Ruth Aguilera

Ruth V. Aguilera is an Associate Professor in the Department of Business Administration at the College of Business and Fellow at the Center for Professional Responsibility in Business and Society at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She also holds courtesy appointments at the School of Labor and Employment Relations, the Department of Sociology and the College of Law at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received a Graduate Diploma in Business Analysis from the University of Lancaster (1990), a Licenciatura in Economics (1992) from the University of Barcelona, and M.A. (1996) and Ph.D. (1999) degrees in Sociology from Harvard University.

Professor Aguilera specializes in corporate governance, organizational theory, and historical comparative methods. Her research interests lie in the intersection of economic sociology and international management. She has spent considerable time conducting research at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) in Berlin, the Università Luigi Bocconi in Milan, the Juan March Institute in Madrid, and the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI-MITI) in Tokyo. more on Biographical Sketch

Professor Aguilera's CV (October 2008)

Short bio:

Ruth V. Aguilera is an Associate Professor and a Fellow at the Center for Professional Responsibility for Business and Society at the College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She also holds courtesy appointments at the School of Labor and Employment Relations, the College of Law and the Department of Sociology at Illinois. She received her Masters and PhD in Sociology from Harvard University. Her research interests fall at the intersection of economic sociology and international business, specifically in the fields of comparative corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. She has co-edited a book with Prof. Federowicz entitled Corporate Governance in a Changing Economic and Political Environment. (Palgrave McMillan, 2004), and published articles in academic journals such Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies, and Organization Science.

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Contact Information:

Phone: 217 - 333 7090
Fax: 217 - 244 7969
Email: ruth-agu@uiuc.edu

Mailing Address:
College of Business
University of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign
350 Wohlers Hall
1206 S. Sixth St.
Champaign, IL 61820

I am an Associate Editor at Corporate Governance: An International Review (Oct 2009-)

I serve on the Editorial Boards of the following journals:

Academy of Management Review (2005-2008)

Academy of Management Perspectives (2008-2011)

Corporate Governance: An International Review (2007-2009)

Journal of International Business Studies (2005-2010)

Organization Studies (2003-)

Strategic Management Journal (2008-)