{"id":7701,"date":"2026-04-20T14:29:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aomtodayprod.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=7701"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:29:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:29:21","slug":"howard-aldrich","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/howard-aldrich\/","title":{"rendered":"Howard Aldrich"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7701\" class=\"elementor elementor-7701\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d77b4b6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d77b4b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4459d86\" data-id=\"4459d86\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-575fc68 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"575fc68\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-baffba6\" data-id=\"baffba6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a0d558 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a0d558\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Howard Aldrich<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-739d0fe elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"739d0fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/\">Academy of Management<\/a> Scholar Howard Aldrich \u2013 of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Duke University\u2019s Fuqua School of Business, and Cambridge University\u2019s Sidney Sussex College \u2013 earned his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. His main research interests are entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial team formation, gender and entrepreneurship, and evolutionary theory.<\/p><p>Aldrich is an evolutionary sociologist whose work explores how organizations and societies change, particularly under conditions of uncertainty.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d77b19\" data-id=\"1d77b19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65d72ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"65d72ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/healdrich.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7717\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/healdrich.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/healdrich-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/healdrich-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/healdrich-450x450.webp 450w, https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/healdrich-100x100.webp 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b851658 e-grid-align-tablet-left elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-shape-rounded elementor-grid-0 e-grid-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"b851658\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-linkedin elementor-repeater-item-9762d62\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/healdrich\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Linkedin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fab-linkedin\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 32H31.9C14.3 32 0 46.5 0 64.3v383.4C0 465.5 14.3 480 31.9 480H416c17.6 0 32-14.5 32-32.3V64.3c0-17.8-14.4-32.3-32-32.3zM135.4 416H69V202.2h66.5V416zm-33.2-243c-21.3 0-38.5-17.3-38.5-38.5S80.9 96 102.2 96c21.2 0 38.5 17.3 38.5 38.5 0 21.3-17.2 38.5-38.5 38.5zm282.1 243h-66.4V312c0-24.8-.5-56.7-34.5-56.7-34.6 0-39.9 27-39.9 54.9V416h-66.4V202.2h63.7v29.2h.9c8.9-16.8 30.6-34.5 62.9-34.5 67.2 0 79.7 44.3 79.7 101.9V416z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e1aca elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44e1aca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/\">Academy of Management<\/a> Scholar Howard Aldrich \u2013 of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Duke University\u2019s Fuqua School of Business, and Cambridge University\u2019s Sidney Sussex College \u2013 earned his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. His main research interests are entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial team formation, gender and entrepreneurship, and evolutionary theory.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Aldrich is an evolutionary sociologist whose work explores how organizations and societies change, particularly under conditions of uncertainty.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f54417 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f54417\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>His 1979 book, <em>Organizations and Environments<\/em>, was reprinted in 2007 by Stanford University Press in its Business Classics series. His book, <em>Organizations Evolving<\/em> (1999, 2020), won the George Terry Award from the Academy of Management. His book, <em>An Evolutionary Approach to Entrepreneurship: Selected Essays<\/em>, was published by Edward Elgar in 2012.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38065fa meta-visibility-show title_position_default title_hover_border_default title-default img_hover_animation_default meta_position_default readmore-btn-default-style grid-hover-overlay-type-always tpg-el-box-border-enable tpg-border-bottom-disable elementor-widget elementor-widget-tpg-list-layout\" data-id=\"38065fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tpg-list-layout.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n        <div class=\"rt-container-fluid rt-tpg-container tpg-el-main-wrapper list-layout1-main \"\n             data-sc-id=\"elementor\"\n             id=\"rt-tpg-container-2967685094\"\n             data-layout=\"list-layout1\"\n             data-grid-style=\"tpg-even\"\n             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data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6874\" class=\"elementor elementor-6874\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67f7c77 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67f7c77\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0cc426\" data-id=\"e0cc426\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50f1202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" 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