News from the Chair
From Success to Succession: A Website Facilitating Successful Business Transfer
The Chair of Succession and Family Enterprise is pleased to announce the launch of the website From Success to Succession! This second updated edition* aims to promote the successful transfer of businesses, whether family-owned or not. A Stimulating Guide From Success to Succession offers tools that will guide [...]
An Article on Isabelle Le Breton-Miller’s Research Published in the Spanish Daily El País
The online version of the renowned newspaper El País, the most consulted Spanish-language news site in the world, has just published an article on research carried out by Isabelle Le Breton-Miller, professor of management at HEC Montréal and holder of the Chair of Succession and Family [...]
Six Québec Companies Celebrate Their Success at the 2019 Business Transfer Awards
Six Québec companies were honored on May 27 on the parquet floor of CDPQ (Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec) during the ceremony of the 13th annual Business Transfer Awards. In the presence of Honorary President Serge Harnois, President and CEO of the family business [...]
Presentation by Asma Fattoum and Zied Guedri on May 7
For better or for worse: The influence of non-family blockholders and non-family directors on strategic renewal in family firms A paper written by Asma Fattoum, Zied Guedri and Célina Smith Abstract Drawing on the impact of a major economy-wide shock, we investigate the influence of non-family blockholders and non-family directors [...]
Two presentations by Scott L. Newbert on April 9
What signals matter for social startups? It depends: The influence of gender role congruity on social impact accelerator selection Abstract Social impact accelerators (SIAs) seek to select startups with the potential to generate financial returns and social impact. Through the lenses of signaling theory and gender role congruity [...]
The Chair of Succession and Family Enterprise stands out in the field of entrepreneurship research
HEC Montréal stands fourth in a global ranking of 497 business schools for its entrepreneurship research productivity. The list was drawn up by the TCU Neeley Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, of the Neeley School of Business (Texas Christian University). The School achieved this high ranking with 16 research articles [...]
Inaugural Lecture of Isabelle Le Breton-Miller: Journey to the Heart of Family Businesses
Isabelle Le Breton-Miller at the inaugural lecture On March 20, Isabelle Le Breton-Miller, Professor of management and Chair in Succession and Family Enterprise at HEC Montreal, delivered an inaugural lecture. Entitled Journey to the heart of family businesses1, the lecture was held at Le Cercle restaurant at [...]
Appointment of Isabelle Le Breton-Miller as a Fellow of the Family Firm Institute (FFI)
Isabelle Le Breton-Miller, Professor of management at HEC Montréal and Chair of Succession and Family Enterprise, has been honored by the Family Firm Institute (FFI), which appointed her FFI Fellow on October 26, 2018. This distinction took place at the annual FFI Global Conference [...]
An Article by Isabelle Le Breton-Miller Makes the Cover of FFI Practitioner
The September 2018 edition of the weekly FFI Practitioner examines the potential benefits that married co-brokers can bring to a family business. With this in mind, the article by Isabelle Le Breton-Miller entitled "For Love and Money: Married Leaders of Family Firms" makes the [...]