Publications scientifiques

Miroshnychenko, I., Miller, D., De Massis, A. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2024). Are Family Firms Green? Small Business Economics, in press.

Chen, T., Chen, J., Miller, D., Le Breton-Miller, I. & Chen, M.-J. (2023). Corporate venture capital and interfirm rivalry: A competitive dynamics perspectiveStrategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 17(1): 210-236.

Mazzelli, A., Miller, D., Le Breton-Miller, I., De Massis, A. & Kotlar, J. (2023). Outcome-Based Imitation in Family Firms’ International Market Entry DecisionsEntrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 47(4), 1059-1092.

Cyr, A.-A., Le Breton-Miller, I. & Miller, D. (2023). Organizational Social Relations and Social Embedding: A Pluralistic Review. Journal of Management, 49(1): 474-508.

Le Breton-Miller, I. & Miller D. (2023). Contradiction and disaggregation for family firm researchJournal of Family Business Strategy, 14(1): 100533.

Miller, D., Tang, Z., Xu, X. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2022). Are Socially Responsible Firms Associated with Socially Responsible Citizens? A Study of Social Distancing During the Covid-19 PandemicJournal of Business Ethics, 179(2): 387-410.

Le Breton-Miller, I. & Miller, D. (2022). Family businesses under COVID-19: Inspiring models – SometimesJournal of Family Business Strategy, 13(2): 100452.

Chen, T., Chen, J., Miller, D., Le Breton-Miller, I. & Chen, M.-J. (2022). Corporate venture capital and interfirm rivalry: A competitive dynamics perspective. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, in press.

Andrevski, G. & D. Miller, D. (2022). Forbearance: Strategic nonresponse to competitive attacksAcademy of Management Review, 47(1): 59-74.

Bizzi, L. & Miller, D. (2022). Implementing project-based alliances: Three paradoxes of brokerage.  Journal of Management, 48(5): 1214-1242.

Hayward, M., Hunt, R. & D. Miller, D. (2021). How vulnerability enriches family firm relationships: A social exchange perspectiveJournal of Family Business Strategy, 13(1):100450.

Smith, C., De Massis, A., Nordqvist, M. & D. Miller, D. (2021). When so much is at stake: Understanding organizational brinkmanship in family firmsJournal of Family Business Strategy, 12(4): 100425.

Amore, M., Bennedsen, M., Le Breton-Miller, I. & Miller, D. (2021). Back to the future: The effect of returning family successions on firm performanceStrategic Management Journal, 42(8): 1432-1458.

Andrevski, G., Miller, D., Le Breton-Miller, I. & Ferrier, W. (2021). Competitive rationales: Beneath the surface of competitive behavior. Journal of Management, in press.

Chen, J., Miller, D. & Chen, M.-J. (2021). Top management team time horizon blending and organizational ambidexterity, Strategic Organization, 19(2): 183-206.

Le Breton-Miller, I. & Miller, D. (2021). Alienation among management scholarsRevue française de gestion, 47(294): 53-75.

Miller, D., Amore, M., Quarato, F. & Corbetta, G. (2021). Family ownership dispersion and dividend payout in family firmsJournal of Family Business Strategy, in press.

Miller, D. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2021). Paradoxical resource trajectories: When strength leads to weakness and weakness leads to strengthJournal of Management, 47(7): 1999-1914.

Miller, D. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2021). Family Firms: A Breed of Extremes? Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 45(4): 663-681.

Miller, D. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2021). Brief Reflections on Family Firm Research and Some Suggested Paths Forward? Journal of Family Business Strategy, 12(1): 100410.

Miroshnychenko, I., De Massis, A., Miller, D. & Barontini, R. (2021). Family business growth around the world. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 45(4): 682-708.

Miroshnychenko, I., Miller, D. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2021).  Divergent family effects on green practicesAcademy of Management Proceedings, 2021(1): 100.

Tsao, C.-W., Le Breton-Miller, I, Miller, D. & Chen, S.-J. (2021). Firing managers: The benefits of family ownership and costs of family managementJournal of Family Business Strategy, 12(3): 100411.

Bettinazzi, E. L. M., Miller, D., Amore, M. D. & Corbetta, G. (2020). Ownership similarity in mergers and acquisitions target selectionStrategic Organization, 18(2): 330-361.

Le Breton-Miller, I. & Miller, D. (2020). Ideals-based accountability and reputation in select family firms. Journal of Business Ethics, 163(2): 183-196.

Miller, D. (2020). La dernière décennie (ou presque) de mon travailRevue française de gestion, 46(292): 121-126.

Miller, D. (2020). Publishing Bad News: A Meandering JourneyJournal of Management Inquiry, 29(4): 468-470.

Maung, M., Miller, D., Tang, Z. & Xu, X. (2020). Value-enhancing social responsibility: Market reaction to donations by family vs. non-family firms with religious CEOsJournal of Business Ethics, 163: 745-758.

Miller, D., Wiklund, J. & Yu, W. (2020). Mental Health in the Family Business: A Conceptual Model and a Research AgendaEntrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 44(1): 55-80.

Miller, D. & Xu, X. (2020). CEO long-term orientation and elite university educationStrategic Organization, 18(4): 520-546.

Miller, D., Pastoriza, D. & Plante, J.-F. (2019). Conditioning competitive risk: Competitors’ rank proximity and relative abilityJournal of Economic Psychology, 73: 161-175.

Nason, R., Carney, M., Miller, D. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2019). Who cares about socioemotional wealth? SEW and rentier perspectives on the one percent wealthiest business householdsJournal of Family Business Strategy, 10(2): 144-158.

Miller, D. & Xu, X. (2019). MBA CEOs, Short-Term Management and PerformanceJournal of Business Ethics, 154(2): 285-300.

Withers, M., Ireland, D., Miller, D., Harrison, J. & Boss, D. (2018). Competitive landscape shifts: The influence of strategic entrepreneurship on shifts in market commonality. Academy of Management Review, 43(3): 349-370.

Cho, J., Miller, D. & Lee, J. (2018). Too much of a good thing: Family involvement and the survival of listed Korean firmsJournal of Family Business Strategy, 9(4): 223-237.

Miller, D. (2018). Response to Greckhamer et al (2018): Studying configurations with qualitative comparative analysisStrategic Organization, 16(4): 496-498.

Miller, D. (2018). Challenging trends in configuration research: Where are the configurations? Strategic Organization, 16(4): 453-469.

Le Breton-Miller, I. & Miller, D. (2018). Looking Back at and Forward from: “Family Governance and Firm Performance: Agency, Stewardship and Capabilities”Family Business Review 31(2): 229-237.

Le Breton-Miller, I. & Miller, D. (2018). Beyond the Firm: Business Families as EntrepreneursEntrepreneurship Theory & Practice 42(4): 527-536.

Miller, D.; Amore, M.D.; Le Breton-Miller, I.; Minichilli, A. & Quarato, F. (2018). Strategic Distinctiveness in Family Firms: Institutional Variety and Strategic MultidimensionalityJournal of Family Business Strategy 9(1): 16-26.

Chrisman, J.J.; Chua, J.H.; Le Breton-Miller, I.; Miller, D. & Steier, L. (2018). Governance Mechanisms and Family FirmsEntrepreneurship Theory & Practice 42(2): 171-186.

Miller, D. (2017). Business Education and Executive Opportunism: The Case of MBAs, Revue française de gestion 43(265): 131-133.

Miller, D., Le Breton-Miller, I., Amore, M.D., Minichilli, A. & Corbetta, G. (2017). Institutional Logics, Family Firm Governance and PerformanceJournal of Business Venturing 32(6): 674-693.

Miller, D. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2017). Sources of Entrepreneurial Courage and Imagination: Three Perspectives, Three ContextsEntrepreneurship Theory & Practice 41(5): 667-675.

Jaskiewicz, P., Block, J., Miller, D. & Combs, J. (2017). Founder Versus Family Owners’ Impact on Pay Dispersion Among Non-CEO Top Managers: Implications for Firm PerformanceJournal of Management 43(5): 1524-1552.

Amore, M.D., Miller, D., Le Breton-Miller, I. & Corbetta, G. (2017). For Love and Money: Marital Leadership in Family FirmsJournal of Corporate Finance 46: 461-476.

Zhao, E., Fisher, G., Lounsbury, M. & Miller, D. (2017). Optimal distinctiveness: Broadening the interface between institutional theory and strategic managementStrategic Management Journal 38(1): 93-113.

Miller, D. (2017). Unplugged – My Own Book Review: Danny MILLER (2017): Review of The Icarus Paradox by its Nostalgic AuthorM@n@gement, 20(2): 204-207.

Miller, D. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2017). Underdog entrepreneurs: A model of challenge-based entrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship Theory & Practice 41(1): 7-17.

Miller, D. (2017). Disruptive Texts: Case Narratives as Research InspirationsAcademy of Management Review 42(1): 154-164.

Jaskiewicz, P., Block, J. H., Combs, J. G. & Miller, D. (2017). The Effects of Founder and Family Ownership on Hired CEOs’ Incentives and Firm PerformanceEntrepreneurship Theory & Practice 41(1): 73-103.

Miller, D. (2016). CurationThe SAGE Encyclopedia of Corporate Reputation, Craig E. Carroll, in press.

Cucculelli, M., Le Breton-Miller, I. & Miller, D. (2016). Product Innovation, Firm Renewal and Family GovernanceJournal of Family Business Strategy 7(2): 90-104.

Miller, D., Steier, L. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2016). What Can Scholars of Entrepreneurship Learn From Sound Family Businesses? Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice 40(3): 445-455.

Le Breton I. & Miller, D. (2016). Family firms and practices of sustainability: A contingency viewJournal of Family Business Strategy 7(1): 26-33.

Miller, D. & Xu, X. (2015). A Fleeting Glory: Self-Serving Behavior Among Celebrated MBA CEOsJournal of Management Inquiry 25(3): 286-300.

  • Featured in Washington Post blog by Jena McGregor, October 6, 2015, in Harvard Business Review, Idea Watch, December 2016, and Henry Mintzberg’s blog, March 2017.

Miller, D. (2015). Response to “Research on the Dark Side of Personality Traits in Entrepreneurship: Observations from an Organizational Behavior Perspective”Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice 40(1): 19-24.

Miller, D., Wright, M., Le Breton-Miller, I. & Scholes, L. (2015). Resources and Innovation in Family Businesses: The Janus-Face of Socioemotional PreferencesCalifornia Management Review 58(1): 20-40.

Le Breton-Miller, I. & Miller, D. (2015). The Arts and Family Business: Linking Family Business Resources and Performance to Industry CharacteristicsEntrepreneurship Theory & Practice 39(6): 1349-1370.

Le Breton-Miller, I. & Miller, D. (2015). Learning Stewardship in Family Firms: For Family, by Family, Across the Life CycleAcademy of Management Learning and Education 14(3): 386–399.

Miller, D., Mehrotra, V. & Xu, X. (2015). When is human capital a valuable resource? The performance effects of Ivy league selection among celebrated CEOsStrategic Management Journal 36(6): 930-944.

Chen, M.-J. & Miller, D. (2015). Reconceptualizing competitive dynamics: A multidimensional frameworkStrategic Management Journal 36(5): 758-775.

Miller, D. & Sardais, C. (2015). Bifurcating Time: How Entrepreneurs Reconcile the Paradoxical Demands of the JobEntrepreneurship Theory and Practice 39(3): 489-513.

Le Breton-Miller, I., Miller, D. & Bares, F. (2015). Governance and entrepreneurship in family firms: Agency, behavioral agency and resource-based comparisonsJournal of Family Business Strategy 6(1): 58-62.

Wagner, D., Block, J. H., Miller, D., Schwens, C. & Xi, G. (2015). A meta-analysis of the financial performance of family firms: Another attemptJournal of Family Business Strategy 6(1): 3-13.

Block, H. J., Kohn, K., Miller, D. & Ulrich, K. (2015). Necessity entrepreneurship and competitive strategySmall Business Economics 44(1): 37-54.

Miller, D. (2015). Entrepreneurial ArchetypesWiley Encyclopedia of Management, Volume 3, in press.

Miller, D. (2014). A Downside to the Entrepreneurial Personality? Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice 39(1): 1-8.

Bitektine, A. & Miller, D. (2014). Methods, Theories, Data and the Social Dynamics of Organizational ResearchJournal of Management Inquiry 24(2): 115-130.

Le Breton, I. & Miller, D. (2014). The paradox of resource vulnerability: Considerations for organizational curatorship. Strategic Management Journal 36(3): 397-415.

Woordeckers, W., Le Breton-Miller, I. & Miller, D. (2014). In Search of the Best of Both Worlds: Crafting a Finance Paper for the Family Business ReviewFamily Business Review 27(4): 281-286.

Le Breton-Miller, I. & Miller, D. (2014). Temporal considerations in the study of family firms: Reflections on “the study of organizational behavior in family business”European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 23(5): 669-673.

Miller, D. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2014). Deconstructing Socioemotional WealthEntrepreneurship Theory & Practice 38(4): 713-720.

Miller, D., Minichilli, A., Le Breton-Miller, I., Corbetta, G. & Pittino, D. (2014). When do Non-Family CEOs Outperform in Family Firms? Agency and Behavioural Agency PerspectivesJournal of Management Studies 51(4): 547-572.

Block, J., Miller, D. & Wagner, D. (2014). Bayesian methods in family business researchJournal of Family Business Strategy 5(1): 97-104.

Miller, D. (2014). Character, governance and conduct: A reminder from family businessRevue Française de Gestion 40(238): 17-18.

Covin, J. & Miller, D. (2014). International Entrepreneurial Orientation: Conceptual Considerations, Research Themes, Measurement Issues, and Future Research DirectionsEntrepreneurship Theory and Practice 38(1): 11-44.

Miller, D. (2014). Foreword, in Fayolle, A. & Wright, M. (Eds.). How to Get Published in the Best Entrepreneurship Journals. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, xi-xii.

Le Breton-Miller, I. & Miller, D. (2013). Socioemotional Wealth Across the Family Firm Life Cycle: A Commentary on “Family Business Survival and the Role of Boards”Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 37(6): 1391-1397.

Miller, D. & Sardais, C. (2013). How our Frames Direct Us: A Poker ExperimentOrganization Studies 34(9): 1381-1405.

Block, J., Miller, D., Jaskiewicz, P. & Spiegel, F. (2013). Economic and Technological Importance of Innovations in Large Family and Founder Firms: An Analysis of Patent DataFamily Business Review, 26(2): 180-199.

Miller, D., Le Breton-Miller, I., Minichelli, A., Corbetta, G. & Pittino, D. (2013). Talent-Based and Conflict Perspectives in Family Firm GovernanceAcademy of Management Proceedings, January 2013.

  • EURAM 2013 Best Paper Proceedings, Istanbul. Winner of Best Paper Prize in Corporate Governance.

Miller, D., Minichilli, A. & Corbetta, G. (2013). Is family leadership always beneficial? Strategic Management Journal 34(5): 553-571.

Miller, D., Le Breton-Miller, I. & Lester, R. H. (2013). Family Firm Governance, Strategic Conformity and Performance: Institutional vs. Strategic PerspectivesOrganization Science 24(1): 189-209.

Chen, M.-J. & Miller, D. (2012). Competitive Dynamics: Themes, Trends, and a Prospective Research PlatformAcademy of Management Annals 6(1): 135-210.

Block, J., Miller, D., Jaskiewicz, P. & Spiegel, F. (2011). Innovation in Founder and Firms: Entrepreneurial Versus Nurturer Identities of OwnersFrontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 31(13): Article 1.

Block, J., Jaskiewicz, P. & Miller, D. (2011). Ownership versus management effects on performance in family and founder companies: A Bayesian reconciliationJournal of Family Business Strategy 2(4): 232–245.

Le Breton-Miller, I. & Miller, D. (2011). Commentary: Family Firms and the Advantage of MultitemporalityEntrepreneurship Theory and Practice 35(6): 1171-1177.

Sardais, C. & Miller, D. (2011). Leadership is not what you think: A Socratic dialogueBusiness Horizons 54(6): 523-527.

Miller, D. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2011). Governance, Social Identity, and Entrepreneurial Orientation in Closely Held Public CompaniesEntrepreneurship Theory and Practice 35(5): 1051-1076.

Miller, D. (2011). Miller (1983) Revisited: A Reflection on EO Research and Some Suggestions for the Future.  Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 35(5): 873-894.

Chen, M.-J. & Miller, D. (2011). The Relational Perspective as a Business Mindset: Managerial Implications for East and WestAcademy of Management Perspectives 25(3): 6-18.

Le Breton-Miller, I., Miller, D. & Lester, H. L. (2011). Stewardship or Agency? A Social Embeddedness Reconciliation of Conduct and Performance in Public Family BusinessesOrganization Science 22(3): 704-721.

  • Reprinted in Astrachan, J. H., McMillan, K. S. & Pieper, T. M. (Eds.) (2013). Family Business: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management, New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Winner of the 2009 Family Firm Institute Best Research Paper Prize.

Miller, D. (2011). The Dyslexic Researcher: A Call to Broaden our PortalsAcademy of Management Learning and Education 10(2): 340-350.

Miller, D. & Sardais, C. (2011). A concept of leadership for strategic organizationStrategic Organization 9(2): 174-183.

Miller, D. & Sardais, C. (2011). Angel Agents: Agency Theory ReconsideredAcademy of Management Perspectives 25(2): 6-13.

Miller, D., Le Breton-Miller, I. & Lester, R. H. (2011). Family and Lone Founder Ownership and Strategic Behaviour: Social Context, Identity and Institutional LogicsJournal of Management Studies 48(1): 1-25.

  • Reprinted in Astrachan, J. H., McMillan, K. S. & Pieper, T. M. (Eds.) (2013). Family Business: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management, New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Winner of the 2012 Journal of Management Studies Best Paper Prize.

Greenwood, R. & Miller, D. (2010). Tackling Design Anew: Getting Back to the Heart of Organizational TheoryAcademy of Management Perspectives 24(4): 78-88.

Chen, M.-J. & Miller, D. (2010). West Meets East: Towards an Ambicultural Approach to ManagementAcademy of Management Perspectives 24(4): 17-24.

Steier, L. & Miller, D. (2010). Pre- and post-succession governance philosophies in entrepreneurial family firmsJournal of Family Business Strategy 1(3): 145-154.

  • Reprinted in Astrachan, J. H., McMillan, K. S. & Pieper, T. M. (Eds.) (2013). Family Business: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management, New York, NY: Routledge.

Miller, D., Le Breton-Miller, I. & Lester, R. H. (2010). Family ownership and acquisition behavior in publicly- traded companiesStrategic Management Journal 31(2): 201-223.

Miller, D., Greenwood, R. & Prakash, R. (2009). What Happened to Organization Theory? Journal of Management Inquiry 18(4): 273-279.

Shamsie, J., Martin, X. & Miller, D. (2009). In with the old, in with the new: capabilities, strategies and performance among the Hollywood studiosStrategic Management Journal 30(13): 1440-1452.

Le Breton-Miller, I. & Miller, D. (2009). Agency vs. Stewardship in Public Family Firms: A Social Embeddedness ReconciliationEntrepreneurship Theory and Practice 33(6): 1169-1191.

Miller, D., Lee, J., Chang, S. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2009). Filling the institutional void: The social behavior and performance of family vs non-family technology firms in emerging marketsJournal of International Business Studies 40(5): 802–817.

  • Reprinted in Astrachan, J. H., McMillan, K. S. & Pieper, T. M. (Eds.) (2013). Family Business: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management, New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Reprinted in Poutziouris, P. Z., Smyrnios, K. X. & Goel, S. (Eds.) (2013). Handbook of Research on Family Business, Second Edition, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 42-62.

Miller, D. (2009). The social ecology of research fads: A commentary on Starbuck’s “The constant causes of never-ending faddishness in the behavioral and social sciences”Scandinavian Journal of Management 25(1): 117-118.

Miller, D. (2008). Stranger in a strange land: a brief journey into the realm of empirical corporate financeStrategic Organization 6(3): 329-339

Le Breton-Miller, I. & Miller, D. (2008). To grow or to harvest? Governance, strategy and performance in family and lone founder firmsJournal of Strategy and Management 1(1): 41-54.

  • 2008 Outstanding Paper Award for Excellence, Literati Network.

Miller, D., Le Breton-Miller, I. & Scholnick, B. (2008). Stewardship vs. Stagnation: An Empirical Comparison of Small Family and Non-Family BusinessesJournal of Management Studies 45(1): 51-78.

  • Reprinted in Astrachan, J. H., McMillan, K. S. & Pieper, T. M. (Eds.) (2013). Family Business: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management, New York, NY: Routledge.

Miller, D., Le Breton-Miller, I., Lester, H. R. & Cannella, A. (2007). Are family firms really superior performers? Journal of Corporate Finance 13(5): 829-858.

  • Featured in “Research Briefs”, D. B. McFarlin (2008). Does “Family” Matter to Corporate Performance? Academy of Management Perspectives 22(2): 100-101.
  • Reprinted in Astrachan, J. H., McMillan, K. S. & Pieper, T. M. (Eds.) (2013). Family Business: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management, New York, NY: Routledge, Volume III – Part 5: Most Impactful Research, 463-508.
  • Listed as 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 & 2008).

Miller, D., Le Breton-Miller, I. & Lester, R. H. (2007). Divided Loyalties: Governance, Conduct and Performance in Family and Entrepreneur BusinessesAcademy of Management Proceedings 1: 1-6.

  • In G. T. Solomon (Ed.), Best Paper Proceedings of the Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (CD), August 2007, ISSN 1543-8643. Winner of Best Family Business Paper Award, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management Meetings, August, Philadelphia.

Miller D. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2007). Kicking the Habit: Broadening Our Horizons by Studying Family BusinessesJournal of Management Inquiry 16(1): 27-30.

Miller, D. (2007). Paradigm prison, or in praise of atheoretic researchStrategic Organization 5(2): 177-184.

  • Winner of the Strategic Organization Prize for Best Essay, February 2012.

Le Breton-Miller, I. & Miller, I. (2006). Why Do Some Family Businesses Out-Compete? Governance, Long-Term Orientations, and Sustainable CapabilityEntrepreneurship Theory and Practice 30(6): 731-746.

  • Reprinted in Astrachan, J. H., McMillan, K. S. & Pieper, T. M. (Eds.) (2013). Family Business: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management, New York, NY: Routledge.

Miller, D. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2006). Priorities, practices and strategies in successful and failing family businesses: an elaboration and test of the configuration perspectiveStrategic Organization 4(4): 379-407.

Miller, D. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2006). The Best of Both Worlds: Exploitation and Exploration in Successful Family Businesses, in Baum, J. A. C., Dobrev, S. D. & Van Witteloostuijn, A. (Eds.). Ecology and Strategy (Advances in Strategic Management, Volume 23). Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 215-240.

Hoopes, D. G. & Miller, D. (2006). Ownership Preferences, Competitive Heterogeneity, and Family-Controlled BusinessesFamily Business Review 19(2): 89-101.

Henderson, A, Miller, D. & Hambrick, D. (2006). How quickly do CEOs become obsolete? Industry dynamism, CEO tenure, and company performanceStrategic Management Journal 27(5): 447-460.

Miller, D. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2006). Family Governance and Firm Performance: Agency, Stewardship and CapabilitiesFamily Business Review 19(1): 73-87.

  • Reprinted in Astrachan, J. H., McMillan, K. S. & Pieper, T. M. (Eds.) (2013). Family Business: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management, New York, NY: Routledge.

Miller, D. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2006). Lessons from family firms about managing for the long runLeader to Leader Magazine 2006(39): 13-17.

Miller, D. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2005). Management Insights from Great and Struggling Family BusinessesLong Range Planning 38(6): 517-530.

  • Reprinted in Astrachan, J. H., McMillan, K. S. & Pieper, T. M. (Eds.) (2013). Family Business: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management, New York, NY: Routledge.

Miller, D. (2005). Advantage by design: Competing with opportunity-based organizationsBusiness Horizons 48(5): 393-407.

Miller, D., Le Breton-Miller, I., Lester H. R. & Cannella, A. (2005). Family Involvement, Agency and Performance in the Fortune 1000. Academy of Management 2005 Annual Meeting, Honolulu (HI), August 2005.

Shamsie, J., Miller, D. & Greene, W. (2005). A question of timing: Strategies for scheduling television shows, in Lampel, J., Shamsie, J & Lant, T. K. (Eds).The Business of Culture: Strategic Perspectives on Entertainment and Media, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 119-133.

Miller, D. (2005). Entrepreneurial Archetypes, in Hitt, M. & Ireland, D. (Eds). Wiley Encyclopedia of Management, Oxford (UK): Blackwell’s, 66-69.

Miller, D., Hartwick, J. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2004). How to detect a management fad – and distinguish it from a classicBusiness Horizons 47(4): 7-16.

  • Reprinted in Wagner, J. & Hollenbeck, J. (Eds.) (2009). Readings in Organizational Behavior. New York, NY: Routledge.

Le Breton-Miller, I., Miller, D. & Steier, L. (2004). Towards an Integrative Model of Effective FOB SuccessionEntrepreneurship, Theory & Practice 28(4): 305-328.

Miller, D. (2003). An asymmetry-based view of advantage: towards an attainable sustainabilityStrategic Management Journal 24: 961-976.

Miller, D.; Steier, L. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2003). Lost in time: Intergenerational Succession, Change and Failure in Family BusinessJournal of Business Venturing 18(4): 513-531.

  • Reprinted in Astrachan, J. H., McMillan, K. S. & Pieper, T. M. (Eds.) (2013). Family Business: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management, New York, NY: Routledge, Volume II – Part 4: Recent Conceptual Work, 325-345.
  • Reprinted in Poutziouris. P. Z., Smyrnios, K. X. & Klein S. B. (Eds.) (2006). Handbook of Research on Family Business, Cheltenham, UK & Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 371-387.
  • Translated and adapted in French (2004): Trois modèles classiques d’échec de la succession intergénérationnelle dans l’entreprise familialeGestion : Revue internationale de gestion 29(3): 109-119.
  • FBN Research Honours 2006 finalist for the best published article on family business practices.

Miller, D. & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2003). Challenge versus Advantage in Family BusinessStrategic Organization 1(1): 127-134.

Miller, D. & Hartwick, J. (2002). Spotting Management FadsHarvard Business Review 80(10): 26-27.

Miller, D., Eisenstat, R. & Foote, N. (2002). Strategy from the Inside Out: Building Capability-Creating OrganizationsCalifornia Management Review 44(3): 37-54.

  • Reprinted in De Wit, B. & Meyer, R. (Eds.) (2004). Strategy: Process, Content and Context, London, UK: International Thompson.
  • Reprinted in A. Thompson, J. Gamble & Strickland (Eds.) (2005). Crafting and Executing Strategy: The Quest for Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases, 14e, New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 427-440.
  • Reprinted in De Wit, B. & Meyer, R. (Eds.) (2005). Strategy Synthesis, 335-358.

Miller, D., Hope, Q., Eisenstat, R., Foote, N. & Galbraith, J. (2002). The problem of solutions: Balancing clients and capabilitiesBusiness Horizons 45(2): 3-12.

Foote, N. W., Galbraith, J., Hope, Q. & Miller, D. (2001). Making Solutions the AnswerMcKinsey Quarterly 3(3): 84-93.

Miller, D. & Shamsie, J. (2001). Learning across the life cycle: Experimentation and performance among the Hollywood studio headsStrategic Management Journal 22(8): 725-745.

Miller, D. & Lee, J. (2001). The people make the process: commitment to employees, decision making, and performance. Journal of Management 27(2): 163-189.

  • Winner of the 2001 Journal of Management Best Paper Award.

Eisenstat, R., Foote, N., Galbraith, J. R. & Miller, D. (2001). Beyond the business unitMcKinsey Quarterly 1: 54-63.

Fuchs, P. H., Mifflin, K. E., Miller, D. & Whitney, J. O. (2000). Strategic Integration: Competing in the Age of CapabilitiesCalifornia Management Review 42(3): 118-147.

Miller, D. & Whitney, J. O. (1999). Beyond strategy: Configuration as a pillar of competitive advantageBusiness Horizons 42(3): 5-17.

Miller, D. & Shamsie, J. (1999). Learning Across the CEO Life Cycle: The Hollywood Studios from 1936 to 1965. Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management.

Lee, J. & Miller, D. (1999). People matter: commitment to employees, strategy and performance in Korean firmsStrategic Management Journal 20(6): 579-593.

Miller, D. (1999). Notes on the Study of ConfigurationsManagement International Review 39(2): 27-39.

Miller, D. (1999). Selection Processes inside Organizations: The Self-Reinforcing Consequences of Success, in Baum, J. A. C. & McKelvey, B. (Eds.). Variations in Organizational Science: In Honor of Donald T. Campbell, Los Angeles, CA: Sage Press, 93-111.

Miller, D. & Shamsie, J. (1999). Strategic responses to three kinds of uncertainty: Product line simplicity at the Hollywood film studiosJournal of Management 25(1): 97-116.

Miller, D. & Toulouse, J.-M. (1998). Quasi-rational Organizational Responses: Functional and Cognitive Sources of Strategic SimplicityCanadian Journal of Administrative Sciences 15(3): 230-244.

Miller, D. (1997). The perils of success, or failure, where is thy sting? A comment on Whyte, Saks and HookJournal of Organizational Behavior 18(5): 433-435.

Miller, D., Droge, C. & Vickery, S. (1997). Celebrating the “Essential:” The Impact of Performance on the Functional Favoritism of CEOs in Two ContextsJournal of Management 23(2): 119-140.

Miller, D., Greenwood, R. & Hinings, B. (1997). Creative Chaos versus Munificent Momentum:

The Schism between Normative and Academic Views of Organizational ChangeJournal of Management Inquiry 6(1): 71- 78.

Miller, D. (1996). The Embeddedness of Corporate Strategy: Isomorphism vs. Differentiation. Advances in Strategic Management, Volume 13: Embeddedness of Strategy, 283-291.

Miller, D. (1996). Configurations Revisited. Strategic Management Journal 17(7): 505-512.

  • Reprinted in Maritan, C. & Peteraf, M. (Eds.) (2011). Competitive Strategy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Lee, J. & Miller, D. (1996). Strategy, Environment and Performance in Two Technological Contexts: Contingency Theory in KoreaOrganization Studies 17(5): 729-750.

Miller, D., Milliken, F., Lant, T. & Korn, H. (1996). The Evolution of Strategic Simplicity: Exploring Two Models of Organizational AdaptationJournal of Management 22(6): 863-887.

Miller, D. (1996). A Preliminary Typology of Organizational Learning: Synthesizing the LiteratureJournal of Management 22(3): 485-505.

Miller, D. & Shamsie, J. (1996). The Resource-Based View of the Firm in Two Environments: The Hollywood Film Studios From 1936 to 1965Academy of Management Journal 39(3): 519-543.

  • Winner of the Academy of Management Journal Best Paper Award for 1996.
  • Chinese translation printed in “Selected Collection of Award Winning Papers”, Peking: Peking University Press, 2006, 44-75.
  • Reprinted in Competitive Strategy, C. Maritan & M. Peteraf (Eds.), Elgar 2011.

Miller, D. & Chen, M.-J. (1996). Nonconformity in Competitive Repertoires: A Sociological View of MarketsSocial Forces 74(4): 1209-1234.

Miller, D. & Chen, M.-J. (1996). The Simplicity of Competitive Repertoires: An Empirical AnalysisStrategic Management Journal 17(6): 419 440.

Miller, D. (1996). Les configurations: dix ans plus tardRevue internationale de gestion 21(1): 55-56.

El Hajj, M., Kets de Vries, M. F. R. & Miller, D. (1995). Managing Under Deadly ConditionsAdministration and Society 27(2): 226-248.

Miller, D. & Shamsie, J. (1995). A Contingent Application of the Resource-Based View of the Firm: The Hollywood Film Studios from 1936 to 1965Academy of Management Proceedings 1: 57-61.

  • Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, 1995.

Miller, D. & Chen, M.-J. (1995). Nonconformity in Competitive Repertoires. Academy of Management Proceedings 1: 256-260.

  • Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, 1995.

Miller, D. & Chen, M.-J. (1994). Sources and Consequences of Competitive Inertia: A Study of the U.S. Airline IndustryAdministrative Science Quarterly 39(1): 1-24.

Miller, D. (1994). What Happens After Success: The Perils of Excellence. Journal of Management Studies 31(3): 325-358.

Chen, M.-J. & Miller, D. (1994). Competitive attack, retaliation and performance: An expectancy-valence frameworkStrategic Management Journal 15(2): 85-102.

Lee, J. W., Miller, D., Woo, S. J. & Son, J. W. (1993). The fit between strategy environment and performance. Korean Management Review 23(1): 149-172.

Miller, D. (1993). The Simplicity of Competitive Repertoires: An Empirical AnalysisAcademy of Management Proceedings 1: 32-36.

  • Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management, August 1993.
  • Winner of the 1993 Glueck Best Paper Award, Business Policy Division, Academy of Management.

Miller, D. (1993). Some Organizational Consequences of CEO SuccessionAcademy of Management Journal 36(3): 644-659.

Kets de Vries, M. F. R., Miller, D. & Noël, A. (1993). Understanding the Leader-Strategy Interface: Application of the Strategic Relationship Interview MethodHuman Relations 46(1): 2-22.

  1. Miller (1993). The Architecture of SimplicityThe Academy of Management Review 18(1): 116-138.
  • Reprinted in W.H. Starbuck (Ed.) (2008). Learning by Organizations, Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar, Chapter 21.

Miller, D. (1992). Generic Strategies: Classification, Combination and Context, in Shrivastava, P, Huff, A. & Dutton, J. (Eds.). Advances in Strategic ManagementVolume 8, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 391 408.

Miller, D. (1992). Environmental Fit Versus Internal FitOrganization Science 3(2): 159-178.

Shrivastava, P., Miller, D. & Miglani, A. (1991). The Evolution of Crises: Crisis PrecursorsInternational Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 9(3): 321-337.

Miller, D. (1991). Generalists and Specialists: Two Business Strategies and their Contexts, in Shrivastava, P., Huff, A. & Dutton, J. (Eds.). Advances in Strategic Management, Volume 7, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 3-41.

Miller, D. (1991). Stale in the Saddle: CEO Tenure and the Match between Organization and EnvironmentManagement Science 37(1): 34-52.

Miller, D. (1990). Organizational Configurations: Cohesion, Change and PredictionHuman Relations 43(8): 771-789.

Miller, D. (1990). Assessing Paths to Decline with the Strategic Audit, in Shrivastava, P. & Lamb, R. (Eds.), Advances in Strategic Management: A Research Annual, Volume 6, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 115-141.

Miller, D. (1989). Matching Strategies and Strategy Making: Process, Content, and PerformanceHuman Relations 42(3): 241-260.

Miller, D., Droge, C. & Toulouse, J.-M. (1988). Strategic Process and Content as Mediators between Organizational Context and StructureAcademy of Management Journal 31(3): 544-569.

Miller, D. (1988). Relating Porter’s Business Strategies to Environment and Structure: Analysis and Performance ImplicationsAcademy of Management Journal 31(2): 280-308.

Shrivastava, P., Mitroff, I., Miller, D. & Miglani, A. (1988). Understanding Industrial CrisesJournal of Management Studies 25(4): 285-303.

Miller, D. (1988). Organizational Pathology and Industrial CrisisOrganization & Environment 2(1): 65-74.

Miller D. (1987). The Genesis of ConfigurationThe Academy of Management Review 12(4): 686-701.

Kets de Vries, M. F. R. & Miller, D. (1987). Interpreting Organizational TextsJournal of Management Studies 24(3): 233-247.

Miller, D. (1987). Strategy Making and Structure: Analysis and Implications for PerformanceAcademy of Management Journal 30(1): 7-32.

Miller, D. (1987). The structural and environmental correlates of business strategyStrategic Management Journal 8(1): 55-76.

Miller, D. & Droge, C. (1986). Psychological and Traditional Determinants of StructureAdministrative Science Quarterly 31(4): 539-560.

  • Reprinted in Nelson, D. L. & Quick, J. C. (Eds) (2002). Organizational Behavior: Foundations, Realities, and ChallengesFourth Edition, Cincinnati, OH: South-Western College Pub.

Miller, D. & Toulouse, J.-M. (1986). Chief Executive Personality and Corporate Strategy and Structure in Small FirmsManagement Science 32(11): 1389-1409.

Miller, D. & Toulouse, J.-M. (1986). Strategy, Structure, CEO Personality and Performance: An Empirical Study of Small Firms. American Journal of Small Business 10(3): 47-62.

Miller, D & Friesen. P. H. (1986). Porter’s (1980) Generic Strategies and Performance: An Empirical Examination with American DataOrganization Studies 7(3): 255-261.

Miller, D. (1986). Configurations of strategy and structure: Towards a synthesisStrategic Management Journal 7(3): 233-249.

  • Reprinted in Revue Internationale de Gestion (1996) 21(1): 43-54.
  • Reprinted in Côté, M. & Hafsi, T. (Eds.) (2000). Le management aujourd’hui, Une perspective nord-américaine, Québec, QC: La Presse de l’Université Laval, 84-100.
  • Reprinted in Segal-Horn, D. (Ed.) (1998). The Strategy Reader, Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
  • Winner of the 1995 Strategic Management Society / Wiley Award for the most significant article published in SMJ from 1980 to 1990.

Kets de Vries, M. F. R. & Miller, D. (1986). Personality, Culture and Organization. The Academy of Management Review 11(2): 266-279.

  • Translated into German as ‘Persönlichkeit, Kultur und Organisation’ and published in Organisationsentwicklung, 1986, Heft 1: 13-36.
  • Revised version reprinted in Albanese, P. J. (Ed.) (1988). Psychological Foundations of Economic Behavior, New York, NY: Praeger.
  • Revised version reprinted in Kets de Vries, M. (Ed.) (1991). Organizations on the Couch: Clinical Perspectives on Organizational Behavior and Change, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Miller, D. & Friesen, P. H. (1986). Porter’s (1980) Generic Strategies and Performance: An Empirical Examination with American Data. Part I: Testing PorterOrganization Studies 7(1): 37-55.

Friesen, P. H. & Miller, D. (1986). A Mathematical Model of the Adaptive Behaviour of OrganizationsJournal of Management Studies 23(1): 1-25.

Kets de Vries, M. F. R. & Miller, D. (1985). Narcissism and Leadership: An Object Relations PerspectiveHuman Relations 38(6): 583-601.

  • Reprinted as ‘Narcisismo e liderança: uma perspectiva de relações de objetos’, RAE-Revista de Administração de Empresas, 2014, 30(3) : 5-16.

Miller, D., Toulouse, J.-M. & Belanger, N. (1985). Top Executive Personality and Corporate Strategy: Three Tentative Types, in Lamb, R. & Shrivastava, P (Eds.). Advances in strategic management: a research annual, Volume 4, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 223-232.

Miller, D. (1984). Critique and comment. The concept of revolutionary change: Rejoinder to RamaprasadBehavioral Science 29(4): 274-275.

Miller, D. & Friesen, P. H. (1984). A Longitudinal Study of the Corporate Life CycleManagement Science 30(10): 1161-1183.

Kets de Vries, M. F. R. & Miller, D. (1984). Group Fantasies and Organizational FunctioningHuman Relations 37(2): 111-134.

Kets de Vries, M. F. R., Miller, D., Toulouse, J.-M., Friesen, P. H., Boisvert, M. & Theriault, R. (1984). Using the life cycle to anticipate satisfaction at workJournal of Forecasting 3(2): 161-172.

Kets de Vries, M. F. R. & Miller, D. (1984). Neurotic style and organizational pathologyStrategic Management Journal 5(1): 35-55.

Miller, D. & Friesen, P. H. (1983). Successful and Unsuccessful Phases of the Corporate Life CycleOrganization Studies 4(4): 339-356.

  • Reprinted in Cameron, K. S., Sutton, R. I. & Whetten, D. A. (Eds.) (1988). Organizational Decline: Frameworks, Research, and Prescriptions, New York, NY: Ballinger.

Miller, D. & Friesen, P. H. (1983). Strategy-making and environment: The third linkStrategic Management Journal 4(3): 221-235.

Miller, D. & Mintzberg, H. (1983). The Case for Configuration, in Morgan, G. (Ed.). Beyond Method: Strategies for Social Research, Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 57-73.

Miller, D. (1983). The Correlates of Entrepreneurship in Three Types of FirmsManagement Science 29(7): 770-791.

  • Reprinted in Zahra, S. (Ed.) (2005). Corporate Entrepreneurship, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
  • Reprinted in Landstrom, H. & Lohrke, F. T. (Eds.) (2011). Intellectual Roots of Entrepreneurship Research, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Friesen, P. H. & Miller, D. (1983). Annual Inequality and Lifetime InequalityQuarterly Journal of Economics 98(1): 139-155.

Miler, D. & Friesen, P. H. (1982). Structural Change and Performance: Quantum versus Piecemeal-Incremental ApproachesAcademy of Management Journal 25(4): 867-892.

Miller, D. & Friesen, P. H. (1982). The Longitudinal Analysis of Organizations: A Methodological PerspectiveManagement Science 28(9): 1013-1034.

Miller, D. (1982). Evolution and Revolution: A Quantum View of Structural Change in OrganizationsJournal of Management Studies 19(2): 131-151.

Miller, D. & Friesen, P. H. (1982). Innovation in conservative and entrepreneurial firms: Two models of strategic momentumStrategic Management Journal 3(1): 1-25.

  • Reprinted in Livesay, H. C. (Ed.) (1994). Entrepreneurship and the Growth of Firms, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Miller, D., Kets de Vries, M. F. R. & Toulouse, J.-M. (1982). Top Executive Locus of Control and Its Relationship to Strategy-Making, Structure, and EnvironmentAcademy of Management Journal 25(2): 237-253.

  • Listed in 1996 as one of the 10 most cited papers in the 40 year history of AMJ.

Miller, D. (1981). Toward a New Contingency Approach:  The Search for Organizational GestaltsJournal of Management Studies 18(1): 1-26.

Miller, D. & Friesen, P. H. (1980). Momentum and Revolution in Organizational AdaptationAcademy of Management Journal 23(4): 591-614.

  • Listed in 1996 as one of the 10 most cited papers in the 40 year history of AMJ.

Miller, D. & Friesen, P. H. (1980). Archetypes of Organizational TransitionAdministrative Science Quarterly 25(2): 268-299.

Armstrong, D. E., Friesen, P. H. & Miller, D. (1979). Income Distribution in Canada: A Reply to Needleman and SheddCanadian Public Policy 5(4): 510-517.

Miller, D. (1979). Strategy, Structure and Environment: Context Influences upon Some Bivariate AssociationsJournal of Management Studies 16(3): 294-316.

Miller, D. (1978). The Role of Multivariate “Q-Techniques” in the Study of OrganizationsAcademy of Management Review 3(3): 515-531.

Miller, D. & Friesen, P. H. (1979). Archetypes of Strategy FormulationManagement Science 24(9): 921-933.

  • Reprinted in Sviluppo e Organizzazione, October 1979.

Miller, D. (1977). Common syndromes of business failureBusiness Horizons 20(6): 43-53.

  • Reprinted in Bedrifts Okonomen, January 1979.

Armstrong, D. E., Friesen, P. H. & Miller, D. (1977). The Measurement of Income Distribution in Canada: Some Problems and Some Tentative DataCanadian Public Policy 3(4): 479-488.

Miller, D. & Friesen, P. H. (1977). Strategy-Making in Context: Ten Empirical ArchetypesJournal of Management Studies 14(3): 253-280.

Gordon, L. A. & Miller, D. (1976). A contingency framework for the design of accounting information systemsAccounting, Organizations and Society 1(1): 59-69.

Miller, D. & Gordon, L. A. (1975). Conceptual Levels and the Design of Accounting Information SystemsDecision Sciences 6(2): 259-269.