Ruth V. Aguilera (Northeastern University) is a highly respected and influential scholar in strategic management, international business, and corporate governance. She is widely recognized for her work on how institutional contexts shape firms’ behaviors—particularly regarding governance, corporate social responsibility and globalization.
Herman Aguinis (George Washington University) is respected for producing research that is simultaneously rigorous, methodologically innovative, and practically relevant. His scholarship has shaped how organizations design performance systems, how researchers conduct empirical studies, and how institutions understand governance, corporate social responsibility, and talent strategy.
Sharon Alvarez (University of Pittsburgh) is a leading academic in the fields of entrepreneurship theory, strategic management, and organizational studies. She is best known for her work on opportunity creation theory, which argues that entrepreneurial opportunities can be created through human action—not only discovered in existing environments. This perspective has significantly shaped contemporary debates in entrepreneurship research.
Luis Felipe López-Calva is a distinguished economist and a leading expert in poverty, inequality, inclusive growth, and development economics. He currently serves as the Global Director for Poverty and Equity at the World Bank.
This track explores the distinctive characteristics, behaviors, and evolution of family enterprises across Ibero America, a region where family-owned firms play a dominant economic and social role. Scholars are invited to examine how cultural values, institutional environments, governance structures, and succession processes shape the long-term sustainability and competitiveness of these organizations. By analyzing the strategic, emotional, and relational dynamics embedded in family firms, this track aims to deepen understanding of how these enterprises innovate, adapt, and contribute to regional development.
This track explores the distinctive characteristics, behaviors, and evolution of family enterprises across Ibero America, a region where family-owned firms play a dominant economic and social role. Scholars are invited to examine how cultural values, institutional environments, governance structures, and succession processes shape the long-term sustainability and competitiveness of these organizations. By analyzing the strategic, emotional, and relational dynamics embedded in family firms, this track aims to deepen understanding of how these enterprises innovate, adapt, and contribute to regional development.
This track explores the distinctive characteristics, behaviors, and evolution of family enterprises across Ibero America, a region where family-owned firms play a dominant economic and social role. Scholars are invited to examine how cultural values, institutional environments, governance structures, and succession processes shape the long-term sustainability and competitiveness of these organizations. By analyzing the strategic, emotional, and relational dynamics embedded in family firms, this track aims to deepen understanding of how these enterprises innovate, adapt, and contribute to regional development.
This track explores the distinctive characteristics, behaviors, and evolution of family enterprises across Ibero America, a region where family-owned firms play a dominant economic and social role. Scholars are invited to examine how cultural values, institutional environments, governance structures, and succession processes shape the long-term sustainability and competitiveness of these organizations. By analyzing the strategic, emotional, and relational dynamics embedded in family firms, this track aims to deepen understanding of how these enterprises innovate, adapt, and contribute to regional development.
This track explores the distinctive characteristics, behaviors, and evolution of family enterprises across Ibero America, a region where family-owned firms play a dominant economic and social role. Scholars are invited to examine how cultural values, institutional environments, governance structures, and succession processes shape the long-term sustainability and competitiveness of these organizations. By analyzing the strategic, emotional, and relational dynamics embedded in family firms, this track aims to deepen understanding of how these enterprises innovate, adapt, and contribute to regional development.
Es profesor adjunto del área de Entorno Económico y miembro del Consejo de Dirección y del Comité Ejecutivo de Directores de IPADE.
Es Doctor en Gestión Estratégica y Políticas de Desarrollo (mención honorífica) por el Centro de Alta Dirección en Economía y Negocios. Cuenta con estudios en Estrategia Financiera Corporativa por la University of Chicago, un Executive MBA (MEDEX) por IPADE Business School y la Licenciatura en Economía por la Universidad Panamericana, donde también concluyó una especialidad en Finanzas Corporativas y Comercio Internacional.
Actualmente es director de la Escuela de Economía de la Universidad Panamericana, profesor adjunto del área de Entorno Económico de IPADE y consejero independiente en diversos sectores. Ha ocupado cargos como director académico, director del área de Entorno Económico y director corporativo de Formación Integral en IPADE. Con más de 25 años de experiencia como preceptor, asesor y consultor, ha colaborado con empresas y organismos públicos y privados en el diseño de estrategias económicas y de desarrollo.