Awards and Distinctions

2022

Appointment as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) in September 2022. This is one of the country’s most prestigious recognitions of outstanding academic, scientific or artistic achievement by a person working in the arts, social sciences or sciences.

2021
Academy of Management (AOM) Conference Best Papers — Division ONE, July 2021.

IFERA 2021 Best Paper on Conference Theme, June 2021.

FERC Lifetime Influence & Achievement Award 2020, May 2021.

2018
Appointment as a Fellow of the Family Firm Institute (FFI) in October 2018. FFI Fellow status was established in 2001 to recognize individuals who demonstrate ongoing expertise and commitment to the field of family enterprise.

2017
Isabelle Le Breton-Miller and Danny Miller among the world’s most influential scientific minds. This distinction was awarded by Web of Science in the field of economics and management in December 2017.

2017 Barbara Hollander Award from the Family Firm Institute (FFI) received jointly with Danny Miller at the FFI Global Conference, held in Chicago in October 2017. The award comes as recognition for recipients’ contributions throughout their careers to research and teaching in family business.

2016
Election to the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada.

2015
5 articles recognized as “Highly Cited Paper” (Top 1% of its academic field based) by Thomson Reuters Web of Science, September/October 2015.

The book Managing for the Long Run : Lessons in Competitive Advantage from Great Family Businesses (Miller & Le Breton-Miller, Harvard Business School Press, 2005) chosen as one of six classic books in family business that have shaped the landscape of family business scholarship, Academy of Management Learning Education, September 2015, 14(3): 423-429.

2013
“Euram Best Paper Award, Corporate Governance SIG” at the European Academy of Management 13th Annual Conference, Istanbul, 26-29 June, 2013 for the article Miller, D., Le Breton-Miller, I., Minichelli, A., Corbetta, G. & Pittino, D. Talent-Based and Conflict Perspectives in Family Firm Governance.

2012
“JMS Best Paper 2011” for the article Miller, D.; Le Breton-Miller, I. & Lester, R.H. 2011. Family and Lone-Founder Ownership and Strategic Behavior: Social context, identity and institutional logics. Journal of Management Studies, 48(1): 1-25.

The book Managing for the Long Run : Lessons in Competitive Advantage from Great Family Businesses (Miller & Le Breton-Miller, Harvard Business School Press, 2005) chosen as one of six classic books in family business that have shaped the landscape of family business scholarship by Family Business Review, 25(1), March 2012: 117-120.

2011
“Chenelière Éducation / Gaëtan Morin 2011 Prize” for best researcher at the rank of Associate Professor at HEC Montréal.

2009
“Family Firm Institute (FFI) Best Unpublished Research Paper Award” for the article Le Breton-Miller, I.; Miller, D. & Lester, R.H. Stewardship or Agency: A Social Embeddedness Reconciliation of Conduct and Performance in Public Family Businesses.

“2009 Outstanding Paper Award” from Emerald Literati Network for the article Le Breton-Miller, I. & Miller, D. To Grow or to Harvest? Governance, Strategy and Performance in Family and Lone Founder Firms, The Journal of Strategy and Management, 2008, 1(1): 41-56.

“New Hot Paper in Economics and Business”, by Essential Science Indicators of Thomson Science Watch (representing 0.1 of 1% of the most cited articles for the years 2007 et 2008) for the article Miller, D.; Le Breton-Miller, I.; Lester, R.H. & Cannella, Jr, A.A. Are Family Firms Really Superior Performers? Journal of Corporate Finance, December 2007, 13(5): 829-858.

2007
“Family Firm Institute (FFI) Best Unpublished Research Paper Award” for the article Miller, D.; Le Breton-Miller, I.; Lester, R.H. & Cannella, Jr, A.A. To reap or to sow? Governance, strategy and performance in family versus founder businesses.

“Best Family Business Paper Award” from the Academy of Management for the article Miller, D.; Le Breton-Miller, I. & Lester, R.H. Divided Loyalties: Governance, Conduct and Performance in Family vs. Other Businesses.

2006
“Family Business Network (FBN) Research Honours 2006” finalist for the best published article on family business practices for the article Miller, D.; Steier, L. & Le Breton-Miller, I. Lost in time: Intergenerational Succession, Change and Failure in Family Business, Journal of Business Venturing, July 2003, 18(4): 513-531.

2005
The book Managing for the Long Run : Lessons in Competitive Advantage from Great Family Businesses (Miller & Le Breton-Miller, Harvard Business School Press, 2005) chosen by JP Morgan Private Bank for its “Sixth Annual Summer Reading List” as one of 10 books to read in 2005.