Christopher Rider

Thomas C. Kinnear Professor and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies

Education
PhD University of California
Berkeley 2008
MBA University of Chicago 2003
BA The Johns Hopkins University 1998
Biography

Chris Rider is the Thomas C. Kinnear Professor and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. Professor Rider's research examines the reciprocal relationship between entrepreneurship and societal inequality. He also studies racial disparity in various empirical contexts, with a focus on sports settings.

His research is published in Administrative Science Quarterly, American Journal of Sociology, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Research in Organizational Behavior, Research Policy, ILR Review, Industrial & Corporate Change, Sociological Science, the American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings, and California Management Review. Many media outlets -- including ESPN, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, the Washington Post, Al Jazeera America, and the Boston Globe -- featured his research. He is a former Associate Editor for Administrative Science Quarterly and Management Science and a former Senior Editor for Organization Science

He teaches executive, graduate, and undergraduate courses on entrepreneurship, strategic leadership, DEI analytics, and research methods. His elective course Equity Analytics was featured in Poets & Quants and AACSB Insights. He has delivered numerous executive leadership programs for organizations across the world, including the Brookings Institution, Chulalongkorn University, ExxonMobil, stc, Tata Group, Toyota, TVS, the U.S. Social Security Administration, and UPS.

Prior to joining the Ross faculty, he was on the faculties of Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, and the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. He also held strategic management positions at Cars.com, Intel Corporation, and Verizon Communications.

Latest Faculty News & Research
Handbook of Research on Strategic Human Capital Resources.
Authors
Rider, Christopher I. and David Tan
Published Date
2019
Authors
Rider, Christopher I. and David Tan
Source
Edward Elgar Publishing
Pages
458-471
Retention is not a strategic imperative: On the pros and cons of employee turnover.
Anthony J. Nyberg and Thomas P. Moliterno
“Career mobility and racial diversity in law firms.”
Authors
Rider, C. I., A. D. Sterling, and D. Tan
Published Date
2016
Authors
Rider, C. I., A. D. Sterling, and D. Tan
Source
Cambridge Univ. Press.
CH. 12 in Diversity in Practice: Race, Class, and Gender in Legal and Professional Careers
Cambridge Univ. Press
The Psychology of Entrepreneurship
Authors
Audia, P. G. and C. I. Rider
Published Date
2006
Authors
Audia, P. G. and C. I. Rider
Source
Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
“Entrepreneurs as organizational products: Revisited.”
J.R. Baum, R.A. Baron & M. Frese (Eds.)