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2026

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Business and Management

D-Index
87
Citations
61572
World Ranking
106
National Ranking
53

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2017 - Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award, American Sociological Association
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2000 - Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Mentor Award, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Mentor Award, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Mentor Award, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management

Overview

Howard E Aldrich is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with specific emphasis on Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Accounting. Additional subfields include Sociology and Political Science as well as Business and International Management.

Their work explores core topics such as Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Family Business Performance and Succession, Corporate Finance and Governance, Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy, Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, Private Equity and Venture Capital, and Management and Organizational Studies.

Howard E Aldrich has published frequently in venues such as Entrepreneurship Research Journal, Academy of Management Proceedings, and Journal of Family Business Strategy. Other notable publication venues include Journal of Management Inquiry and Organization Science.

Selected recent papers authored by Howard E Aldrich include:

  • "Embedded but not asleep: Entrepreneurship and family business research in the 21st century," 2021, Journal of Family Business Strategy
  • "Entrepreneurship in family firms: What's next? Multilevel embeddedness and individuals' cognition," 2023, Journal of Family Business Strategy

The scientist has collaborated frequently with coauthors including Giovanna Campopiano, Rania Labaki, Thomas S. Lyons, Boca Raton, and Michael Mustafa.

Howard E Aldrich has received multiple awards such as the Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award from the American Sociological Association in 2017, Fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012, the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research from the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum in 2000, as well as recognition as Dean of Fellow at the Academy of Management and Mentor Award from the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management.

Best Publications

  • Organizations and Environments

    Howard E Aldrich

  • Fools Rush in? The Institutional Context of Industry Creation

    Howard E. Aldrich;C. Marlene Fiol

  • Entrepreneurship Through Social Networks

    C. Zimmer;Howard Aldrich

  • Environments of Organizations

    and H E Aldrich;J Pfeffer

  • The pervasive effects of family on entrepreneurship: toward a family embeddedness perspective

    Howard E Aldrich;Jennifer E Cliff

  • Even Dwarfs Started Small: Liabilities of Age and Size and Their Strategic Implications

    Howard E Aldrich;Ellen Auster

  • Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship

    Howard E Aldrich;Roger D Waldinger

  • Boundary Spanning Roles and Organization Structure

    Howard E Aldrich;Diane Herker

  • Entrepreneurship Through Social Networks

    Howard E. Aldrich;Catherine Zimmer

  • Fools Rush in? The Institutional Context of Industry Creation

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  • Personal and Extended Networks Are Central to the Entrepreneurial Process

    Paola Dubini;Howard E Aldrich

  • Ethnic Entrepreneurs: Immigrant Business in Industrial Societies

    Howard E Aldrich;Roger D Waldinger

  • The Structure of Founding Teams: Homophily, Strong Ties, and Isolation among U.S. Entrepreneurs

    Martin Ruef;Howard E. Aldrich;Nancy M. Carter

  • Organizations Evolving

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  • Many are Called, but Few are Chosen: An Evolutionary Perspective for the Study of Entrepreneurship

    Howard E. Aldrich;Martha Argelia Martinez

  • Family Matters: Gender, Networks, and Entrepreneurial Outcomes

    Linda A. Renzulli;Howard Aldrich;James Moody

  • Organization-Sets, Action-Sets, and Networks: Making the Most of Simplicity

    Howard E Aldrich;David Whetten

  • Access (Not) Denied: The Impact of Financial, Human, and Cultural Capital on Entrepreneurial Entryin the United States

    Phillip H. Kim;Howard E. Aldrich;Lisa A. Keister

  • Women on the verge of a breakthrough:networking among entrepreneurs in the United States and Italy

    Howard E Aldrich;Pat Ray Reese;Paola Dubini

  • From Traits to Rates: An Ecological Perspective on Organizational Foundings

    Howard E Aldrich;Gabriele Wiedenmayer

  • Populations, natural selection, and applied organizational science.

    Bill McKelvey;Howard Aldrich

  • Networking Among Women Entrepreneurs

    Howard E Aldrich

  • Many are Called, but Few are Chosen: An Evolutionary Perspective for the Study of Entrepreneurship

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Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine Zimmer
Catherine Zimmer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ted Baker
Ted Baker Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Roger Waldinger
Roger Waldinger University of California, Los Angeles
Johan Wiklund
Johan Wiklund Syracuse University
Peter V. Marsden
Peter V. Marsden Harvard University
David A. Whetten
David A. Whetten Brigham Young University
Dean A. Shepherd
Dean A. Shepherd University of Notre Dame
Trevor Jones
Trevor Jones Cardiff University
Noah E. Friedkin
Noah E. Friedkin University of California, Santa Barbara
Glenna Spitze
Glenna Spitze University at Albany, State University of New York

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