Kimberly Ann Eddleston is the Schulze Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship,[1] and Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University.[2][3] Her expertise on subjects related to family business management and small business management is quoted in US sources.[4][5][6] She has received many academic awards by US institutions and is a leading editor of several academic journals.

Education

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Eddleston's education leaned towards business studies driven by family ties.[7] She obtained a BS in Business Administration from Bryant University (Smithfield, RI) in 1992.[2] She gained an MS in Hotel Administration from Institut de Management Hotelier International, Cornell University/Groupe ESSEC in 1995.[3] She obtained a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Connecticut in 2001.[8]

Career

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Eddleston worked as an assistant director at Westin Hotel Copley Place, Boston, MA (1995-1996). She was an Assistant Director of the Wolff Family Program in Entrepreneurship, at the University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT.) from 1996 to 2001. At this university she was a Lecturer of Management at the School of Business Administration from 2000 to 2001. In 2001, she began a teaching and research career at her current institution, the D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University (Boston), where she successively became an Assistant Professor (since 2001), Associate Professor (since 2008), and Full Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation since 2014.[2][3]

She is a Montoni Research Fellow, and a Faculty Fellow at Cornell University’s Smith Family Business Initiative.[2] Additionally, she has held appointments as a Research Fellow at the University of St. Gallen Center for Family Business,[9] Toft Professor in Family Business at Jönköping International Business School (2013 – 2015),[9] Visiting Scholar at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (2018),[10] and Visiting Scholar in Small Business at Florida Atlantic University, (2018 – 2019).[11]

Editorial

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She is the founding editor, and Editor in Chief of familybusiness.org, [12][13] and a Senior Editor of the Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange (eix.org).[14] Also, she is or has been an editor of other academic journals including Organizational Dynamics,[15] Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice,[16] Journal of Family Business Strategy,[17] Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal,[18] Small Business Economics,[19] Asia Pacific Journal of Management,[20] Long Range Planning,[21] Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal,[22] and Journal of Business Venturing.[3]

Awards

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In 2012, Eddleston received the Raymond E. Miles Distinguished Scholar Award in 2012 from the University of North Texas.[23] In 2006 and 2015 she received Family Owned Business Institute Scholar Award from Grand Valley State University.[24] In 2015, she received the Schulze Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship.[1]

Her research received awards from learned societies, among them the Academy of Management (2002),[25] the Family Firm Institute (2010, 2018),[26] the International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA),[27] and the US Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship, USASBE (2015, 2017).[28][29][30][31]

Papers

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Eddleston has published over 160 papers, which have been cited over 15,000 times, according to Google Scholar.[32] Her most cited papers are:

Book

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Jennings, J.E., Eddleston, K.A., Jennings, P.D. & Sarathy, R. 2015. Firms Within Families: Enterprising in Diverse Country Contexts. Edward Elgar Publishing.[33]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d "Kimberly A. Eddleston". D'Amore-McKim School of Business. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  3. ^ a b c d "Kimberly Eddleston". Cornell Johnson. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  4. ^ Hannon, Kerry. "How To Launch An Intergenerational Small Business In Midlife". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  5. ^ Hunter-Gadsden, Leslie. "A guide for new entrepreneurs on marketing your startup with social media". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  6. ^ "Should you take advantage of employer's offer to work from home? Some say it could be a career-limiting move". cbc.ca.
  7. ^ "Illuminating 'The Fredo Effect'". phys.org. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  8. ^ Eddleston, Kimberly Ann (2001-01-01). "What managers seek from their careers: Expanding the traditional model of career satisfaction". Doctoral Dissertations: 1–125.
  9. ^ a b "[2014-12-09] Welcome Toft Visiting Professor Kimberly Eddleston". ju.se. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  10. ^ "Network". Centre for Family Business Management. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  11. ^ "FAU College of Business - Annual Report 2018 - 2019" (PDF). fau.edu.
  12. ^ "About Familybusiness.org". familybusiness.org. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  13. ^ Eddleston, Kimberly (2021-02-25). "Family Firms Can Optimize Women's Strengths". Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange. doi:10.32617/628-6037891b604b7. S2CID 233942581.
  14. ^ "Editorial Board | EIX.org". eiexchange.com. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  15. ^ "K. A. Eddleston, PhD - Editorial Board - Organizational Dynamics - Journal - Elsevier". www.journals.elsevier.com. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  16. ^ "Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice - Editorial Board". sagepub.com.
  17. ^ "K. A. Eddleston - Editorial Board - Journal of Family Business Strategy - Journal - Elsevier". www.journals.elsevier.com. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  18. ^ "Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal - Editorial Board". wiley.com.
  19. ^ "Small Business Economics | Volume 38, issue 1". SpringerLink. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  20. ^ "Asia Pacific Journal of Management | Volume 37, issue 2". SpringerLink. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  21. ^ "Discussion: View Thread - Entrepreneurship Division". ent.aom.org. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  22. ^ "Uncertainty and Competing Goals: Advancing Behavioral Theories of Entrepreneurial Processes and Outcomes". ju.se. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  23. ^ "Distinguished Scholar Award". G. Brint Ryan College of Business. 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  24. ^ "Past Scholars - Family Owned Business Institute - Grand Valley State University". www.gvsu.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  25. ^ "Best Conference Paper based on a Dissertation - Gender and Diversity in Organizations". gdo.aom.org. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  26. ^ "Awards Master List". FFI. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  27. ^ admin, IFERA (2019-09-10). "IFERA 2019 Bergamo". IFERA. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  28. ^ "BEST PAPER IN FAMILY BUSINESS". usasbe.org.
  29. ^ "JOURNAL OF SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT EDITOR'S CHOICE AWARD". usasbe.org.
  30. ^ "JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP JOHN JACK AWARD". usasbe.org.
  31. ^ "USASBE BEST PAPER AWARDS". usasbe.org.
  32. ^ "Kimberly Eddleston". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  33. ^ Firms within families : enterprising in diverse country contexts. Jennifer E. Jennings. Cheltenham, UK. 2015. ISBN 978-1-78254-652-8. OCLC 914255596.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
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