Danny Miller (economist)

{{Short description|Canadian organization theorist}}

Danny Miller (born 1947) is a Canadian economist and Strategy Professor (Rogers-J.A.-Bombardier Chair of Entrepreneurship) at HEC Montréal. He also teaches at the Chair in Family Enterprise and Strategy at the University of Alberta.Danny Miller, Isabelle Le Breton-Miller: Managing for the long run: lessons in competitive advantage from great family businesses. Harvard Business School Publishing, Boston, Massachusetts, 2005 According to a statement by HEC, Miller is the fifth-most cited management researcher in the world.[http://expertise.hec.ca/businessfamilies/2009/09/04/danny-miller-is-the-5th-author-most-often-quoted-in-the-world-2/ Press Release] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118093849/http://expertise.hec.ca/businessfamilies/2009/09/04/danny-miller-is-the-5th-author-most-often-quoted-in-the-world-2/ |date=2010-01-18 }} HEC

Besides teaching, Miller works as a strategy consultant for companies. According to his resume,[http://expertise.hec.ca/chaire_entrepreneuriat/2009/09/10/danny-mileller/ CV, Danny Miller] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118034154/http://expertise.hec.ca/chaire_entrepreneuriat/2009/09/10/danny-mileller/ |date=2012-11-18 }}, read January 16th, 2010 these companies include McKinsey & Company, Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), Citicorp, DMR Inc. (Data Migration Resources), Goldman Sachs and others.

Education

After completing a Master of Business Administration in Toronto, Miller received a doctorate in Management Policy from McGill University (Montreal), supervised by Henry Mintzberg.{{Cite web |url=http://www.henrymintzberg.com/pdf/cv-hm.pdf |title=CV, Henry Mintzberg |access-date=2013-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030150958/http://www.henrymintzberg.com/pdf/cv-hm.pdf |archive-date=2008-10-30 |url-status=dead }}

Honours and awards

  • 2001: Best Paper Award, Journal of Management
  • 2007: Best Family Business Paper Award (together with Isabelle Le Breton-Miller, University of Alberta, and Richard H. Lester, Texas A&M University) for the article Divided Loyalties: Governance, Conduct and Performance in Family and Entrepreneur Businesses[http://www2.hec.ca/en/headlines/2007/2007058_en.html Press Release] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071104100838/http://www2.hec.ca/en/headlines/2007/2007058_en.html |date=2007-11-04 }} HEC from September 14th 2007

Bibliography

  • 1984 Organizations: a quantum view with Peter H. Friesen and Henry Mintzberg; Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, {{ISBN|0136419852}}
  • 1989 Unstable at the Top with Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
  • 1990 The Icarus paradox: how exceptional companies bring about their own downfall: new lessons in the dynamics of corporate success, decline, and renewal; New York, Harper Business, {{ISBN|0887304532}};
  • 2005 Managing for the long run: lessons in competitive advantage from great family businesses with Isabelle Le Breton-Miller; Boston, Mass., Harvard Business School Press, {{ISBN|1591394155}}
  • 2007 Why do some family businesses out-compete? Governance, long-term orientations, and sustainable capability with Isabelle Le Breton-Miller
  • 2009 Agency vs. stewardship in public family firms: a social embeddedness reconciliation with Isabelle Le Breton-Miller

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