Publications

Citations

I published four books with the Financial Times Press, Routledge, and Palgrave.

Books

My research also appears in several high-ranking journals, including the Journal of International Business Studies (FT Ranked, ABS 4*), Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (FT Ranked, ABS 4), and the Journal of World Business (ABS 4).

Geographical reconfiguration in global value chains: Search within limited space?. Global Strategy Journal (ABS 4), https://doi.org/10.1002/gsj.1441; with C. Rodriguez & B. Petersen.

2022. Corporate misconduct in GVCs: challenges and potential avenues for MNEs. Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, 1-15, with F. Nieri & P. Rodriguez.

2022. Business and human rights: A configurational view of the antecedents of human rights infringements by emerging market firms. Journal of Business Ethics (FT Listed, ABS 4), 179(2), 431-450, with F. Nieri

2022 Why the world economy needs, but will not get, more globalization in the post-COVID-19 decade. Journal of International Business Studies (FT Listed, ABS 4*), 1-15, with S. Michailova.

2021. The family as a platform for FSA development: Enriching new internalization theory with insights from family firm research. Journal of International Business Studies (FT Listed, ABS 4*), 52, 148-160, with L. Kano & F. Rattalino

2020. Marketing capabilities and international new venture performance: The mediation role of marketing communication and the moderation effect of technological turbulence. Journal of Business Research, 107, 25-37, with SL Martin & RRG Javalgi.

2020. Differentiation strategies in agribusiness–A configurational approach. Journal of Business Research, 119, 522-539, with E. Brenes J. Acuna.

2019 “Corporate diplomacy and family firm longevity” Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (FT Listed, ABS 4), with A. Verbeke & L. Kano. https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258719838477

2018 “Five configurations of opportunism in international market entry” Journal of Management Studies (FT Listed, ABS 4*), with A. Verbeke, L. Lopez, & S. Kundu.

2018 “The antecedents of early internationalization: A configurational perspective” International Business Review (ABS 3), 27 (6), 1200-1212, with O. Kuivalainen, S. Kundu, & L.Lopez.

2018 “International entrepreneurship research versus international business research: A false dichotomy?” Journal of International Business Studies (FT Listed, ABS 4*), 49(4): 387–394, with A. Verbeke.

2018 “Managing institutional voids: A configurational approach to understanding high performance antecedents” Journal of Business Research (ABS 3*), with Brenes, E. R., & Pichardo, C. A.

2018 ”Service advantage built on service capabilities: An empirical inquiry of international new Ventures”, Journal of Business Research, 88, 371-381, with S. Marin & R. R. G. Javalgi.

2018 “The timing of internationalization, drivers and outcomes” Journal of Business Research, with S. Kundu, O. Kuvailanen, & L. Lopez.

2017 “Necessity or opportunity? the effects of State fragility and economic development on entrepreneurial efforts” Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (FT listed, ABS 4), 43(4): 725-750. with J.E. Amorós, V. Mandakovic, & P. Stenholm

2017 “Decoupling Standards from Practice: The Impact of In-House Certifications on Coffee Farms’ Environmental and Social Conduct” World Development (ABS 3), 96, 294-314, with E. Giuliani, A. Vezzulli, A., & B. Kilian.

2017 “Home country uncertainty and the internationalization-performance relationship: Building an uncertainty management capability” Journal of World Business (ABS 4), with A. Cuervo-Cazurra, M. Melgarejo, & L. Lopez.

2017 “Multilatinas and the internationalization of Latin American firms” Journal of World Business (ABS 4), 52(4), 447-460, with R.V. Aguilera, A. Cuervo-Cazurra, & M.A. Gonzalez-Perez.

2017 “Constructing useful models of firms' heterogeneities in implemented strategies and performance outcomes” Industrial Marketing Management (ABS 3), 62, 17-35, with Brenes, E. R., & Woodside, A. G.

2016 “Rapid multinationalization: Propositions for studying born micromultinationals” International Business Review (ABS 3), 26(2), 365-379, with H. Vanninen, H., and O. Kuivalainen.

2016 “Strategy and innovation in emerging economies after the end of the commodity boom—Insights from Latin America” Journal of Business Research (ABS 3), 69(10), 4363-4367. With E. Brenes, C. Pichardo, A. Camacho.

2016 “Assessing agri-business firms’ performances: Organizational and marketing business models indicating high and low sales and ROE outcomes”, Journal of Business Research, 69(9) with E. Brenes and P. Marcotte.

2016 “Theoretical and Empirical Research on the Internationalization of Latin American Enterprises” Editor of the Special Edition of the Journal of Business Research, 69(6) 1957-1962, with L. Lopez and S. Kundu.

2016 “Learning to become a High Reliability Organization in the food retail business”, with. Brenes. Journal of Business Research, 69(10), 4499-4506.

2015 “Super Selectos – winning the war with multinationals”, with E. Brenes and D. Montoya, Journal of Business Research, 68(2): 216-224.

2015 “Networks, entrepreneurial orientation and internationalization scope – evidence from Chilean small and medium enterprises”, with P. Robson, C. Felzensztein and E. Amoros, Journal of Small Business Management (ABS 3), 53(S1): 145-160.

2014 “Pollo Campero in the US”, with E. Brenes, A. Chattopadhyay, and C. Montoya, Management Decision (ABS 2), 52(9): 1649-1679.

2014 “Differentiation strategies in emerging markets: The case of Latin American agribusinesses”, with E. Brenes and D. Montoya, Journal of Business Research, 67(5): 847-855.

2014 “Country of origin and network effects on internationalization: A comparative study of SMEs from an emerging and developed economy”, with L. Lopez and S. Kundu, Thunderbird Best Paper Award at Business Association of Latin American Studies (BALAS), 2012, Journal of Business Research, 67(5): 916-923.

2014 “The inception of internationalization of small and medium enterprises: The role of activeness and networks”, with S.B. Majano and Z. Ge, Journal of Business Research, 67(6): 1081-1089.

2013 “Outsourcing practices in automotive supply networks: an exploratory study of full service vehicle suppliers” with A. Pilkington and P. Romano, The International Journal of Production Research (ABS 3).

2012 “The internationalization of ICT clusters in Latin America – lessons from the Costa Rican case”, published in the Journal of Latin American Studies (ABS 2), Vol. 44: 553-580.

2011 “Open innovation or outsourcing of innovation? A longitudinal study of Fiat’s opening of new product development to external firms”, with G. Maielli, International Journal of Innovation Management (ABS 2), Vol. 15(1), 2011.