PUBLICATIONS

PUBLISHED AND FORTHCOMING PAPERS

36. Aguilera, R. V. and Williams, C. A. (forthcoming) “Law and Finance: Inaccurate, Incomplete, and Important.” BYU Law Review.

35. Bucheli M. and Aguilera R.V. (forthcoming) “Political Survival, Energy Policies, and Multinational Corporations: A Historical Study for Standard Oil of New Jersey in Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela in the Twentieth Century” Management International Review. Download paper

34. Rupp, D. E., Williams, C., Aguilera, R. (in press). Increasing Corporate Social Responsibility through Stakeholder Value Internalization (and the Catalyzing Effect of New Governance): An Application of Organizational Justice, Self-Determination, and Social Influence Theories, In M. Schminke (Ed.). Managerial Ethics: Managing the Psychology of Morality. Routledge/Psychology Press. Download paper

33. Vadera, A. K., R.V. Aguilera, and B. Caza (2009). “Making sense of whistle-blowing’s antecedents: Learning from research on identity and ethics programs,” Business Ethics Quarterly, 19(4): 553-587. Download paper

32.  Aguilera, R. V. and Cuervo-Cazurra, A. (2009) "Codes of Good Governance." Corporate Governance: An International Review, 17 (3): 376-387.  Download paper

31.  Aguilera, R. V., Filatotchev, I, Gospel, H, and Jackson, G. (2008) “Contingencies, Complementarities, and Costs in Corporate Governance Models.” Organization Science, 19 (3): 475-492.  Download paper

30.  Li, Y. and Aguilera, R. V. (2008) “Target Director Turnover in Acquisitions. A Conceptual Framework." Corporate Governance: An International Review, 16 (6): 492-503.  Download paper

29. Aguilera, R. V., Cuervo-Cazurra, A., and Kim, S. (in press). Taking Stock of Research on Codes of Good Governance. F. Lopez Iturriaga (Ed.) Codes of Corporate Governance Around the World. New York Nova Publications. Download paper.

28.  Aguilera, R. V. (2009) "A Comparative Analysis of Corporate Governance Systems in Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela." In Robert McGee, Ed. Corporate Governance in Developing Countries. New York: Springer. Pp. 151-172. download paper.

27.  Choi, S and Aguilera, R.V. (2009) “A Comparative Analysis of CSR in Japan and Korea from a Multiple Stakeholders' Perspectives.” In Christine Mallin (Ed.), Corporate Social Responsibility: A Case Study Approach. New York: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. Pp. 123-147. Download paper

26.  Vadera, A. and Aguilera, R. V. (2009) “The Role of IHRM in the Formulation and Implementation of Ethics Programs in Multinational Enterprises.” In Paul R. Sparrow (Ed.), Handbook of International Human Resource Management. Integrating People, Process and Context.  Oxford: Blackwell. Pp. 413-438.

25.  Jeong, D. Y. and R. V. Aguilera. (2008) “The Evolution of Enterprise Unionism in Japan: A Socio-Political Perspective.”  British Journal of Industrial Relations, 46(1): 98-132.  Download paper.

24.  Vaaler, P., James, B., and Aguilera, R.V. (2008) "Risk and Capital Structure in Asian Project Finance." Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 25(1): 25-50.  Download pdf veresion

23.  Aguilera, R.V. and A. K. Vadera (2008) "The Dark Side of Authority: Antecedents, Mechanisms, and Outcomes of Organizational Corruption." Journal of Business Ethics, 77 (4): 431-449. Download paper.

22.  Flores, R., and R. V. Aguilera. (2007) “Globalization and Location Choice: An Analysis of U.S. Multinational Firms in 1980 and 2000.” Journal of International Business Studies, 38(7): 1187-1210.  Download paper.

21.  Aguilera, R.V. (2007) “Translating Theoretical Logics across Borders: Organizational Characteristics, Structural Mechanisms and Contextual Factors in International Alliances.” Journal of International Business Studies, 38, 38-46.  Download pdf version

20.  Vaaler, P., Aguilera, R.V., Flores, R. G. (2007) “Simulated Annealing and the Impact of Country Regional Groupings on US Multinational Corporate Investment Decisions.”  Pp. 161-190 in David J. Ketchen and Donald D. Bergh, Research Methodology in Strategy and Management.  Amsterdam: Elsevier. Download pdf version

19.  Williams, C.A. and Aguilera, R.V. (2008) “Corporate Social Responsibility in Comparative Perspective.” Pp. 452-472 in A. Crane, A. McWilliams, D. Matten, J. Moon and D. Siegel (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility.Oxford: Oxford University Press. Download paper.

18.  Aguilera, R.V., Dencker, J.D., and Z. Yalabik (2008) “Institutions and Organizational Socialization: Integrating Employees in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions.” In A. Y. Lewin, S. T. Cavusgil, G. T. M. Hult and D. Griffith (Eds.) Thought Leadership in Advancing International Business Research, pp: 153-189. London: Palgrave McMillan. Download Adobe pdf version of paper

17.  Aguilera, R.V., Flores, R., and Vaaler, P. (2007) “Is it all a Matter of Grouping? Examining the Regional Effect in International Business and Global Strategy Research.  Pp. 209-228 in Steven Tallman, International Strategic Management: A New Generation. Northampton, MA:  Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. Download pdf version.

16.  Aguilera, R.V., D. Rupp, C. Williams, and J. Ganapathi. (2007). "Putting the S Back in CSR: A Multi-level Theory of Social Change in Organizations." Academy of Management Review, 32 (3): 836-863.  Download paper.

• Best Paper Prize, Center for Corporate Governance Research, 3^rd International Conference on Corporate Governance, University of Birmingham and Blackwell Publishing.
  

14.  Rupp, D., J. Ganapathi, R.V. Aguilera, and C. Williams. (2006) "Employee Reactions to Corporate Social Responsibility: An organizational Justice Framework," Journal of Organizational Behavior. Download Adobe pdf version of paper

13.  Aguilera, R. V. (2005) "Internationalizing Economic Sociology." Accounts. Download Adobe pdf version of paper

11.  Aguilera, R. V. (2005) "Corporate Governance" In J. Beckert and M. Zafirovski, International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology. London: Routledge. Download Adobe pdf version

9.  Krug, J. and Aguilera, R.V. (2005) "Top Management Team Effects in Cross-border Acquisitions" Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions, 4: 123-152. Download Adobe pdf version of paper

7.  Aguilera, R.V. (2005) "Corporate Governance and Labor Relations: Spain in the European Context." In A. Pendleton and H. Gospel (Eds.), Corporate Governance and Labour Management: An International Perspective, pp.197-225. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Download Adobe pdf version of paper

5.  Aguilera, R.V. and Dencker, J.C. (2004) "The Role of Human Resource Management in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions." International Journal of Human Resource Management, 15(8): 1355-1370. Download Adobe pdf version of paper

3.  Aguilera, R.V. and Jackson, G. (2003) "The Cross-National Diversity of Corporate Governance: Dimensions and Determinants." Academy of Management Review, 28(3): 447-465. Download Adobe pdf version of paper

2.  Aguilera, R.V. and G. Jackson (2002) "Hybridization and Heterogeneity Across National Models of Corporate Governance" Economic Sociology, 3 (2): 17-26. Download Adobe pdf version of paper

1.  Aguilera, R. V. (1998) "Directorship Interlocks in Comparative Perspective: The Case of Spain." European Sociological Review, 14(4): 319-342. Download Adobe pdf version of paper

WORKING PAPERS

[Please contact me if you need the "latest" version]

• Aguilera, R.V., J. C. Dencker, and X. Escandell. (2008) “Left at the Altar? A Relational View of Mergers and Acquisition Announcements in the 1990s.” REVISED VERSION!

• Jackson, G. and R.V. Aguilera. “Some Determinants of Diversity on Cross-National Corporate Ownership: A Fuzzy Sets Approach.” RIETI, Tokyo Working Paper. UNDER RE-CONSTRUCTION!!! NEW VERSION SOON.

• Global Banks as Global Sustainability Regulators:  the Equator Principles (with Cynthia A. Williams, Peer Zumbansen, Poonam Puri, Deborah Rupp, and John Conley), November 2007.

• Aguilera, R.V. “National State Differences and Patterns of Directorship Interlocks: A Comparative Study of Italy and Spain.”

• Aguilera, R. V. and G. Yip. “An Institutional Model of Corporate Governance Systems and Multinational Globalization."

• Aguilera, R. V. and G. Yip. “Corporate Governance and Global Strategy.”

• Kim, N., Broschak, J. and Aguilera, R.V. “Taking Stock on the Embeddedness: A Systematic Review of the Evolution of the Construct.”

• Rupp, D. E., Ganapathi, J., Aguilera, R. V., and Williams, C. A. “The Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility on Employee Attitudes and Behaviors: The Mediating Role of Social Exchange.”

• Aguilera, R.V. and M. Bucheli. (2007) “A Comparative Analysis of Corporate Governance Systems in Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela.”

• Rialp, J., R. V. Aguilera, and B. Simonin. “The Establishment of Collaboration Agreements: Determinants of the Consequence on Firm Valuation.”

• Aguilera, R. V. “Who Goes and Who Stays? An Empirical Analysis of Director Turnover in Acquired Firms.”

• Cuervo-Cazurra, A. and R. V. Aguilera. “The Speed of Cross-Country Transfer of Best Practices.”

NEW RESEARCH PROJECTS (data collection and analysis stage)

Fuzzy Sets: Comparative Cross-National Analysis:

Aguilera, R.V. and Jeong, D. Y. “Enterprise Unionism in Latin America?: A Comparative Study of Six Latin American Countries”

White-Collar Crime and Corporate Governance:

Vadera, A. and R.V. Aguilera. (2008). “Language and Institutionalization of Practices: Usage of White-collar Crime, 1939-2002.”  

Vadera, A. and R.V. Aguilera, B. Caza (2008) “Whistle-blowing as positive deviance:  A review and research agenda” under review at Business Ethics Quarterly.

International Embeddedness:

         Aguilera, R. V., and Broschak, J. “Cross-national Study of Embeddedness: An Empirical Study of International Advertising Agencies.”

Country Groupings in International Business Research:

Vaaler, P., R.V. Aguilera and R. Flores. “Regional Effects on Country Attractiveness for MNC Investment: A Simulated Annealing Perspective.”

Location Choice of International Joint Ventures:

Aguilera, R., Dencker, J., and R. Flores. “Globalization and the Over Time Changes in the Partner Choices of U.S. International Joint Ventures.”

Corporate Governance in China and India:

         Aguilera, R. V., “A Comparative Historical Analysis of Corporate Governance in China and India.”

      Search Ruth V. Aguilera's working papers on Social Science Research Network.

     You can also find Ruth V. Aguilera's working papers on College of Business Working Papers page.

BOOK REVIEWS

Aguilera, R. V. (2006) “Local Players in Global Games. The Strategic Constitution of a Multinational Corporation” by P. H. Kristensen and J. Zeitlin. Administrative Science Quarterly.

Aguilera, R. V. (2002) “The Architecture of Markets. An Economic Sociology of Twenty-First-Century Capitalist Societies” by N. Fligstein. Academy of Management Review, 27(2): 304-306.

Aguilera, R. V. (1998) "Banking on Privilege: The Politics of Spanish Financial Reform" by S. Pérez. Contemporary Sociology, 27(6): 599-600.

Aguilera-Vaqués, R. (1992) "The Organizational State: Social Choice in National Policy Domains" by E.O. Laumann and D. Knoke. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 59: 329-343.

Aguilera-Vaqués, R. (1991) "The AIDS Disaster: The Failure of Organizations in New York and the Nation" by Ch. Perrow and M. Guillén. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 53: 246-255.

* My first refereed publication when I was an undergraduate at the School of Economics at Universitat de Barcelona:

Aguilera-Vaqués, R. (1992) "Para una Sociología del Racismo: Análisis Comparativo de

las Pautas de Matrimonio entre las Personas de Raza Blanca y Negra." Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 60:47-61. ["Towards a Sociology of Racism: Comparative Analysis of Marriage Patterns among Whites and Blacks in the U.S. and the U.K."]

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