Welcome to the Meet the Team page. Read on to find out more about the educational background and experience of the diverse and well-respected author team of Michael A. Hitt, R. Duane Ireland, and Robert E. Hoskisson.
Michael A. Hitt is a Professor of Management and holds the Weatherup/Overby Chair in Executive Leadership. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. He has authored or coauthored several books and book chapters and numerous journal articles in such journals as the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies and Journal of Management, among others. His recent publications include three books, Downscoping: How to Tame the Diversified Firm (Oxford University Press), Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization (South-Western) and Creating Value Through Mergers and Acquisitions (Oxford University Press). He has served on the editorial review boards of multiple journals including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of World Business and Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences. Furthermore, he has served as Consulting Editor (1988-90) and Editor (1991-1993) of the Academy of Management Journal. He was Co-Editor of a 1995 special issue for the Strategic Management Journal on Technological Transformation and the New Competitive Landscape and is a Consulting Editor of a series of graduate level books on strategic management for Southwestern Publishing Co. He is the Past President of the Academy of Management, a 10,000 member international organization dedicated to the advancement of management knowledge and practice. Following Michael Porter (1994) and C.K. Prahalad (1995), he received the 1996 Award for Outstanding Academic Contributions to Competitiveness from the American Society for Competitiveness. He is a Fellow in the Academy of Management.
Dr. R. Duane Ireland is the W. David Robbins Chair in Strategic Management at the University of Richmond. Interested in research questions related to both the entrepreneurship and strategic management disciplines, Duane's work has been published in an array of journals. Journals in which his research appears include Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Decision Sciences, Human Relations, Enterepreneurship: Theory & Practice, Business Horizons, British Journal of Management, Journal of Small Business Management, and American Journal of Small Business. Duane has also served in various editorial capacities. He has been or is serving as a member of the Editorial Review Boards for Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Management, and Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice. Additionally, he previously completed terms as an Associate Editor for Academy of Management Executive and as Consulting Editor for Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice. He is the co-author of 7 books, including Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization. Robert E. Hoskisson is the Rath Chair in Strategic Management at the Michael F. Price College of Business. He received his Ph.D from the University of California, Irvine. He teaches courses in strategic management at graduate and undergraduate levels. His research focuses on topics in technology strategy, international and product diversification, corporate restructuring, corporate governance and strategic alliances, especially in the international arena. He is currently on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Management. He has served on the editorial review board of the Academy of Management Journal, including one term as Consulting Editor. He also has served on the boards of the Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science and Journal of Management. His publications have appeared in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Management and California Management Review. He has co-authored several books, including Downscoping: How to Tame the Diversified Firm (1994, Oxford University Press) and Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization.
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