Kevin Levillain

Assistant Professor at MINES ParisTech – PSL University

Center for Management Science – i3 UMR CNRS 9217

PhD in Management Science from MINES ParisTech, 2011-2015

Les entreprises à mission : un modèle de gouvernance pour explorer l’inconnu

(Mission-Driven Companies: a governance model for innovative collectives)

Graduated from MINES ParisTech (Civil Engineer), 2007-2010

Titles and Positions

• Co-chair of the research and teaching Chair Theory of the Enterprise (Models of governance and collective creation).
• Member of the teaching and research Chair Design Theory and Methods for Innovative design.
• Scientific coordinator of the research project PURPOSE, "Emergence, Conditions and Management of Purpose-Driven Companies" funded by ANR.
• Co-chair of the standing track "Rethinking the responsible corporation", EURAM 2019 & 2020 (SIGs Business for Society & Corporate Governance)

Research areas and interests

• Theory and models of the innovative enterprise and its governance
• History and recent evolutions of corporate law and corporate purpose
• Purpose-driven companies, Hybrid organizations, Impact Investing

Awards

• "Livre RH" award 2019 from Le Monde, Syntec and SciencesPo for the book "La Mission de l'Entreprise Responsable" (2018, dir. B. Segrestin, K. Levillain)
• Best Research Book in Management Science Award from the FNEGE, 2018 and from Consult’in France 2018 for the book “Les Entreprises à Mission”.
• Best PhD Thesis in Management Science Award for Publication of the FNEGE, 2016
• Best Paper Award of the Business for Society SIG at EURAM conference, 2015 in Warsaw for the paper « Renewing the debate on the purpose of the corporation: A purpose-driven model of the corporation », K. Levillain, B. Segrestin, A. Hatchuel

Teaching Activities

• Co-head of the course “Governement of the Enterprise”, common basis curriculum – MINES ParisTech (3^rd year)
• Co-head of the course “New Enterprises and Responsible Innovation” – MINES ParisTech (2^nd & 3^rd year), Dauphine University (masters 101 & MTI)
• Co-head of the "New Product Development & Innovation" courses for Engineers, PhD students and continuous training (MINES ParisTech, PSL)
• “Innovation & Responsibility: new theory of the firm” for the Executive MBA – Paris Dauphine, UQAM
• Involved in the Engineering Design and Innovation Curriculum at MINES ParisTech
• Statistics and models for decision theory – MINES ParisTech (2^nd year)
• Management & Industrial Enterprises – Work internship – MINES ParisTech (1^st year)