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.
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.
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.
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.
Track Chairs: Luis Gomez Mejia (Arizona State University), Isabel C. Botero (University of Louisville), Fernanda Canale (IPADE Business School), Patricio Duran (University of Richmond). 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.
Track Chairs: Luis Gomez Mejia (Arizona State University), Isabel C. Botero (University of Louisville), Fernanda Canale (IPADE Business School), Patricio Duran (University of Richmond). 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.
Track Chairs: Luis Gomez Mejia (Arizona State University), Isabel C. Botero (University of Louisville), Fernanda Canale (IPADE Business School), Patricio Duran (University of Richmond). 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.
Track Chairs: Luis Gomez Mejia (Arizona State University), Isabel C. Botero (University of Louisville), Fernanda Canale (IPADE Business School), Patricio Duran (University of Richmond). 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.
Track Chairs: Luis Gomez Mejia (Arizona State University), Isabel C. Botero (University of Louisville), Fernanda Canale (IPADE Business School), Patricio Duran (University of Richmond). 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.
Profesor visitante del área de Entorno Económico. Candidato a doctor en Economía por George Mason University, institución en la que obtuvo el grado de Máster en Economía con especialidad en Political Economy & Economic Sociology. Es licenciado en Economía por la Universidad de Monterrey.
Ha participado en programas y seminarios internacionales como Catholic Social Teaching in Business Education (Lumen Christi, St. Paul, 2024), Seminar on Classical Liberalism (Timbro, Suecia, 2024) y el Hayek Program on Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (Mercatus Center, 2023).
En el ámbito académico, ha impartido cursos en George Mason University sobre desarrollo económico de América Latina, economías en transición y economía de regiones en desarrollo. Sus publicaciones incluyen Determinants of Poverty in Mexico: A Quantile Regression Analysis (Economies, 2021) y Vax Wars: The COVID-19 Vaccine Development Race (IPADE Business School, con Benjamín Alemán Castilla).
Es Adam Smith Fellow (2024-presente) y fue F. A. Hayek Fellow (2022-2023). Ha presentado ponencias en foros internacionales como Timbro (Suecia), la Association for Private Enterprise Education (APEE, Las Vegas) y Markets & Society (Fairfax).
Sus áreas de interés abarcan desarrollo económico, economía institucional, historia del pensamiento económico, sociología económica y la relación entre ética y empresa.