KEY NOTE I – RUTH AGUILERA
MONDAY, JUNE 15 – SPANISH
We are pleased to announce that the distinguished Professor Ruth Aguilera, Ph.D., will be the #Keynote #Speaker at #ACEDE 2026.
Who is Ruth Aguilera?
- Brodsky Trustee Professor at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business (Northeastern University) and Visiting Professor at ESADE Business School, Barcelona, specializing in corporate governance, international strategy, and sustainability.
- Deputy Editor, Journal of International Business Studies.
- Triple Fellow of AIB, AOM, and SMS, as well as ICGS.
Research focus:
Ruth Aguilera studies corporate governance from a strategic perspective.
Awards and key achievements:
- She has served as Senior Editor at Academy of Management Review (AMR), International Corporate Governance Society (ICGS), and Organization Science, as well as guest editor of multiple special issues in leading academic journals.
- Ranked among the Top 100 most cited researchers worldwide in “Economics and Business” (Clarivate Analytics/Web of Science) since 2019.
Selected publications:
- Aguilera, R. V., Crespi-Cladera, R., Martín-Oliver, A., & Pascual-Fuster, B. (2025). Ownership, control, and productivity: Family firms in comparative perspective. Journal of Management, 51(8), 3321–3351.
- Aguilera, R. V., & Ruiz-Castillo, M. (2025). Toward an updated corporate governance framework: Fundamentals, disruptions, and future research. Business Research Quarterly, 28(2), 336–348.
- Aguilera, R. V., Bermejo, V., Capapé, J., & Cuñat, V. (2025). The systemic governance influence of expectation documents: Evidence from a universal owner. Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 14(2), 372–407.
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KEYNOTE II – NICOLAI FOSS
TUESDAY, JUNE 16 – ENGLISH
We are pleased to announce that the distinguished Professor Nicolai Foss, Ph.D., will be the #Keynote #Speaker at #ACEDE 2026.
Who is Nicolai Foss?
- Professor of Strategy at the Copenhagen Business School.
- Professor II of Strategy at the Norwegian School of Economics.
- Visiting Chaired Professor of Strategy at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Business School.
- Fellow of the Strategic Management Society.
Research focus:
Nicolai has broad interests in macro management research, but is probably particularly interested in the role of organizational economics and microfoundations in strategy research, and in the role judgment in entrepreneurship.
Awards and key achievements:
- Honorary Doctor (Dr. Merc.), Aarhus University, 2026.
- Academy of Management Annals Decade Award (2025) for “The Microfoundations Movement in Strategy and Organization Theory,” Academy of Management Annals (2015) (w/ Teppo Felin and Rob Ployhart).
- Journal of Management 2024 Scholarly Impact Award for “Social Entrepreneurship Research: Past Achievement and Future Promise,” Journal of Management, 45: 70-95 (2019) (w/ Tina Saebi and Stefan Linder).
Selected publications:
- Bernacchio, C., & Foss, N. J. (2024). Reconsidering the moral dimension of managerial authority: A review and an integrative research agenda. Academy of Management Annals, 18(2), 435–472.
- Bernacchio, C., Foss, N. J., & Lindenberg, S. (2024). The virtues of joint production: Ethical foundations for collaborative organizations. The Academy of Management Review, 49(1), 155–181.
- Weber, L., Foss, N. J., & Lindenberg, S. (2023). The role of cognition and motivation in understanding internal governance and hierarchical failure: A discriminating alignment analysis. Academy of Management Review, 48(2), 244–263.
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