Howard E. Aldrich

Current

• Kenan Professor & Department Chair at University of North Carolina, Department of Sociology
• Adjunct Professor of Management, Entrepreneurship & Strategy at Kenan-Flagler Business School

Past

• Advisory Board Member at eePulse, Inc.
• Advisory Board Member at OpenMind Publishing Group, Inc.
• Advisory Board Member at StartupStreet.com

• Advisory Board Member at Eco-Marketing
• Associate Editor at Administrative Science Quarterly
• Professor at Cornell University

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Education

• University of Michigan
• Bowling Green State University

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Connections

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Industry

Education Management

Websites

• My Website
• My Company

Howard E. Aldrich’s Summary

Howard E. Aldrich’s Specialties:

Creation & composition of entrepreneurial teams, small business start-up and survival rates, active learning, creating in-classroom learning opportunities

Howard E. Aldrich’s Experience

• Kenan Professor & Department Chair

  University of North Carolina, Department of Sociology

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  July 1982 — Present (27 years 5 months)

  I became chair in 2003. Responsible for leading a department of 24 professors, 4 staff, & a quarterly journal (with 2 staff), with 85 graduate students & approximately 400 undergraduate majors.

• Adjunct Professor of Management, Entrepreneurship & Strategy

  Kenan-Flagler Business School

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  June 1982 — Present (27 years 6 months)

• Advisory Board Member

  eePulse, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 2000 — December 2007 (7 years 2 months)

  eePulse delivers technology & research consulting services that support effective human resource management.

• Advisory Board Member

  OpenMind Publishing Group, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

  June 2001 — May 2002 (1 year )

  Attempted to bring textbook publishing to the web by incorporating an open source model. Offered professors the ability to create personalized textbooks & integrated teaching aids for free. Although this venture failed, Lulu Publishing arose from its ashes (I am not associated with Lulu Publishing).

• Advisory Board Member

  StartupStreet.com

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Services industry)

  September 2000 — April 2001 (8 months)

  Venture was formed to provide a wide range of business services to startups, from financing to marketing to management. It was the right idea at the wrong time, perhaps. It did not survive.

• Advisory Board Member

  Eco-Marketing

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Luxury Goods & Jewelry industry)

  January 1998 — March 1999 (1 year 3 months)

  Firm was founded to sell fine jewelry over the Internet, but when that model failed, switched to trade shows. That model failed, too!

• Associate Editor

  Administrative Science Quarterly

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  June 1974 — June 1984 (10 years 1 month)

  I started as the sole Associate Ed when Tom Lodahl was Editor. I handled all the "macro" stuff & Tom handled the "micro" stuff. This division of labor continued when Karl Weick became editor. But, when Lou Pondy joined as the other Assoc Ed, and then was succeeded by Gerry Salancik, my responsibilities became a bit more diffuse. After I moved to UNC-CH in 1982, I kept the job for two more years.

• Professor

  Cornell University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)

  July 1969 — June 1982 (13 years )

  Joint appointment in Industrial & Labor Relations, Sociology, and the School of Business.

Howard E. Aldrich’s Education

• University of Michigan

  PhD , Sociology , 1965 — 1969

  Majored in sociology, minored in social=psychology and political behavior. Adviser: Albert J. Reiss, Jr.

• Bowling Green State University

  BA , Sociology & Psychology , 1961 — 1965

  Activities and Societies:

  Vice President of the Student Body, Judge on the Student Court, Treasurer of the Inter-fraternity Council, Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, Assistant Photo Editor on the yearbook

Additional Information

Howard E. Aldrich’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company

Howard E. Aldrich’s Groups:

Academy of Management, American Sociological Association, Southern Sociological Society

•    University of Michigan Alumni
•    BGSU Alumni
•    UNC General Alumni Association

Howard E. Aldrich’s Honors:

Academy of Management Best Book Published in Management Award (in 2000);Favorite Professor Award from Senior Class, 1994; UNC-CH,Entrepreneurship Researcher of the Year Award, Swedish Foundation of Small Business Research, 2000; Career Achievement Award, Organization and Management Theory Division, Academy of Management, August, 2000; Max Weber Award for Best Book, American Sociological Association, Section on Organizations, Occupations, and Work, 2000;J. Carlyle Sitterson Freshman Teaching Award, 2002, UNC-CH;

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