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Julien BILLION

Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Professeur permanent

Presentation

Biography

Julien Billion began his career in the social sector as a specialized educator before moving into academia. He holds a PhD in Sociology from EHESS, a PhD in Management from Institut Polytechnique de Paris, and a Habilitation to Supervise Doctoral Research in Management from Institut Polytechnique de Paris. He is Professor of Management at 91影视破解版 Business School, researcher at the CEREFIGE research center at the University of Lorraine, and Founder and Chairholder of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Social Impact and Public Policy (IESIPP) Chair. His research focuses on social innovation and social entrepreneurship and is disseminated through peer-reviewed academic publications, practitioner-oriented outlets, books, and documentary films.

Degrees and Training

Year Title Institution Country
2023 Habilitation in Management Sciences Polytechnic Institute of Paris
2022 PhD in Management Sciences Polytechnic Institute of Paris
2012 PhD in Sociology EHESS

Courses Taught

Year Title Country Institution
2021 Professor-Researcher France ISC Paris Business School
2018 Lecturer France EMLV Business School
2018 Lecturer France ESSCA
2018 Lecturer France ISTEC – Ecole Sup茅rieure de Commerce et Marketing
2018 Lecturer France IGS

Research Interests

  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Publications

Year Type Reference
2026 Journal article BILLION, J., J. RENOUF, C. DOUSSARD, J. LABBE, “鈥淚 have someone who takes care of me.鈥� Social and economic capital of entrepreneurs with disabilities”, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, January 2026, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 343鈥�360
2026 Journal article BILLION, J., J. J脡R脡MIE RENOUF, C. DOUSSARD, J. LABBE, “Designing Support Systems That Empower Entrepreneurs with Disabilities”, The European Business Review, January 2026
2026 Journal article BILLION, J., LEJEALLE, C., DOUSSARD, C., & DUCHAMP, D. (2026). Case study narrative: Is Business Creation Different for Disabled Entrepreneurs? International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies, 16. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTCS.2026.153076
2026 Journal article BILLION, J. (2026, May). Youth Homelessness Beyond Housing: Integrating Education and Employment Policy Pathways. The European Business Review. https://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/youth-homelessness-beyond-housing-integrating-education-and-employment-policy-pathways/
2026 Journal article BILLION, J. (2026, June). For Some Homeless Youth, Family Was Never a Safety Net. Observatoire Action Soci茅tale Action Publique. https://observatoire-asap.org/index.php/2026/06/12/for-some-homeless-youth-family-was-never-a-safety-net/
2026 Journal article BILLION, J. (2026, June). Four years alongside young people experiencing homelessness in Paris and NYC. HEC stories. https://hecstories.fr/en/julien-billion-e-17-quatre-annees-aupres-de-jeunes-sdf-a-paris-et-a-new-york/
2026 Book BILLION, J., Narratives of Youth Homelessness. Stories from Paris and New York., Routledge, Abingdon-on-Thames, 2026
2026 Communications in an Academical or Professional conference BILLION, J., C. DOUSSARD, “Histoires et territoires d鈥檈ntrepreneurs en situation de handicap.” in Ascencia business school, 2026, Puteaux
2025 Journal article BILLION, J., “De l’innovation sociale 脿 l’innovation inclusive”, The conversation, March 2025
2025 Journal article BILLION, J., “Evolution de l’innovation sociale vers une approche inclusive de l’innovation”, Observatoire Action Soci茅tale Action Publique, April 2025
2025 Journal article BILLION, J., C. CHRISTEL TESSIER-DARGENT, J. J脡R脡MIE RENOUF, “Exploring the determinants of business sector choice among entrepreneurs with disabilities”, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, August 2025
2025 Journal article BILLION, J., C. TESSIER DARGENT, J. RENOUF, “Unlocking Potential: Supporting Entrepreneurs with Disabilities”, The European Business Review, October 2025
2025 Journal article BILLION, J., “Mobile incubator: a social innovation making entrepreneurship accessible”, Polytechnique insights, November 2025
2025 Journal article TESSIER-DARGENT , C., J. BILLION, “Unveiling the Interactions between Individual, Entrepreneurial and Organizational Resilience of Entrepreneurs with Disabilities”, Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, December 2025, vol. 80, no. 1
2025 Journal article BILLION, J., RIOT, E., JONATHAN LABB脡, J., & TESSIER-DARGENT , C. (2025). 鈥淚 will have my own place.鈥� The entrepreneurial intentions of young people experiencing homelessness in Paris and New York. International Review of Entrepreneurship, 23(2), 145-170. https://diamondirelandpress.ie/index.php/ire/article/view/3490
2025 Communications in an Academical or Professional conference BILLION, J., C. DOUSSARD, “鈥淚l faut 锚tre audacieux.鈥� Histoires et territoires d鈥檈ntrepreneurs en situation de handicap.” in Association Florimont, 2025, Paris
2025 Communications in an Academical or Professional conference SOL脠NE JUTEAU, C. QU脡RO, J. BILLION, “Des-innovation(s): avanc茅es et inerties des dispositifs innovants pour l’accessibilit茅 des personnes en situation de handicap” in AIM, 2025, Lyon, France
2025 Communications in an Academical or Professional conference CAROLE BATAILLARD, C., S. SHIVA TAGHAVI, J. BILLION, “Rebalancing Cognitive Frames for Sustainability: Lessons from Rowing.” in AOM, 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark
2025 Interview, debate, Broadcast BILLION, J. – “Pour l’innovation inclusive dans le contexte des handicaps” – 2025, HEC stories, Paris, France
2025 Interview, debate, Broadcast BILLION, J. – “Pour la cr茅ation d’incubateurs inclusifs.” – 2025, Les Echos.fr, Paris, France
2025 Interview, debate, Broadcast BILLION, J. – “Et si le Qu茅bec s鈥檌nspirait de la France pour soutenir les entrepreneurs en situation de handicap? Kim Auclair” – 2025, Les affaires
2025 Interview, debate, Broadcast BILLION, J. – “Table ronde sur le travail ind茅pendant et le handicap. Journ茅e mondiale de la neurodiversit茅.” – 2025, INSEI, Suresnes
2024 Journal article DOUSSARD, C., E. GARBE, J. MORALES, J. BILLION, “Universal Design for the Workplace: Ethical Considerations Regarding the Inclusion of Workers with Disabilities.”, Journal of Business Ethics, January 2024
2024 Journal article BILLION, J., J.-M. SAHUT, C. DOUSSARD, R. DANG, “Qu’apporte l’茅tude des entrepreneurs en situation de handicap 脿 la litt茅rature entrepreneuriale? Une revue syst茅matique de la litt茅rature.”, Management International, February 2024, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 80鈥�91
2024 Journal article LEJEALLE, C., J. BILLION, “Somehow I made it a force鈥�. How a disabled entrepreneur leveraged his self-identity in the workplace as a competitive advantage?”, International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies, March 2024, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 240-255
2024 Journal article BILLION, J., C. LEJEALLE, O. FOURNOUT, C. DOUSSARD, “My disability is something we use as a strength.鈥� Hero or not hero: revisiting critical studies about entrepreneurship.”, International Review of Entrepreneurship, November 2024, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 111-134
2024 Book BILLION, J., Handicaps. De l鈥檌nnovation sociale 脿 l鈥檌nnovation inclusive., INSEI Editions, Suresnes, France, 2024
2024 Communications in an Academical or Professional conference BILLION, J., J. RENOUF, C. TESSIER-DARGENT, S. MOHAND-AMAR, “Unconventional Entrepreneurship as a Path to Empowerment: The Case of Entrepreneurs with Down Syndrome in the United States.” in 40th EGOS colloquium (European Group for Organizational Studies), 2024, Milan, Italy
2024 Communications in an Academical or Professional conference TESSIER-DARGENT , C., J. BILLION, “Mod茅liser les interactions entre r茅siliences individuelle, entrepreneuriale et organisationnelle : le cas des micro-entrepreneurs en situation de handicap” in CIFEPME, 17猫me Congr猫s International Francophone en Entrepreneuriat et PME, 2024, Qu茅bec, Canada
2024 Communications in an Academical or Professional conference RENOUF, J., J. BILLION, C. TESSIER-DARGENT, “Parent-Child Relationship in Family Businesses: Supporting Entrepreneurs with Down Syndrome” in RENT conference, The Multiple Faces of Entrepreneurship, 2024, Nantes, France
2024 Communications in an Academical or Professional conference QU脡RO , C., E. LOMBARDO, J. BILLION, “Technologies 4.0 : un mod猫le d鈥檃utonomie pour l鈥檃m茅lioration du bien-锚tre des personnes en situation de handicap” in 鈥楧isruptive Technologies & Healthcare鈥�, DTA conf茅rence, 2024, Clichy
2024 Interview, debate, Broadcast BILLION, J. – “La v茅rit茅 sur le handicap et l鈥檈ntrepreneuriat” – 2024, Entreprendre, Paris, France
2023 Journal article DOUSSARD, C., J. BILLION, J. RENOUF, S. BUREAU, “Barefoot entrepreneurs trapped in liminal spaces: the case of homeless youths in New York City”, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, July 2023, vol. 35, no. 9-10, pp. 938-955
2023 Journal article BILLION, J., C. DOUSSARD, J. LABBE, “鈥淚t鈥檚 easier to make money.鈥� The homeless youth of Ch芒telet-les-Halles, an extreme case of disadvantaged entrepreneurs within the informal economy”, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, June 2023
2023 Journal article LEJEALLE, C., J. BILLION, “Ma production est aussi importante que celle d’un mec bien normal : construction identitaire d’un entrepreneur handicap茅.”, Recherches en Sciences de Gestion (anciennement Revue Sciences de Gestion), July 2023, vol. 2, no. 155, pp. 371-400
2023 Journal article BILLION, J., C. QUERO, A. VANCAELEMONT, “Je me suis cass茅.鈥� La th茅orie enracin茅e ou un regard port茅 sur la protection de l鈥檈nfance”, Gestion 2000, August 2023, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 269-278
2023 Journal article BILLION, J., C. LEJEALLE, “Understanding the success of a deaf-funder鈥檚 restaurant between food and empathy鈥檚 appeal: the case of 1001 signes.”, Journal of Information Technology – Teaching Cases, October 2023
2023 Journal article BILLION, J., E. PEYRARD, J. RENOUF, “Training students to inclusive innovation: what device and what implementation ?”, Entreprendre et innover, July 2023, vol. 2, no. 55, pp. 53-59
2023 Book BILLION, J., C. DOUSSARD, Il faut 锚tre audacieux. Histoires et territoires d鈥檈ntrepreneurs en situation de handicap., EMS Editions, France, 2023
2023 Interview, debate, Broadcast BILLION, J. – “Ce que les entrepreneurs ont 脿 apprendre des entrepreneurs en situation de handicap” – 2023, Xerfi Canal, Paris
2023 Interview, debate, Broadcast BILLION, J. – “”Handi-preneurs” : 锚tre audacieux pour entreprendre en 茅tant handicap茅” – 2023, Xerfi Canal, Paris
2023 Interview, debate, Broadcast BILLION, J. – “Entrepreneuriat & handicap” – 2023, B SMART, Paris, France
2022 Journal article QUERO, C., J. BILLION, A. VANCAELEMONT, “Ras-le-bol d鈥櫭猼re 脿 la rue. Mod猫le transth茅orique et parcours de ruptures de jeunes sans domicile en lien avec les offres des associations sociales.”, Management & Avenir, December 2022, vol. 6, no. 132, pp. 113-132
2022 Journal article QUERO, C., J. BILLION, S. CANEVET-LEHOUX, “Cr茅ation et destruction de valeur dans le cas des associations sociales en faveur des jeunes sans domicile.”, Revue Interdisciplinaire Management, Homme et Entreprise (RIMHE), March 2022, vol. 11, no. 47, pp. 79-89
2022 Journal article BILLION, J., C. QUERO, S. CANEVET-LEHOUX, K. KAIYM, “脡valuation du Business Model d鈥檜n 茅tablissement et service d’aide par le travail. Le cas de l鈥橢SAT D茅los Apei 78.”, Recherches en Sciences de Gestion (anciennement Revue Sciences de Gestion), January 2022, vol. 148, no. 1, pp. 243-273
2022 Journal article BILLION, J., “鈥淒茅j脿 2 ans 脿 mon compte.鈥� Histoire d鈥檜n jeune sans domicile r锚veur et entrepreneur.”, Management et Sciences Sociales, February 2022, vol. 1, no. 32, pp. 96-107
2021 Journal article BILLION, J., “La th茅orie de l鈥檈ffectuation. Une th茅orie entrepreneuriale mise 脿 l鈥櫭﹑reuve dans le cadre d鈥檈ntreprises 脿 destination de jeunes sans domicile”, Recherches en Sciences de Gestion (anciennement Revue Sciences de Gestion), 2021
2021 Journal article BILLION, J., “ly me up, un projet de cr茅ation d鈥檈ntreprise en faveur de l鈥檌nsertion professionnelle des jeunes sans domicile.”, Recherches en Sciences de Gestion (anciennement Revue Sciences de Gestion), 2021
2018 Book BILLION, J., Je ne dors pas 脿 la maison.鈥� Histoires de jeunes sans domicile 脿 Paris et 脿 New York., Champ social 茅ditions, Nimes, France, 2018