Ruth V. Aguilera
Ruth V. Aguilera
 
 
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Chair

Fred and Darla Brodsky Trustee Chair in Global Business

Ruth V. Aguilera earned the prestigious Chair by way of her commitment to global business education and research, said David Madigan, Provost and senior Vice President for academic affairs at Northeastern.

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Program Director

Bachelor of Science in International Business (BSIB)

D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University, Boston (2024 - )

#9

in U.S.-ranked undergraduate international business programs, U.S. News and World Report

 

Fellow

AOM fellowship gives Aguilera the ‘Triple Crown'

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Academy of International Business

Inducted in June 2016

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Strategic Management Society

Inducted in September 2018

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Academy of Management

Inducted in August 2022

International Corporate Governance Society

Inducted in October 2025

 
 
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Board of Directors

 

Awards

JMS Best Paper Award 2022

Stakeholder Governance for Responsible Innovation: Value Creation, Appropriation, and Distribution to Tackle Societal Grand Challenges, Journal of Management Studies. Bacq, S. and Aguilera, R.V. (2022).

ICGS Best Paper Award 2020

Our Board, Our Rules: Nonconformity to Global Corporate Governance Norms, Administrative Science Quarterly. Witt, M. A., Fainshmidt, S., and Aguilera, R. V. (2022).

Aguilera and Cuervo-Cazurra Named AIB Fellows

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Aguilera Earns Another Prestigious Fellowship

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D'Amore-McKim Faculty Among Best in the World

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Editorial Services

Journal of International Business Studies

Deputy Editor (September 2025 - )

Global Strategy Journal

Consulting Editor (2019 - )

 

Past Editorial Service

Journal of International Business Studies

Area Editor (March 2023 - September 2025)

Consulting Editor (April 2012 - March 2023)

Academy of Management Review

Associate Editor (August 2020 - August 2023)

Organization Science

Senior Editor (August 2014 - September 2021)

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Editor (October 2009 - July 2021)

Journal Special Issues

Journal of Management Studies, “Decentering Strategic Leadership and Governance Research: Insights from Diverse Institutional Landscapes,” with S. Asad, R. Floor, P. Heyden, S.H. Park, and D. Veltrop (2026 - ).

Journal of International Business Studies, “MNEs in the age of resilience and sustainability imperatives and tensions,” with G. Benito, V. De Marchi, A. Goerzen, T. Pedersen, and L. Piscitello (2025 - )

Journal of Management Studies, “Organizational Goals, Firm Outcomes and the Assessment of Performance: Reconceptualizing Success in Management Studies,” with R. Fini, A. De Massis, and S. Vismara (2020 - 2023).

Strategy Science, “International Business and Strategy in an Era of Global Flux,” with V. Henisz, J. Oxley, and M. Shaver, V.S. Dorobantu, J. Luo, and F. Milliken (2018 - 2019).

Symposium at Academy of Management Perspectives, “From Governance Innovation to Innovations in Governance,” with I. Filatotchev  (2016 - 2020).

Advances in Strategic Management, “Sustainability, Stakeholder Governance & Corporate Social Responsibility,” with S. Dorobantu, J. Luo, and F. Milliken (2016 - 2018).

Journal of World Business, “Multilatinas,” with L. Ciravegna, A. Cuervo-Cazurra, and M.A. Gonzalez Perez (2015 - 2017).

Corporate Governance: An International Review, “Review of Corporate Governance,” with C. Florackis and H. Kim (2014 - 2016).

Corporate Governance: An International Review, “Emerging Market Family Business,” with T. Talaulicar, C. Chung, G. Jimenez and J. Goel (2012 - 2015).

Editorial Review Board

Academy of Management Perspectives (2008 - 2023)
Academy of Management Review (2017 - )
Business Ethics: European Review (2014 - )
Elements in Corporate Governance, Cambridge (2016 - )
Global Strategy Journal (2009 - )
Journal of International Business Studies (2005 - )
Journal of Management and Governance (2011 - )

Management International Review (2010 - )
Organization Studies (2003 - )
Organization Theory (2020 - )
Oxford Handbooks/Oxford Research Reviews (2013 - )
Strategic Management Journal (2008 - 2019)
Strategy Insights (2018 - ) University Press (2016 - )

 

Professional Associations

International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA)

European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS)

Standing Working Group (SWG) | Societal Governance Track

Strategic Management Society (SMS)

Membership Engagement
Feb 2020 | Defining What Success Means For You
May 2002 | Men and Women in Academia

 
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Professional Services

  • National Research and Development Agency, Chile

  • Social Research Evaluation la Caixa Foundation, Spain

  • La Caixa, Fulbright Grant

  • Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies

  • The Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong

  • Research Board, University of Illinois

  • Israel Science Foundation (ISF)

  • Netherlands’ Organisation for Scientific Research (NOW)

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

  • Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona.

  • Scientific Board of the Spanish National Evaluation and Foresight Agency (ANEP)—equivalent to NSF—reviewed two large projects, (three large grants).

  • Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology, Belgium.

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