Gies College of Business Professor of Business Administration Marcelo Bucheli has been named the 2026 recipient of the Richard M. Hodgetts Award from the Management History Division of the Academy of Management. This award recognizes scholars who have made substantive contributions to scholarship, teaching, and service in the field of management history.
“I am honored, happy, and humbled to receive this award,” Bucheli said. “I think this shows the increasing interest by the management community on historical research and was a great recognition of what I've done.”
The Hodgetts Award is not given out every year, only when a recipient seems particularly deserving. This makes his receiving this distinction all the more significant. The criteria for the award include scholarship in the field, teaching, service to the Academy of Management, and demonstrated support of students, junior faculty, and scholars new to business history.
Bucheli’s research focuses on political strategies of multinational corporations and the integration of historical methods into management studies. His research has received much recognition throughout his career. He has previously received Global Strategy Journal Best Article Prize in 2024, the Best Paper Award (History Track) from the European International Business Academy in 2022, the Mira Wilkins Article Award in International Business History in 2011, the Petroleum History Institute Article of the Year Award in 2009, and the Newcomen-Harvard Award for the best article published in Business History Review in 2004.
Bucheli is also an outstanding educator. He received the MBA Teaching Excellence Award from Gies College of Business in 2015, 2017, and 2018; and his name regularly appeared on the List of Students Ranked as Excellent by their Students.
Bucheli believes that the field of business history is increasing in relevance and import.
“There is a growing interest among management scholars on historical research, because of the return of phenomena such as the rise of protectionism, populism, and the erosion of democracy,” Bucheli said. “An award like this is a big encouragement to keep pushing an agenda that brings business historical research into management studies.”