Lester, Richard
individual record
Clinical Professor Emeritus of Management
Positions:
- Clinical Professor Emeritus of Management, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University
overview
I retired as the Executive Director or the McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship in the Mays Business School and a Clinical Professor in the Management Department of the Mays Business School. The McFerrin Center operates as a hub of entrepreneurial activities at Texas A&M through creation and management of such programs as 3 Day Startup, Startup Aggieland, Ideas Challenge, MBA Venture Challenge, the Aggie 100, Aggies in Business, Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities, amongst many others. My teaching was in the Mays Business School primarily with emphasis on corporate strategy and entrepreneurship.
education and training
- Ph.D. in Strategic Management, minor in Sociology, Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 2003
- B.S. in Business Administration, minor in Operations and Production Management, Wright State University - (Dayton, Ohio, United States) 1974
selected publications
Academic Articles14
- Miller, D., Le Breton-Miller, I., & Lester, R. H. (2013). Family Firm Governance, Strategic Conformity, and Performance: Institutional vs. Strategic Perspectives. Organization science. 24(1), 189-209.
- Le Breton-Miller, I., Miller, D., & Lester, R. H. (2011). Stewardship or Agency? A Social Embeddedness Reconciliation of Conduct and Performance in Public Family Businesses. Organization science. 22(3), 704-721.
- Miller, D., Le Breton-Miller, I., & Lester, R. H. (2011). Family and Lone Founder Ownership and Strategic Behaviour: Social Context, Identity, and Institutional Logics. Journal of Management Studies. 48(1), 1-25.
- Miller, D., Le Breton-Miller, I., & Lester, R. H. (2010). Erratum: correction to Family Ownership and Acquisition Behavior in PubliclyTraded Companies (D. Miller, I. Le BretonMiller and R. H. Lester). Strategic Management Journal. 31(3), 347-347.
- Miller, D., Le Breton-Miller, I., & Lester, R. H. (2010). FAMILY OWNERSHIP AND ACQUISITION BEHAVIOR IN PUBLICLY-TRADED COMPANIES. Strategic Management Journal. 31(2), 201-223.
Conference Papers4
- Porter, J., Morgan, J., Lester, R., Steele, A., Vanegas, J., & Hill, R. (2015). A Course in Innovative Product Design: A Collaboration Between Architecture, Business, and Engineering. Frontiers in Education Conference, 2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE). 2014, 1110-1114.
- LESTER, R. H., CANNELLA, A. A., & CERTO, S. T. (2008). KEEP CLOSE TO HOME OR VENTURE OUT: THE INFLUENCE OF STATUS AND CONNECTIONS FOR OUTSIDE DIRECTORSHIPS.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2008(1), 1-6.
- MILLER, D., BRETON-MILLER, I. L., & LESTER, R. H. (2007). DIVIDED LOYALTIES: GOVERNANCE, CONDUCT AND PERFORMANCE IN FAMILY AND ENTREPRENEUR BUSINESSES.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2007(1), 1-6.
- Lester, R. H., & Cannella, A. A. (2005). The road to directorship: How corporate executives secure positions on other firm's boards.
Repository Documents / Preprints1
- Lester, R. H. (2004). A road less traveled: Investigating the outside directors of America's corporate boards.
recent teaching activities
- BIOT685 Directed Studies Instructor
- BIOT685 Directed Studies: In-ab Instructor
- ICPE612 Entrepreneurship In Energy Instructor
- MGMT466 Hnr-strategic Management Instructor
- MGMT466 Strategic Management Instructor
Email
First Name
Richard
Last Name
Lester
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Management; 4221 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4221
USA
