime Influence and Impact Award rend hommage aux individus qui ont démontré un leadership continu et remarquable, au profit du développement et de la croissance dans le domaine des entreprises familiales." (https://www.hec.ca/nouvelles/2021/isabelle-le-breton-miller-danny-miller-remportent-ferc-lifetime-achievement-award.html), FERC (Family Enterprise Research Conference), 2021

LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle
Elsevier-Mendeley 2020 – Classement parmi les 2% plus influents chercheurs au monde, octobre 2021., https://www.hec.ca/nouvelles/2021/corps-professoral-influent-monde-recherche.html, Elsevier-Mendeley, 2021

MIROSHNYCHENKO, Ivan, MILLER, Danny, LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle
Academy of Management (AOM) Conference -- Division ONE -- Best Papers, Miroshnychenko, Ivan, Danny Miller et Isabelle Le Breton-Miller (2021). "Divergent family effects on green practices", Academy of Management Proceedings, vol. 2021, no 1. Récupéré de https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.100, Academy of Management (AOM), 2021

MIROSHNYCHENKO, Ivan, MILLER, Danny, DE MASSIS, Alfredo, LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle
IFERA 2021 Best Paper on Conference Theme, Miroshnychenko, Ivan, Danny Miller, Alfredo De Massis et Isabelle Le-Breton-Miller (2021). « Family Business and the Natural Environment », communication présentée au IFERA 2021 Annual Conference, 14-25 juin 2021., IFERA, 2021

LE BRETON-MILLER, Isabelle
FFI Fellow, Nomination à titre de Fellow du Family Firm Institute en octobre 2018. Le statut de FFI Fellow a été créé en 2001 pour reconnaître les personnes qui démontrent une expertise et un engagement continu dans le domaine des entreprises familiales. Pour être éligibles au statut de Fellow, les personnes doivent remplir un certificat avancé FFI, être membres FFI pendant dix ans et présenter une conférence annuelle ou être publiées dans les revues scientifiques Family Business Review ou The Practitioner., Family Firm Institute, 2018

This selection of supervision activities covers the last five years.

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Dissertation direction – PhD in Administration (1)
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Master's thesis direction – MSc in Management (1)
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Supervised project supervision – MSc in Management (3)
Étude de cas d'envergure - Taittinger : la famille, la politique, le champagne et les affaires - 90 ans d'engagement et d'entrepreneuriat familial , by Camille Singer
March 2023

Création et implantation d'une vision commune d'entreprise au sein des Industries André Inc. , by Samuel Goyer
May 2021

Mandat d'intervention en organisation : processus de formalisation et de professionnalisation au sein d'une entreprise familiale , by Andréa Tourigny
March 2020