Ruth Aguilera
Associate Professor, Institute of Labor & Industrial Relations
and Department of Business Administration
In Brief
- Ph.D. in Sociology, Harvard University, 1999
- Dissertation "Elites, Corporations and the Wealth of Nations: Historical Institutional Patterns of Intercorporate Relations in Italy and Spain, 1977-1994."
- Master of Arts in Sociology, Harvard University, 1996
- Master of Arts (Licenciatura) with honors in Economics, University of Barcelona School of Economics and Business Administration, 1992
- Diploma in Business Analysis, University of Lancaster, The Management School, Lancaster, U.K., 1990
Research Interests
- Comparative corporate governance
- Institutional analysis
- Interorganizational networks
- Organizational studies
- Economic sociology
- Cross-border mergers and acquisitions
Honors & Experience
- Best Paper Prize, Centre for Corporate Governance Research, University of Birmingham and Glackwell Publishing, 2005
- Visiting Scholar, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), 2003
- Beckman Fellow, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois, 2002
- Outstanding Reviewer Award, International Management Division, Academy of Management, 2002
- Fellow, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung, 1998-99
Courses Taught
- LIR 554 Comparitive Employment Relations Systems
- BA 384: International Business
- BA 490-RA: Comparative International Management
- BA 482: International Management
- MBA 420: Global Strategy
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231 LIR, 504 E. Armory Avenue
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-6661; 217-244-9290
email: ruth-agu@uiuc.edu