He is an Associate Professor of Technology and Innovation Management at INCAE Business School, has directed the Executive Masters in Marketing and Digital Transformation, and currently directs the Specialization in Artificial Intelligence for Digital Business.

He is the author of more than 200 managerial and academic works related to the adoption of technological innovations and business intelligence. He is also a pioneer in the incorporation and adoption of Generative Artificial Intelligence tools in the teaching of the case method and critical thinking.

Dr. Barahona has extensive experience advising and training business and government leaders in more than 20 countries. Through the corporate programs of INCAE and the firm Sociométrika, he has contributed with local and global companies in the identification and solution of complex problems, based on a design approach, data analysis and "People Analytics".

He earned an MBA with an emphasis in Banking and Finance from INCAE and a Ph.D. Media, Arts, and Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab. His thesis "Diffusion of ideas, practices, and artifacts: network effects on collective outcomes" was guided by Alex (Sandy) Pentland, declared by FORBES as one of the "7 most powerful data scientists in the world".

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Juan Carlos Barahona is an associate professor at INCAE Business School. His general academic interest is on the role of digital technologies and social structures in the diffusion of ideas, behaviors and artifacts.

He was a member of the Human Dynamics Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab. The scientific research group led by Prof. Alex (Sandy) Pentland, one of the most cited computer scientists and considered by Newsweek magazine as one of the 100 most influential people on the planet.

Before joining MIT, he was Deputy Director of the Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development at INCAE, and consultant to the World Bank for the development of the strategy and business plan for the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor, and on issues related to education.

In the late 1990s, he led the research team that developed the conceptual model and facilitated the reform process of the five Central American customs offices, as part of a joint action-research initiative on trade logistics by the Harvard Center for International Development, Harvard Business School's Center for Strategy and Competition and INCAE.

Prof. Barahona has served as a consultant to companies and governments in several Latin American countries in the fields of strategy and organization. He is co-author of Costa Rica's education policy and one of the pioneers in digital government in Costa Rica. He is the author of business case studies, articles, books and book chapters on sustainable development, customs reform, trade logistics, information technologies for development and social network analysis. Before opting for an academic career, he was an entrepreneur and founder of a software company and a business consulting firm.

He currently complements his academic work by advising companies as a consultant or as a member of their board of directors.

He specializes in the areas of Strategy and Entrepreneurial Studies and was Dean of INCAE Business School from 2001 to 2007. He is currently Academic Director of the Executive MBA (EMBA) and the Senior Management Program. He was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan, USA for 10 years, at Cotrugli Business School, Europe for 8 years and led the Steve Aronson Research Chair in Strategy and Agribusiness at INCAE for 12 years. He has taught in executive programs at the Business Schools of the Universities of Michigan, Chicago and Duke and In Company programs for Carlsberg, Coca Cola, Oracle, CEMEX, Citibank, Chiquita, among others.

He has more than 30 international academic publications, 60 case studies and four books, namely: The Future of Entrepreneurship in Latin America with J. Haar, Understanding Entrepreneurial Family Businesses in Uncertain Environments: Opportunities and Resources in Latin America with M. Nordqvist et.al., Desafíos Presentes y Futuros del Medio Ambiente y La Productividad en la Agroempresa Centroamericana and Evaluación de Proyectos en Impacto Ambiental.

President and founder of Brenes, Artavia Consultores y Asociados S.A.(www.bacyasociados.com). Among other companies he has consulted in business and corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions and family businesses in: Kraft CA, Holcim CR, Tetra Pak C&C, Panama Canal Authority, Grupo Britt NV, Grupo Monge, Interbank Peru, Bantrab Guatemala, Fertica Panama, Hospital Clinica Biblica, Televisora de Costa Rica S.A., MercaSid, Grupo Rica, Distribuidora Pedro Oller, Grupo De Sola, among others. Former Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of the Government of Costa Rica.

He is Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship in the Master's programs and former Dean of the Faculty and Master's programs at INCAE. For 10 years he was Visiting Professor in Entrepreneurial Strategy and International Business at the University of Michigan Business School, Ann Arbor, has been Director of Doctoral Dissertations at HEC, Business School, Paris and has lectured in residential and executive programs at the Business Schools of the Universities of Michigan, Chicago and Duke.

For the past eight years he has been a visiting professor at Cotrugli Business School, Europe. He has taught "In Company" programs, among other companies, for Alstom Group, Roche, Carlsberg, Coca Cola, BASF, Oracle, Novartis, CEMEX, COFIA-AFP - Citibank, Sanofi, Millicom (TIGO) and Chiquita.

Professor Brenes is currently the Director of the Executive MBA (EMBA), Director of the Senior Management Program (PAG) at INCAE and holder of the Steve Aronson Chair in Strategy and Agribusiness. The Chair was created thanks to a significant donation from Mr. Steve Aronson, founder of the Britt Group N.V.

Professor Brenes has a number of international publications including the edition of two books, "The Future of Entrepreneurship in Latin America" with J. Haar and "Understanding Entrepreneurial Family Businesses in Uncertain Environments: Opportunities and Resources in Latin America" with M. Nordqvist et al, the first in second edition 2016 and the second from 2012. Other recent publications include "Learning to become a high reliability organization in the food retail business", "Assesing agri-business firms' performances: Organizational and marketing business models of high/low sales and ROE outcomes", Strategy and innovation in emerging economies after the end of the commodity boom-insights from Latin America" and "Hospital Clinica Biblica in 2013" published in the Journal of Business Research, 2016. Additionally, Professor Brenes has 12 articles published in internationally prestigious academic journals, more than 50 case studies and two other books entitled "Desafíos Presentes y Futuros del Medio Ambiente y la Productividad en la Agroempresa Centroamericana" (Present and Future Challenges of the Environment and Productivity in Central American Agribusiness) and "Evaluación de Proyectos en Impacto Ambiental" (Project Evaluation in Environmental Impact).

In addition to his academic work, Dr. Brenes is founder of the consulting firm bac&asociados S.A. His work in the area of consulting is focused on business and corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions and the management of family businesses. Some of the organizations for which he has collaborated include: Banco Davivienda, Kraft CA, Holcim CR, Tetrapak CA&C, Chiquita CA, Panama Canal Authority, Grupo Britt NV, Grupo Monge, Grupo Cuesta de Moras, Hospital Clínica Bíblica, Televisora de Costa Rica S.A., Distribuidora Pedro Oller, Grupo De Sola, Alimentos Pro Salud (Sardimar), Industrias Borja, Banco Popular y de Desarrollo Comunal (CR), Banco de Costa Rica, Interbank Perú, Banco Salvadoreño, Banco del Pacífico, POPS, Cemento Panamá and Bolsa de Valores de Guayaquil. Additionally, he is a member of the Board of Directors of different companies in the fields of health, services to oil companies, construction, retail and agribusiness.

During the period from May 1998 to June 2000, he served as Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of the Government of Costa Rica and, as such, was also Chairman of the Board of Directors of public companies in the areas of production, irrigation and drainage and marketing of agricultural, agro-industrial and fishing products.

D. in Agricultural Economics with a major in International Trade and Marketing from the University of Florida (Gainesville) with the support of a Fulbright scholarship from the U.S. Government, and an MBA with honors in Business Administration from INCAE. Previously, he obtained a Grade in Industrial Engineering from the University of Costa Rica.

He earned a Ph.D. in Finance and Development and an M.A. in International Economics from Ohio State University, as well as a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Costa Rica, with Honors.

He is a Full Professor at INCAE Business School, in the areas of Currency, Banking and Finance, Financial Institutions and Capital Markets, Portfolio Management, Risk Assessment and Management.

He also holds a Stock Market Operator's License in the Equities Market, Options and Futures Market, and the Clearing House of the Madrid Stock Exchange, Spain, granted by the Spanish Stock Exchange and Markets Institute (BME).

His current responsibilities include:

• Academic Director of the Master in Economics and Finance, Ministry of Economy and Finance of Panama.
• Co-Director of the Executive Master in Finance, INCAE Business School.
• Director of the Financial Specialization Program. INCAE Business School - Cheung Kong University.
• Director of the Seminar-Workshop on Risk Management in Financial Institutions.
• Director of the Financial Strategy Seminar.
• Academic Director of the Finance Program - Instituto de Previsión Social de Paraguay.
• Director of the Financial Governance and Inclusion Program, INCAE - IDB /FOMIN.

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Prof. Camacho also held the following positions:

• Academic Director of the World Bank's Economic Training Program-INCAE,
• Director of the Banking Training Program at INCAE,
• Visiting Professor at the European Business School, Frankfurt, where he taught courses in Emerging Markets Finance and Corporate Finance (2008-2012).

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• He was Chairman of the National Council of Supervision of the Financial System in Costa Rica from June 1999 to February 2002.
• He was Prosecutor of the Interested Management Contract of the Juan Santamaría International Airport from November 2003 to December 2004.

Guillermo Cardoza has been a full-time professor of Innovation and Change Management at INCAE Business School since 2013. He has developed his career in teaching, research, management of academic institutions and business consulting in the United States, Europe and Latin America and is the author of books and numerous academic publications.

Since 1988 he has been advising several governments in the region (Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela and several Caribbean countries) and has worked as a teacher and consultant for various international organizations and multinational companies such as the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Scientific and Cultural Organization (Orcyt, Cresalc), The Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), Committee on Science and Technology for Developing Countries (COSTED), Association of Caribbean States (ACS-AEC), UNESCO, Adidas, E&Y, Pfizer, P&G, Roche Pharma, Abbott, Grupo Santander, 3M, Nestlé, Cargill, Telefónica, Banesto, La Caixa, BUPA-Sanitas and Walmart.

During his tenure as Executive Director of the Latin American Academy of Sciences - ACAL (1987-1996), Professor Cardoza created and directed the Center for Science Studies. At IE Business School (Madrid), where he was associated as professor of Management of Innovation and Competitiveness in emerging economies, he was director for thirteen years and a member of its steering committee; and created the Euro-Latin American Center, responsible for the internationalization of the school in Latin America and for research on the internationalization of emerging market companies. In 2000 he co-founded the Sumaq Alliance, formed by IE Business School together with seven of the most prestigious business schools in Latin America.

He holds three master's degrees: in Latin American Studies, in International Relations and in Management. From 1981 to 1982 he was Process and Planning Engineer at 3M Colombia and Chief Laboratory Engineer at IMA S.A., Bogota, Colombia.

He has been a research fellow in Innovation, Competitiveness and Economic Development in Emerging Markets at Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, BCSIA - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge, MA. In addition, he has postdoctoral training in System Dynamics at MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA.

He has taught International Economics and Technological Development, with a master's degree in International Economics from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela (1991-1996) and has done management consulting at Marino Recio y Asociados Caracas, Venezuela (1988-1992).

He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Development, International Relations and Business Management from the Sorbonne University (Paris I and Paris III) and a degree in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Colombia. He has been a research fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in innovation and competitiveness (1996-2000) and a postdoctoral student at the Sloan School of Management - MIT in System Dynamics. He was also a Visiting Scholar at DRCLAS - Harvard University and the Sloan School of Management - MIT (2019).

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2019 Visiting Scholar, DRCLAS - Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

2019 Visiting Scholar, MIT - Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA.

2013-Pres. Full Professor of Innovation and Change Management, INCAE Business School, Alajuela, Costa Rica.

1999-2012 Professor on Management of Innovation and Competitiveness in emerging economies, IE Business School, Madrid, Spain.

2000 Co-founder of SUMAQ, Ibero-American Business School Network, Madrid, Spain.

1999-2009 Founder and Director, Euro-Latin America Center, IE Business School, Madrid, Spain.

1999-2003 Member, IE Business School's Direction Committee, Madrid, Spain.

1988-1996 Founded and conducted research on public policies at the ACAL - Center for Information and Science Studies, Caracas, Venezuela.

1987-1996 Executive Director, Latin America Academy of Sciences (ACAL), Caracas, Venezuela.

1996-1999 Research Fellow in Innovation, Competitiveness and Economic Development in Emerging Markets, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, BCSIA - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge, MA.

1997-1998 Postdoctoral training in Systems Dynamics, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA.

1991-1996 Professor of International Economics and Technological Development, Master in International Economics, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.

1993-1996 Researcher on technological innovation and economic growth, Latin America Center for Information and Science Studies (CIEC-ACAL), Caracas, Venezuela.

1988-1992 Management Consulting, Marino Recio y Asociados, Caracas, Venezuela.

1985-1994 Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III and Paris I, Paris, France.

• Ph.D. in Economics and Development. Dissertation: Economic restructuring in Latin America: towards a new role in the global economy.
• Master in Latin American Studies (DEA)
• Master in International Relations (DESUP)
• Master in Management (DESS)

1981-1982 Process and Planning Engineer, 3M Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. 1981 Laboratory Chief Engineer, IMA S.A., Bogotá, Colombia.

1974-1981 Chemical Engineer, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.

1988-pres. Advisor to Latin American governments (Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela and several Caribbean countries).

1990-pres. Training and consulting for International Organizations and Multinational Corporations: IDB-Interamerican Development Bank, UNESCO -United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Orcyt, Cresalc), TWAS - The Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), ICSU/COSTED - International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), Committee on Science and Technology for Developing Countries (COSTED), Association of Caribbean States (ACS-AEC), Adidas, E&Y, IBM, Pfizer, P&G, Roche Pharma, Abbot, Grupo Santander, 3M, Nestlé, Cargill, Telefónica, Banesto, La Caixa, BUPA-Sanitas and Walmart.

1990-Pres. Researcher and Guest Lecturer at several universities and international organizations:

Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), MIT- Sloan School of Management (Cambridge, MA), Babson College (Waltham, MA), TWAS - Third World Academy of Sciences (Trieste), INASP (London), UNESCO (Paris), Association of Caribbean States (Port of Spain), Instituto Brasileiro de Informacion Cientifica y Tecnologica (Brasilia), Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas (Brasilia), Institut des Hautes Etudes de l'Amérique Latine, Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris III, Maison de l'Amérique Latine (Paris), Universidad Central de Venezuela (Caracas), Universidad Metropolitana (Caracas), Universidad del Norte (Barranquilla), Procter and Gamble (Caracas), Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogota), Universidad de la Asunción (Asunción), Universidad de los Andes (Bogota), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte), SPAE-SPOL (Guayaquil).

Luciano Ciravegna is a full professor and Director of Research at INCAE Business School, where he teaches courses in the areas of Marketing and Strategy. He is also Director of the Steve Aronson Chair of Agribusiness and Sustainability at this business school.

His teaching experience includes courses for undergraduate, graduate, MBA and executive programs in international business, corporate strategy, competitive strategy, competitiveness and development, and business risk analysis at the following institutions: INCAE, The London School of Economics, Royal Holloway College, ESCP, Los Andes Business School and University of Hong Kong. 

He has conducted research and consulting work in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, United Kingdom, Austria and Italy. He has also worked as a business risk analyst with a focus on Latin American markets.

His academic career and international experience began at the age of 16, when he was admitted to the United World College. He then obtained a degree in Economic History from the London School of Economics and published his undergraduate thesis in Italian as his first book. 

After undergraduate studies, he became a Fellow of St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, where he graduated from a two-year research master's program, the MPhil (Master of Philosophy) in Latin American Economics and Politics. 

He earned his Ph.D. at the Institute of Development Studies at the London School of Economics, with the support of scholarships from INCAE, the Centro Studi D'Agliano, the London School of Economics and the Italian Social Science Council. 

During his doctorate, Ciravegna worked as a consultant on competitiveness, cluster and political risk in Guatemala and Costa Rica for INCAE-CLACDS; in London for the political risk consultancy Executive Analysis; in Vienna for UNIDO; and in Italy for the Province of Turin. 

He is the author of three books and his articles have been published in top-ranked journals by Financial Times and ABS: Journal of International Business Studies, Strategic Management Journal, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Business Ethics, Global Strategy Journal and Journal of World Business..

Carla Fernández Corrales is the Senior Director of Executive Education & INCAE Online and is an Assistant Professor at INCAE Business School. She earned her Ph.D. in Business Administration with a concentration in Information Systems from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition, she obtained a Grade in Industrial Engineering and an M.S. in Computer Science with honors, both from the University of Costa Rica. She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship from the U.S. Department of State.

Dr. Fernández Corrales' research focuses on the study of technology management and innovation using machine learning methods. Her teaching and consulting interests focus on the strategic use of information technologies, data science and agile methodologies.

As a consultant, lecturer and TEDx speaker, Professor Fernández Corrales stands out for her ability to communicate highly specialized knowledge about technology to non-technical audiences, establishing connections with the value proposition, strategy and risk analysis in organizations.

Passionate about innovation and the digital transformation of higher education, she has also served in various academic leadership positions, including Director of Educational Technologies (METICS) at the University of Costa Rica, Director of Learning Innovation at INCAE Executive Education and Academic Director of the MBA programs at INCAE Business School.

Full Professor at INCAE Business School since 1994. He was a visiting professor at the Escuela Superior de Economía y Negocios (ESEN) in El Salvador, and guest lecturer at the Fuqua Executive MBA and other executive programs at Duke University. He was part of the Western Hemisphere Advisory Group to the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.

His essays on Latin America and U.S. foreign policy have been published in the Journal of Democracy, New Republic, Commentary, Book World of the Washington Post, The Week in Review of the New York Times, The SAIS Review, Foro Internacional of the Colegio de México, IMF publications, FUNIDES publications, the Revista de INCAE, Confidencial, Razón Pública, and Estrategia y Negocios, among other publications.

He has also been interviewed by PBS, CNN, Al Jazeera, among other international television networks, and has served as Nicaragua's Ambassador to the United States and Canada.

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Between February 2007 and February 2009, Arturo J. Cruz-Sequeira served as Nicaragua's Ambassador to the United States and Canada.

In June 2009 he returned to INCAE, his academic home since 1994, where he holds the position of Full Professor. Prior to his career with INCAE, Professor Cruz-Sequeira was a Bradley Fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington DC.

He has been Guest Lecturer at the Foreign Service Institute (Washington DC), in the executive education programs at Fuqua, Duke University's business school, as well as visiting professor at ESEN in El Salvador.

Among other activities, he was a member of the Editorial Board of the weekly Confidencial (Managua, Nicaragua), Vice President of Glasnost, the company that owns the English-language digital publication Nicaragua Dispatch, and was a member of the Advisory Board of the Colección Cultural de Centro América.

He was also a member of the Working Group on Central America of the Inter-American Dialogue, as well as the Western Hemisphere Regional Advisors Group of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Council of the Americas Ambassadors, associated with CSIS in Washington DC, and the Strategic Reflection Group of the UNDP in Nicaragua.

He is currently an active member of Alternativa Latinoamericana. He has participated as a member and consultant to boards of directors of Central American banks and companies. Some companies are: Grupo Monge (Costa Rica), Ingenio Pantaleón (Guatemala), Banco del Istmo (Panama), BAC (Costa Rica), Banco Agrícola (El Salvador), Banco Cuscatlán (El Salvador), Grupo Corporativo Pérez (Panama), and AEI (Houston, Texas).

Other consultancies include Platts (Miami and Guatemala City), FUSADES and ANEP (El Salvador), FUNIDES (Nicaragua), the Nicaraguan Army High Command, the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry, Pro Nicaragua, Unión Fenosa, UNILEVER Central America, CEAL Central America, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI).

He has lectured at Americas Society (New York), SAIS (Washington DC), Wilson Center (Washington DC), Inter American Dialogue (Washington DC), The Heritage Foundation (Washington DC), Organization of American States (Washington DC), State Department Ambassadorial Seminars (Washington DC), Center for Hemispheric Policy University of Miami, Princeton University, Latin American Centre at Saint Antony's College (University of Oxford), CEAL Latin America (Mexico City, Mexico), Institute of Latin American Studies (Kyoto, Japan), Friedrich Ebert Foundation (Bonn, Germany), and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Lake Como, Italy).

His essays on Latin America and U.S. foreign policy have been published in the Journal of Democracy, New Republic, Commentary, Book World Washington Post, Week in Review New York Times, SAIS Review, Confidencial, Estrategia y Negocios, INCAE Business Review, Razón Pública.

Other publications include working papers with UNDP, IMF (Washington DC), Wilson Center (Washington DC), Inter American Dialogue (Washington DC), FUSADES (San Salvador, El Salvador), FUNIDES (Managua, Nicaragua).

His work, La Republica Conservadora was published in English by Palgrave Press and Saint Antony's Oxford in 2002 and in Spanish by Colección Cultural in 2003. His book with Forrest Colburn, Varieties of Liberalism, was published in English by Texas University Press in 2007.

Professor Cruz-Sequeira has been interviewed by BBC Radio, PBS's The News Hour, CNN and Al Jazeera, among other international media outlets. His university education began with a B.A. from SIS at American University, followed by an M.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins (SAIS), and a Ph.D. in Modern History from the University of Oxford in England.

Conrado is an Assistant Professor at INCAE and holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick. His research focuses on economic theory and financial economics. Conrado teaches Industrial Organization and International Finance.

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Guatemalan academic, consultant and entrepreneur. He has been a faculty member at INCAE Business School since 1986. He has been academic director and professor in different executive training programs for the private, public, and non-profit sectors.

He specialized in the areas of Institutional Analysis, Development Finance, Microfinance and Economic and Social Development. He is a member of the Global Network of Microfinance in MBA Programs and has been a member of the Academy of Management (AOM).

He has lectured in different parts of the world including all the countries of the Central American Isthmus, USA, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, France, Philippines, India, Morocco, South Africa, and Uganda.

He teaches courses in the master's degree programs in the areas of Development Finance and Microfinance, Managerial Control and Finance, Entrepreneurship and New Enterprises, Introduction to Consulting, Negotiation, and Management Consulting Practice (MCP).

Guatemalan academic, consultant and businessman. He is a Full Professor at INCAE Business School, an institution he joined in 1986 and where he has risen through the academic ranks from Assistant Researcher to Full Professor.

At INCAE Business School he teaches courses in the master's degree programs in the areas of Development Finance and Microfinance, Management Control and Finance, Entrepreneurship and New Enterprises, Introduction to Consulting, Negotiation, and Management Consulting Practice (MCP) (Field Work, an initiative of which he is Founder and Academic Director).

As founder and Academic Director of Management Consulting Practice he has had the opportunity to support more than two hundred companies in the Americas (among them Bayer Corporation in the U.S.A.; Cia. Pfizer, Grupo Gigante, Aeroméxico, and Carrier Corporation in Mexico; Grupo la Fragua in Guatemala; Grupo TACA in El Salvador; Cargill in Honduras; Corporación de Supermercados Unidos in Costa Rica; Grupo Pellas in Nicaragua; MARCIMEX in Ecuador; Bolsa de Valores, EDIFICA and MARCIMEX in Peru; and the Radisson Hotel in Bolivia) in the solution of strategic and managerial problems, through practical application work prepared under his direction and supervision by graduates of the MBA program at INCAE Business School.

Professor Alfaro has also taught courses in the areas of Quantitative Methods for Managers, Political and Environmental Analysis, Economic Development Theory, and Project Formulation and Evaluation, and has been academic director and professor in different executive training programs for the private, public and non-governmental sectors. He is Founder and Academic Director of the Program/Diploma in Senior Management of Microfinance Institutions (PAD-MIF) and the Diploma in Advanced Management in Banking and Finance for Development (PGA BFD).

He has also been a professor of the Master of Medical Management Program at Tulane University (USA) and professor of the Negotiation and Business Plan courses at the Escuela Panamericana El Zamorano (Honduras).

In 2005 he was awarded two academic distinctions at the Universidad Sergio Arboleda in Colombia:

1. the Sergio Arboleda Pin (the highest award given by this university to an academic), and
2. the Honorary Grade Professor of that university.

Dr. Alfaro has been the Academic Champion for Microfinance in MBA Programs at INCAE Business School for the past several years. He is a member of the Global Network of Microfinance in MBA Programs and has been a member of the Academy of Management (AOM). He has lectured in different parts of the world including all the countries of the Central American Isthmus, USA, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, France, Philippines, India, Morocco, South Africa, and Uganda.

He obtained his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A., where he specialized in the areas of Institutional Analysis, Development Finance, and Economic and Social Development. He also received a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Agricultural Economics, with a specialization in Rural Financial Markets. Previously, he studied at INCAE where he obtained a Master's degree in Business Administration (MAE), with a concentration in Agribusiness and Rural Development, and a Functional Business Administrator, with a concentration in Investment Management (Graduate with Distinction).

Urs Jäger is a strategist, researcher and teacher, specialist in strategic change management, leadership, business ethics, entrepreneurship and impact management with extensive experience in Europe and Latin America.

He is the Senior Director of Impact and Sustainability and Associate Professor at INCAE Business School, and Executive Director of VIVA Idea. He guides his work from approaches of action research methodology, sustainability, entrepreneurship and social innovation, with a focus on the inclusion of formal and informal markets, working in emerging countries.

He holds the VIVA Idea Schmidheiny Chair in Sustainability at INCAE Business School, in joint leadership with other colleagues. The Chair focuses on developing solutions that enable leaders to manage their impact and develops solutions based on an action research approach.

As executive director of VIVA Idea, an organization that is part of the VIVA Trust ecosystem of organizations that supports sustainable development throughout Latin America, he executes processes of action, accompaniment and training for leaders of companies, foundations, governments, non-governmental organizations and communities in managing impact. Impact management means the way in which leaders can make decisions and act to promote social progress. In this process, VIVA Idea collaborates with the Chair at INCAE Business School.

Urs Jäger's research focuses on collaborations between actors in unequal situations (such as indigenous peoples and multinational corporations), drivers of informal market development and governance practices that strengthen informal market development with a focus on social and economic progress. Together with his teams, he has developed action-research studies in Europe, Indonesia and more than ten countries in Latin America.

2013 to date: Associate Professor. INCAE Business School (Costa Rica)

2013 to date: Research Director. VIVA, in collaboration with INCAE Business School (Costa Rica).

2007 to date: Associate Professor (Privatdozent). University of St. Gallen (Switzerland).

2011 to 2012: Visiting Research Professor. INCAE Business School (Costa Rica)

2006 to 2011: Founding Co-Director. Center for Leadership and Values in Society (CLVS-HSG), University of St. Gallen. 2006: Visiting Scholar. Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles (USA).

2003 to 2006: Assistant Professor. Institute of Management, University of St. Gallen.

2000 to 2003: Management Accountant/Financial Services Project Manager and Human Resource Consultant. Lufthansa Group (aviation company) (Frankfurt, Germany)

1999 to 2000: Research Associate. Institute for Leadership and Human Resources Management, University of St. Gallen.

1998 to 1999 : Portfolio Management Analyst. Investment banking firm (Zurich, Switzerland).

1998: Junior Consultant. Management Centre of St. Gallen (MZSG). (St.Gallen)

1997 to 1998: Project Member. Institute for Business Ethics, University of St. Gallen.

1997: Consultant. Consulting Group for Nonprofit-Organizations (BSU). (Stuttgart, Germany)

1996: Researcher. Institute of Work Psychology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) (Zürich, Switzerland).

1991 to 1992: Corporal. Swiss Military Service (Switzerland)

Professor Mauricio Jenkins is a Full Professor at INCAE Business School. He holds a Ph.D. Grade in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis University. He also holds an M.A. in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis University, an M.B.A. with Distinction from INCAE Business School, and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Costa Rica. In 1994 the United States Government awarded him the prestigious Fulbright scholarship to pursue his doctoral studies.

As a member of the faculty of INCAE for over 25 years, Professor Jenkins has taught corporate finance, international finance and international business courses for MBA students in several countries in Latin America, Europe and the United States, as well as dozens of executive seminars on company valuation, portfolio management, treasury management, investment projects, international finance and financing structuring in more than a dozen countries.

Professor Jenkins is the Academic Director of the Executive MBA in Finance at INCAE, and was Director of the Institute's Senior Management Program for 10 years. He has also been a visiting professor at the European Business School, Rotterdam School of Management and Brandeis University, teaching courses in corporate finance and international finance at both universities.

Professor Jenkins has also served as a consultant to the Harvard Institute for International Development. Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID), the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, the Government of Costa Rica, the Panama Canal Authority, the National Bank of Costa Rica, as well as several business groups in the region. Professor Jenkins has also served on more than half a dozen Boards of Directors of leading companies and institutions in the region. His consulting activities have been mainly focused on the valuation of companies and the evaluation of investment projects, as well as the development of financial strategies for several companies and entities.

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Mauricio Jenkins holds a Ph.D. Grade in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis University. He also holds an M.A. in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis University, an M.B.A. with distinction from Incae, and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Costa Rica.

In 1994 the United States government awarded him the prestigious Fulbright scholarship for his doctoral studies. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Central American Institute of Business Administration (INCAE).

As a member of the Institute's faculty, Professor Jenkins has taught finance and international business courses for MBA students, as well as numerous executive seminars on business valuation, portfolio management, treasury management, investment projects and financing structuring in countries such as Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Venezuela.

In 2004, he was appointed Academic Director of the Senior Management Program, the longest running program at INCAE, and was also Academic Director of the Master of Medical Management Program, a master's program taught jointly by INCAE and Tulane University.

Professor Jenkins has also served as a consultant to the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID), the Government of Costa Rica, and major business groups in the region.

His consulting activities have been mainly focused on business valuation and evaluation of investment projects, as well as the development of the financial strategies of several companies.

He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of two important Costa Rican business groups.

He is Professor of Strategy and Competitiveness at INCAE. He received his DBA from Harvard, where his research was supervised by Prof. Michael E. Porter. He holds an M.S.C. in Industrial Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Costa Rica.

He is a research associate at Harvard Business School's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, and has been an adjunct professor at Tufts University in Boston. He was dean of the master's programs at INCAE and was director of the Research Center at INCAE. He is currently the lead professor of the Health Care Group. He has published in Harvard Business Review Latin America, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy and Journal of Economic Geography.

He has been a consultant to companies and governments, and has served on several boards of directors of corporate groups in the region. He has been a member of the Presidential Commission on Competitiveness in Nicaragua.

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Dr. Ketelhöhn is Professor of Strategy and Competitiveness at INCAE Business School.

D. from Harvard Business School, where his doctoral research was supervised by Prof. Michael E. Porter.

He also holds a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Costa Rica.

He is a research associate at Harvard Business School's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness (directed by Michael Porter) and has been an adjunct professor at Tufts University in Boston.

He was dean of the master's programs at INCAE (2006-2009) and director of the Research Center at INCAE.

He is the lead professor of the Health Care Group, an interdisciplinary faculty group that seeks to improve efficiency in the health sector in the region through the application of management techniques. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Burned Children's Association of Nicaragua.

Prof. Ketelhöhn has been a consultant to companies and governments. He is a member of the board of directors of Grupo Corporativo Perez in Panama and of Café Soluble in Nicaragua.

He has been a member of the Presidential Commission on Competitiveness in Nicaragua.

Among his publications are: Who is Innovating in Mexico (Harvard Business Review Latin America, 2009), The Hospitals of Central America (INCAE Business Review, 2012), Geographic Concentration, Knowledge Spillovers, and Growth in the Evolution of the U.S. Advertising Industry (Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2002) and Knowledge Spillovers in the US Semiconductor Industry (Journal of Economic Geography, 2007).

His research focuses on the effect of clusters on firm performance and innovation, and hospital management in Central America.

Bernard Kilian is Dean of Faculty and Research at INCAE Business School, where he also teaches courses in the areas of Microeconomics and Operations Management as a full professor. A native of Germany, he holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Resource Economics and an M.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences with emphasis in Economics, both from the University of Hohenheim, Germany.

Prior to joining INCAE, he was in charge of the economic project within a national macro project in Germany called precision agriculture. He also taught at the graduate level at the University of Hohenheim, and was a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota. He has led numerous market studies on sustainable products in international markets.

As a full professor of INCAE in the master's degree programs, he has a vast experience, backed by several years of professional practice. Professor Kilian teaches courses in the areas of Microeconomics and Operations Management.

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Full Professor in Operations Management and Microeconomics, INCAE Business School.

Sustainable Market Intelligence Center CIMS, Costa Rica. Former Production and Research Manager.

Since May 2005, part-time. University of Hohenheim, Department of Agricultural Economics. Project Manager

March 1999 - July 2002 Economic Project part of the National Research and Development Project Administration and Management System for Precision Agriculture to increase the efficiency of agricultural activity and promote its compatibility with the environment. Promoted and directed by the German Ministry of Education and Science.

• Responsible for applying methodology and managing the finances of the economic project.
• Consultancy to farmers to improve the management of their activities and management of farmers' meetings in different regions of Germany.
• Lecturer on the Economic Aspects of Precision Agriculture in national and international forums. Professor of Undergraduate and Grade Studies

1999-2000.

Courses given:

• Applied Natural Resource Economics and Operations Research.
• Departments of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Policy and Markets.
• Research Assistant

1993-1994.

Emphasis:

• Analysis of empirical data from market research and Linear Programming.

Consulting:

• BASF Ludwigshafen 1998 - 2000 (Contact: Dr Zerulla)
• Economic evaluation of optimized input management in the long term. John Deere, Mannheim 2002 (Contact: Dr Neuhaus)
• Economic Consulting in Precision Agriculture. Industrieverband Agrar (IVA), Frankfurt am Main 2001 (Contact: Dr. Prath.)
• Farm Administration and Management and Sustainability Presentations. International Experience University of Minnesota
• Department of Applied Economics Exchange Professor November 2000 - April 2001

Concentration: Econometrics -The objective of the visit was to exchange metrological concepts for testing improvements in precision profitability in agriculture. Timirjasew-Akademie. Moscow, Russia, May 20-28, 2000 Tiblise State University. Tiblise, Georgia,

19 -26 October 2001 TEMPUS Project: Restructuring of the economic program in universities in Eastern European countries. Promoted by the European Union. -The purpose of the exchange was to support Eastern European Universities to develop in them Economics departments, and I also offered courses in Natural Resources Economics. Workshops promoted by the European Union: Joint Action: Policies to Control the Environmental Impacts of Agriculture.

• German representative and presenter of national reports at the following venues: Thessalonica, Greece Workshop on Nutrient Management Legislation in European Countries,

17-19 May 2000 Oslo, Norway Workshop on Mineral Emissions from Agriculture,

January 25-28, 1996 European Commission (EU), Directorate for Agriculture, Brussels, Belgium.

November 25-27, 2001. -Representative of Germany to inform and consult to the European Commission the point of view of Applied Economics about the introduction of Precision Agriculture in the different countries. INCAE. Alajuela, Costa Rica. Carlson School of Management Seminar-INCAE.

January 7-18, 2001. The seminar covered the following topics: Management, resource economics, environment and sustainable development and their management in Latin America (local cases). Languages: German, English, Spanish and French.

Luis López is a Full Professor at INCAE Business School and a specialist in the area of Operations Management and Technology. He has taught courses in the master's degree programs of INCAE, both in the residential and executive programs, and in executive seminars in different countries.

He has experience as a consultant to companies in several Latin American countries, especially in Technology Management, Manufacturing Strategy, and Strategic Simulation. Recently he has explored possible uses of continuous simulation in environments that combine continuous flows with discrete flows in the production, transportation and storage of goods.

He has extensive experience as a consultant for companies and organizations in different Latin American countries, especially in Operations Management, Technology and Innovation Management and Strategic Simulation. He participates in Boards of Directors of several companies.

He has publications in several specialized journals, such as Journal of International Business Studies, British Journal of Management, Management Decision, Journal of Product Innovation Management, among others. He has also developed a large number of teaching materials, cases and simulators.

He completed his doctoral studies at the Sloan School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

He holds a Master in Business Administration (INCAE, graduated with distinction), Electrical Engineer, Universidad de Costa Rica, B. S. Marine Engineering (U. S. Merchant Marine Academy, graduated with distinction).

He is a full professor of INCAE in the area of Operations Management, Technology and System Dynamics. He has taught in the master's degree courses of INCAE, both in the residential and executive programs, and in the executive seminars of INCAE in different countries.

He has several years of experience as a consultant to companies in several Latin American countries, especially in Operations Strategy, Supply Chain Management and Strategic Simulation.

He uses simulation models for strategic scenario planning and analysis of complex situations. He has developed simulation models to evaluate capacity requirements in processing plants, to assess behaviors of multi-store and multi-product supply chains in various industries, to estimate behaviors in hospital care networks, to determine the impact of contracting modalities in logistics processes, to study supply chains in service operations and to explore the dynamics of judicial supply chains.

He has done work related to the interaction between traditional strategic planning and the determination of resource requirements and needs over time. Recently he has explored possible uses of simulation in environments that combine continuous flows with discrete flows in the production, transportation and storage of goods.

Octavio Martínez Argüello is a professor of competitive and corporate strategy at INCAE Business School. He was also director of its Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development (CLACDS). His academic research on issues of vertical integration strategy, contracts and geographic location of companies has been awarded several times by the Academy of Management, the world's leading professional association of management academics and consultants.

He has been a consultant in strategy formulation and implementation for companies in the food and beverage, agribusiness, pharmaceutical, energy, financial and real estate sectors. He is a partner of bac&asociados, a consulting firm specialized in the strategic transformation of companies in Latin America. Previously, he has experience in operations management with Walmart de México y Centroamérica.

He has also been invited to lecture at Harvard University (HBS), University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), New York University (NYU Stern), Washington University in St. Louis (Olin), Instituto de Empresa (IE), Duke University, Boston University (Questrom), Insper (Brazil), Universidad Católica de Chile and Universidad Torcuato di Tella (Argentina).

D. in Business Strategy from the University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management. He also holds an MBA (with high distinction) from INCAE Business School, and a BS in Industrial Engineering (cum laude) from the American University (UAM). Prior to obtaining his doctorate, he was a senior researcher at INCAE, where he developed a comprehensive collection of teaching cases used in the institution's master's and executive education programs in Latin America. This collection includes topics on business and financial strategy, competitiveness, marketing and sales in transnational and local companies.

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Martínez, O. (Octavio); Bolaños, E.; Arce, R. (2020). Nicaragua's Road to Prosperity.
Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2020). From Crisis to Business Opportunity.
Martínez, O. (Octavio); Montiel, E. (Eduardo) (2016). Budget Inn Hotel: Estimating Country Risk in Cost of Capital.
Martínez, O. (Octavio); Ketelhöhn, N. (Niels); Pérez, F. (Felipe) (2015). Energy for Competitiveness.
Ketelhöhn, N. (Niels); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2009). Log of a container (B).
Ketelhöhn, N. (Niels); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2008). The Nicaraguan cattle and beef industry in 2007.
Exprúa, J. (José); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2008). Club Colombia: Extending the success.
Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2008). Backus and Johnston: Responding to competition.
Retana, G. (Germán); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2008). Organizational change in the Pluto factory.
Exprúa, J. (José); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2008). Re-launching Club Colombia beer.
Condo, A. (Arturo); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2008). Central American Polytechnic Institute (IPC): Training for competitiveness.
Alfaro, L.N. (Luis); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2007). Compartamos: Economic, social, and human capital.
Alfaro, L.N. (Luis); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2007). National Brewery Collection.

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Memarian, M. (Mahsa); Martínez, O. (Octavio); Mora-García, Claudio (2024). Pandemic and New Dynamics in the Residential Real Estate Market . s.l.; s.p..

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Martínez, O. (Octavio); Solórzano, Gaudy. (2024). Café de Costa Rica: traceability & sustainability statement (31338) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Montiel, E. (Eduardo Luis); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2024). Hotel Business Inn: estimando riesgo país (12485) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Alfaro Gramajo, L. (Luis Noel); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2024). Cervecería Nacional: canal diversión; papel del Channel Developer (11725) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Martínez, O. (Octavio); Ketelhohn, N. (Niels) (2024). Industria nicaragüense de ganaderia para carne bovina en el año 2007 (11815) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Alfaro Gramajo, L. (Luis Noel); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2024). Cervecería Nacional: canal diversión; papel del POS (11723) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Martínez, O. (Octavio); Retana, G. (Germán) (2024). Cambio organizacional en la Fábrica Plutón (11793) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Alfaro Gramajo, L. (Luis Noel); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2024). Cervecería Nacional: canal para llevar; papel del POS (11713) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Montiel, E. (Eduardo); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2024). Sucesión accionaria y relaciones armoniosas en empresas familiares . San José, Costa Rica :. San José, Costa Rica : Summa Media Group.
Alfaro Gramajo, L. (Luis Noel); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2024). Cervecería Nacional: canal comiendo fuera; papel del Channel Developer (11721) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Martínez, O. (Octavio); Ketelhohn, N. ( Niels) (2024). Bitácora de un contenedor de Chiltomas (11981) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Alfaro Gramajo, L. (Luis Noel); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2024). Cervecería Nacional: canal socializando; papel del POS (11715) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Clancy, S. (Susan); Martínez, O. (Octavio); Ketelhöhn, N. (Niels) (2024). Corrupción en América Latina y sus soluciones potenciales . Georgia :. Georgia : CNN en Español.
Alfaro Gramajo, L. (Luis Noel); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2024). Cervecería Nacional: canal para llevar (11711) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Martínez, O. (Octavio); Sanz, L. (Luis J.) (2024). Credi Q Inversiones II = Credi Q Investments II (12093) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Martínez, O. (Octavio); Oxley, J. (Joanne); Silverman, B. (Brian) (2024). Addressing endogeneity issues in alliance research . Amsterdam, Netherlands :. Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier.
Alfaro Gramajo, L. (Luis Noel); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2024). Cervecería Nacional: canal socializando; papel del Channel Developer (11717) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Martínez, O. (Octavio); Pérez, F. (Felipe) (2024). Agropecuaria San Jorge . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Alfaro Gramajo, L. (Luis Noel); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2024). Cervecería Nacional: canal comiendo fuera; papel del POS (11719) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Sanz, L. (Luis); Martínez, O. (Octavio); Lesizza, Mateo.; González, Connie; traductor.; González, Connie (2024). Lidersoft (11535) . Managua, Nicaragua :. Managua, Nicaragua : INCAE Business School.
Martínez, O. (Octavio); Beverinotti, J. (Javier); Figueroa, L. (Luis) (2024). Crecimiento empresarial en tiempos de incertidumbre: resumen de experiencias de organizaciones emblemáticas en la región andina . New York :. New York : Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo.
Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2024). Coronavirus: 7 formas de proteger el empleo de los colaboradores en la empresa . Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala :. Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala : Prensa Libre, S.A..
Ketelhöhn, N. (Niels); Navarro, Emily.; Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2024). Ejercicio: la concentración del sector bancario Latinoamericano en 2014 = Exercise: concentration of the Latin American banking sector in 2014 (12461) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Martínez, O. (Octavio); López, J. (Juan Pablo) (2024). Corrupción, trayendo a la luz lo oculto: el caso de Honduras y El Salvador . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : CLACDS.
Martínez, O. (Octavio); Alfaro, L. (Luis Noel) (2024). Fundación para el Desarrollo Socio-Económico Rural (FUNDESER) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Martínez, O. (Octavio); Alfaro Gramajo, L. (Luis Noel) (2024). COMASA: Creating an industry = COMASA: la creación de una industria (11875) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2024). De la Crisis a la oportunidad de negocios. Costa Rica. Costa Rica Revista Vida y Éxito.
Martínez, O. (Octavio); Sanz, L. (Luis J.) (2024). Credi Q Inversiones II . Bogotá, Colombia :. Bogotá, Colombia : CLADEA.
Martínez, O. (Octavio); Corts, K. (Kenneth S.) (2024). Long-term contracts and repeated interaction: evidence from the Costa Rican coffee market . New York :. New York : Academy of Management.
Ketelhohn, N. (Niels); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2024). Eficiencia, canas o cerebro: ¿En que basan sus estrategias de diferenciación los bufetes de América Latina? . San José, Costa Rica :. San José, Costa Rica : Summa Media Group.
Martínez, O. (Octavio); Pérez, F. (Felipe); Baltodano, D. (Duilio) (2024). Ganadería Internacional S.A. (Gainsa) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Martínez, O. (Octavio); Brenes, E. (Esteban R.); Ciravegna, L. (Luciano); López, María Fernanda; Pichardo, Caleb (2024). Cacao Oro (31414) . United States :. United States : IFAMA.
Martínez, O. (Octavio); Alfaro Gramajo, L. N. (Luis Noel) (2024). Compartamos: valor económico, social y humano = Compartamos: economic, social, and human value (11729) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Martínez, O. (Octavio); Contreras, Ginger. (2024). García & Bodan: Attorneys & Counselors at law (12489) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Ketelhöhn, N. (Niels); Martínez, O. (Octavio); Figueroa, L. (Luis) (2024). Efectos de la crisis del COVID-19 en América Latina y respuestas gerenciales . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Brenes, E. (Esteban R.); Martínez, O. (Octavio); Ketelhohn, N. (Niels); Hernández, Andrea. (2024). Agroalfa (31166) . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Ketelhöhn, N. (Niels); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2023). Growth strategies for law firms . Massachusetts :. Massachusetts : Harvard Business Review Press.
C. Mora-García (Claudio); Memarian, M. (Mahsa); Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2023). Pandemia y nuevas dinámicas en el mercado inmobiliario residencial. Costa Rica. Costa Rica INCAE Business School.
Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2023). El Camino de Nicaragua a la Prosperidad . Costa Rica. Costa Rica INCAE Business School.
Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2023). Respuestas gerenciales en tiempos de Covid-19 . Alajuela, Costa Rica :. Alajuela, Costa Rica : INCAE Business School.
Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2023). Cómo sostener las finanzas de una empresa en la crisis del coronavirus . Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala :. Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala : Prensa Libre, S.A..
Martínez, O. (Octavio) (2023). Market competition and vertical contracting: evidence from the trade of coffee beans . New York :. New York : Academy of Management.

Octavio Martínez Argüello is currently a professor of competitive and corporate strategy at INCAE Business School.

He has been a consultant in strategy formulation and implementation, as well as in the evaluation of investment projects in companies in the food and beverage, agribusiness, energy and real estate sectors.

Previously, he developed experience in retail operations management with Wal-Mart de Mexico and Central America.

D. in Business Strategy from the University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management.

He also holds an MBA with high distinction from INCAE Business School, and a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering (Cum Laude) from Universidad Americana (UAM).

His academic research on vertical integration strategy and geographic location of companies has been awarded several times by the Academy of Management, the world's leading professional association of management academics and consultants.

He has also been invited to lecture at Harvard University (HBS), University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), New York University (NYU Stern), Washington University in St. Louis, Instituto de Empresa (IE), Duke University, Boston University and Universidad Católica de Chile.

Prior to earning his doctorate, he was a Senior Researcher at INCAE, where he developed a collection of 15 teaching cases used in the institution's master's and executive education programs in Latin America.

This collection includes topics on business and financial strategy, competitiveness, marketing and sales in transnational and local companies.

He is a full Professor at INCAE Business School and actively participates in the executive and regular and executive master's programs. He has a long experience as a member of the faculty of INCAE, supported by several years of professional practice in different countries. He is the academic director of the Master program in Agribusiness Management and the MBA-Online (Master's Program in Business Administration on-line). He is also a member of INCAE’s Academic Policies Committee and serves as Director of the Qualifications Committee.

He currently teaches courses on Sustainability Management, Quantitative Methods and Financial Mathematics. He also participates in the consulting work of the Management Consulting project of the MAB and MAIT master's programs.

He does consulting work in several Latin American countries and has been a member of international professional associations such as the IAAE (International Association of Agricultural Economists) and IAMA (International Food and Agribusiness Management Association). He represented the PMA (Produce Marketing Association) of the United States in the region and is currently a director of several companies in Central America. He is a member of the College of Agricultural Engineers of Costa Rica.

He has participated intensively in the teaching of open executive programs and in the In Company modality in diverse areas such as Investment Risk Management and Evaluation, Project Formulation and Evaluation, Professional Project Management and Negotiation. He is the author and supervisor of numerous cases and teaching notes on different topics. Professor Perez has participated in several international congresses and conferences in various countries around the world and has presented the results of his research. His areas of interest are in the areas of competitiveness, sustainability and inclusiveness and Digital Transformation of Agribusiness.

He holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University, specializing in Natural Resource Economics and Business Strategy. He also obtained a Master's degree in Business Administration (MAE) at INCAE, specializing in Banking and Development Finance, and Postgraduate Program in Functional Administration (PAF) with emphasis in Agribusiness Management at the same institution, graduating with distinction. Professor Pérez is also an agronomist engineer with a major in Irrigation from the National School of Agriculture-Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo, Mexico, where he achieved honor roll throughout his career.

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Felipe Pérez Pineda holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University, with specialization in Natural Resource Economics and Agribusiness Strategy. He graduated with a Master's degree in Business Administration from INCAE with a concentration in Banking and Development Finance, and a Postgraduate degree in Functional Administration with emphasis in Agribusiness Management from the same institution, graduating with distinction.

Professor Perez is also an Agricultural Engineer with a major in Irrigation from the Universidad Autonoma de Chapingo, Mexico where he achieved honor roll throughout his career. A member of the faculty of INCAE with the rank of Full Professor, he headed the Agroindustry Program of the institute for several years.

His experience as a professor at INCAE in the executive and master's programs has been supported by several years of professional practice in different countries. He has done consulting work in several Latin American countries and has been a member of international professional associations such as the IAAE (International Association of Agricultural Economists) and IAMA (International Food and Agribusiness Management Association).

He represented the PMA (Produce Marketing Association) of the United States in the region and is currently a director of several companies in Central America. Professor Perez currently teaches courses on Sustainability Management, Quantitative Methods and Introduction to Financial Simulation and Entrepreneurship in the Master's Programs in Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

He also participates in executive education in events on Project Management, Assertive Communication and Decision Making and Presentation. He has also been a professor in these programs, in the courses of Quantitative Methods, Decision Making and Presentation, and Environmental Impact Project Evaluation.

He has participated intensively in the teaching of open executive programs and in the In-Company modality in diverse areas such as Investment Risk Management and Evaluation, Project Formulation and Evaluation, Project Management, Agro-industrial Project Evaluation and Negotiation.

He is the author and supervisor of numerous cases and teaching notes on different topics. Professor Pérez has participated in several international congresses and conferences in various countries around the world and has presented the results of his research. His areas of interest are Competitiveness, Sustainability and Inclusiveness; Innovation and Inclusive Business at the Base of the Pyramid.

Andrea M. Prado is an associate professor of management and organizations at INCAE Business School. She is director of the Strachan Chair in Philanthropy and Social Investment. Her research explores the role of companies in promoting sustainable development in the countries where they operate, particularly through their corporate social responsibility strategies and the delivery of products and services to low-income populations.

She also studies the impact and dynamics of industry self-regulation (i.e., the adoption of voluntary certification programs) to promote environmental and labor practices in emerging economies. She has published her research in prestigious academic journals, books and book chapters and has received multiple international awards.

Prof. Prado has led multiple executive programs in Health Management and Global Health at INCAE. She was the Academic Director of the Central America Healthcare Initiative (CAHI) from its inception in 2012 to 2019. CAHI seeks to catalyze access to quality healthcare services for low-income populations through innovative solutions and improved management capabilities in the region through a scholarship program delivered by INCAE.

Prado received a Ph.D. in Management and Organizations from the Stern School of Business, New York University, an M.A. in International Economics from the University of Essex, UK and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Costa Rica. She received a Fulbright scholarship for her doctoral studies and a Chevening scholarship for his master's studies.

More information at: https://www.andreamprado.com/

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Professor Lawrence Pratt, from the United States, holds a Master's degree in Public and Private Administration from the Yale School of Management. He graduated from the College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia, 1987), with an AB in Economics.

He is a full professor at INCAE, where he teaches courses on sustainable development and sound business strategy, both environmental and social, in the Master's Programs of INCAE as well as in the Executive Education Programs. From 2009 to 2015 he was Director of the Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development (CLACDS) of INCAE, having served as Associate Director of the Center since its founding in 1996.

Prior to joining INCAE, he worked at the Environmental Law Institute where he worked with governments and the private sector in Latin America and the U.S. to find ways to strengthen the business sector's commitment to improving environmental and social development through the formulation of national and state policies, as well as increasing awareness of opportunities to strengthen competitiveness. Previously, he worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - designing and implementing non-regulatory strategies to improve the environment and public health.

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Professor Lawrence Pratt, from the United States, holds a Master's degree in Public and Private Administration from the Yale School of Management. He graduated from the College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia, 1987), with an AB in Economics.

He is a full professor at INCAE, where he teaches courses on sustainable development and sound business strategy, both environmental and social, in the Master's Programs of INCAE as well as in the Executive Education Programs. From 2009 to 2015 he was Director of the Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development (CLACDS) of INCAE, having served as Associate Director of the Center since its founding in 1996.

Prior to joining INCAE, he worked at the Environmental Law Institute where he worked with governments and the private sector in Latin America and the U.S. to find ways to strengthen the commitment of the business sector to improve environmental and social development through the formulation of national and state policies, as well as increasing awareness of opportunities to strengthen competitiveness. Previously, he worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency designing and implementing non-regulatory strategies to improve the environment and public health.

D. in Economics from the University of Michigan in August 2000. He also holds a Master's degree in Statistics (May 1998) and a Master's degree in Economics (December 1997) from the same university. His areas of specialization are: Macroeconomics, International Trade, Econometrics and Statistics.

Professor Quintanilla has been an Instructor at the University of Michigan in the following subjects: Macroeconomics and Microeconomics.

He has written numerous case studies and has published in the Journal of Business Research, and INCAE Business Review.

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