Richard Lester - Texas A&M University (TAMU) Scholar

HR job title

Retired Clinical Professor

selected publications

academic article
- 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.
- Collins, J. D., Holcomb, T. R., Certo, S. T., Hitt, M. A., & Lester, R. H. (2009). Learning by doing: Cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Journal of Business Research. 62(12), 1329-1334.
- Yu, T., & Lester, R. (2008). Moving Beyond Firm Boundaries: A Social Network Perspective on Reputation Spillover. Corporate Reputation Review: an international journal. 11(1), 94-108.
- Certo, S. T., Dalton, C. M., Dalton, D. R., & Lester, R. H. (2008). Boards of directors' self interest: Expanding for pay in corporate acquisitions?. Journal of Business Ethics. 77(2), 219-230.
- Lester, R. H., Hillman, A., Zardkoohi, A., & Cannella, A. (2008). FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AS OUTSIDE DIRECTORS: THE ROLE OF HUMAN AND SOCIAL CAPITAL. Academy of Management Journal. 51(5), 999-1013.
- Yu, T., Sengul, M., & Lester, R. H. (2008). Misery loves company: The spread of negative impacts resulting from an organizational crisis. ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW. 33(2), 452-472.
- Miller, D., Le Breton-Miller, I., Lester, R. H., & Cannella, A. (2007). Are family firms really superior performers?. Journal of Corporate Finance. 13(5), 829-858.
- Certo, S. T., Lester, R. H., Dalton, C. M., & Dalton, D. R. (2006). Top management teams, strategy and financial performance: A meta-analytic examination. Journal of Management Studies. 43(4), 813-839.
- Lester, R. H., & Cannella, A. (2006). Interorganizational familiness: How family firms use interlocking directorates to build community-level social capital. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice. 30(6), 755-775.
- Lester, R. H., Certo, S. T., Dalton, C. M., Dalton, D. R., & Cannella, A. A. (2006). Initial public offering investor valuations: An examination of top management team prestige and environmental uncertainty. JOURNAL OF SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT. 44(1), 1-26.
conference paper
- 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. 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. 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. 1-6.
- Lester, R. H., & Cannella, A. A. (2005). The road to directorship: How corporate executives secure positions on other firm's boards
institutional repository document
- Lester, R. H. (2004). A road less traveled: Investigating the outside directors of America's corporate boards

teaching activities

BIOT685 Directed Studies Instructor
ICPE612 Entrepreneurship In Energy Instructor
MGMT466 Hnr-strategic Management Instructor
MGMT466 Strategic Management Instructor
MGMT484 Management Internship: In-ab Instructor
MGMT485 Directed Studies Instructor
MGMT637 Fndtns Of Entrpreneurshp Instructor
MGMT680 Business & Corp Strategy Instructor
MGMT685 Directed Studies Instructor
MGMT691 Research Instructor

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

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Texas A&M University

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4221 TAMU

College Station, TX 77843-4221

USA

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rlester99@tamu.edu

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