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Business and Management
USA
2026

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Business and Management

D-Index
141
Citations
123257
World Ranking
5
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - 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
  • 2022 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • Mentor Award, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management
  • 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow
  • Fellow of the Strategic Management Society
  • Mentor Award, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management
  • 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow
  • Fellow of the Strategic Management Society
  • Mentor Award, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management
  • 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow
  • Fellow of the Strategic Management Society

Overview

Michael A. Hitt is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Business, Management, and Accounting with a focus on several subfields including Strategy and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, Accounting, and Management Information Systems.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • International Business and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
  • Management and Organizational Studies
  • Family Business Performance and Succession
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Business Strategy and Innovation

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael A. Hitt are:

  • Strategic Management Theory in a Post-Pandemic and Non-Ergodic World, 2020, Journal of Management Studies
  • The (COVID-19) pandemic and the new world (dis)order, 2021, Journal of World Business

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Michael A. Hitt include:

  • Kai Xu
  • Jean-Luc Arrègle
  • R. Michael Holmes
  • David G. Sirmon
  • Abby Ghobadian

Their work has been published in venues such as:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Journal of Management
  • Journal of Management Studies
  • Journal of World Business
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Awards received by Michael A. Hitt include the Mentor Award from the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management, the 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow designation, and being named a Fellow of the Strategic Management Society.

Best Publications

  • Strategic Management: Concepts: Competitiveness and Globalization

    Robert E. Hoskisson;R. Duane Ireland;Michael A. Hitt

  • Managing Firm Resources in Dynamic Environments to Create Value: Looking Inside the Black Box

    David G. Sirmon;Michael A. Hitt;R. Duane Ireland

  • International Diversification: Effects on Innovation and Firm Performance in Product-Diversified Firms

    Michael A. Hitt;Robert E. Hoskisson;Hicheon Kim

  • International expansion by new venture firms: International diversity, mode of market entry, technological learning, and performance.

    Shaker A. Zahra;R. Duane Ireland;Michael A. Hitt

  • Managing Resources: Linking Unique Resources, Management, and Wealth Creation in Family Firms

    David G. Sirmon;Michael A. Hitt

  • Direct and Moderating Effects of Human Capital on Strategy and Performance in Professional Service Firms: A Resource-Based Perspective

    Michael A. Hitt;Leonard Bierman;Katsuhiko Shimizu;Rahul Kochhar

  • A Model of Strategic Entrepreneurship: The Construct and its Dimensions

    R. Duane Ireland;Michael A. Hitt;David G. Sirmon

  • Strategic entrepreneurship: entrepreneurial strategies for wealth creation

    Michael A. Hitt;R. Duane Ireland;S. Michael Camp;Donald L. Sexton

  • The Development of Organizational Social Capital: Attributes of Family Firms*

    Jean-Luc Arregle;Michael A. Hitt;David G. Sirmon;Philippe Very

  • Theory and research in strategic management: Swings of a pendulum:

    Robert E. Hoskisson;Michael A. Hitt;William P. Wan;Daphne Yiu

  • Partner Selection in Emerging and Developed Market Contexts: Resource-Based and Organizational Learning Perspectives

    Michael A. Hitt;M. Tina Dacin;Edward Levitas;Jean-Luc Arregle

  • Alliance Management as a Source of Competitive Advantage

    R. Duane Ireland;Michael A. Hitt;Deepa Vaidyanath

  • The new competitive landscape

    Richard A. Bettis;Michael A. Hitt

  • Resource Orchestration to Create Competitive Advantage Breadth, Depth, and Life Cycle Effects

    David G. Sirmon;Michael A. Hitt;R. Duane Ireland;Brett Anitra Gilbert

  • Corporate Political Strategy Formulation: A Model of Approach, Participation, and Strategy Decisions

    Amy J. Hillman;Michael A. Hitt

  • Navigating in the new competitive landscape: Building strategic flexibility and competitive advantage in the 21st century

    Michael A. Hitt;Barbara W. Keats;Samuel M. DeMarie

  • A Causal Model of Linkages Among Environmental Dimensions, Macro Organizational Characteristics, and Performance

    Barbara W. Keats;Michael A. Hitt

  • Achieving and maintaining strategic competitiveness in the 21st century: The role of strategic leadership

    R. Duane Ireland;Michael A. Hitt

  • Strategic decision models: Integrating different perspectives

    Michael A. Hitt;Beverly B. Tyler

  • The Market for Corporate Control and Firm Innovation

    Michael A. Hitt;Robert E. Hoskisson;Richard A. Johnson;Douglas D. Moesel

  • BOARD OF DIRECTOR INVOLVEMENT IN RESTRUCTURING: THE EFFECTS OF BOARD VERSUS MANAGERIAL CONTROLS

    Richard A. Johnson;Michael A. Hitt;Robert E. Hoskisson

Frequent Co-Authors

R. Duane Ireland
R. Duane Ireland Texas A&M University
Robert E. Hoskisson
Robert E. Hoskisson Rice University
David G. Sirmon
David G. Sirmon University of Washington
Jeffrey S. Harrison
Jeffrey S. Harrison University of Richmond
Justin W. Webb
Justin W. Webb University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Lorraine Eden
Lorraine Eden Texas A&M University
Laszlo Tihanyi
Laszlo Tihanyi Rice University
Francesco Chirico
Francesco Chirico Macquarie University
Abby Ghobadian
Abby Ghobadian University of Reading
Brian K. Boyd
Brian K. Boyd City University of Hong Kong

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