Isabelle Le Breton-Miller

Isabelle Le Breton-Miller is a Full Professor at the Department of Management, HEC Montréal. She holds the Chair on Succession and Family Business and serves as Website Manager for From Dream to Succession Training. She earned her PhD in Management from Imperial College London and an MSc in Management and Human Resources Management from HEC Montréal.

• Expertise: Family business, management, business strategy.
• Research Focus: Succession planning, governance structures, ethical dynamics, and competitive strategies in family firms.

Her recent research explores topics such as CEO religion and CSR, green practices in family firms, and ethical bifurcation during crises. She collaborates extensively with Danny Miller and other scholars on publications in journals like Journal of Business Ethics and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.

• Scientific Awards:
  • FERC Lifetime Influence and Impact Award (2021)
  • Elsevier-Mendeley Top 2% Influential Researchers (2021)
  • Academy of Management and IFERA Best Paper Awards (2021)

She has supervised doctoral and master’s research, including studies on relational management in family businesses and professionalization processes in family enterprises. Her teaching includes seminars on family business research and management methodologies.