Juan José Fernández-Durán holds a BSc in Actuarial Science from ITAM, a PhD in Statistics and Operational Research from the University of Essex and completed the Postdoctoral Bridge to Business (Marketing) in the Freeman School of Business of the University of Tulane.

Jose Luis is full time faculty at ITAM. He was also adjunct faculty at Tulane University in the US. With 17 years of full time work experience he held various senior management positions at Inverlat securities and at Grupo ADO where he was a member of its board of directors for 8 years. He holds a PhD in Business from IE Business school in Madrid, an MBA from Northwestern University and a Bachelors in Business from Anahuac University. His main research topics are boards of directors, initial public offerings (IPOs) and firm internationalization.

Alex is an assistant professor at ITAM since 2015 where he teaches courses on business strategy. He has a bachelor and a master’s degree from Athens University of Economics and Business in Greece and a PhD in Economics from the Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on empirically studying the responses of firms to changes due to government policy or macroeconomic shocks with a particular emphasis on the analysis of firm dynamics.

Luis Arciniega is numerary professor at ITAM, where he directs the MBA and Executive MBA programs. He received his PhD. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Salamanca in Spain. His research focuses on the influence of personal and work values on job attitudes and team processes, and on organizational commitment. He is coauthor of the Work Values Scale (EVAT), which has been administered to more than 10,000 employees in Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Dr.

When organizations cross borders, it is not uncommon for them to experience all sorts of trouble. My great passion is to contribute to our understanding of the challenges and opportunities that firm internationalization has to offer. My educational background includes a B.A. in Business Administration from ITAM, an M.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics, an M.Sc. in International Management from the CEMS global alliance of business schools, and a Ph.D. in Strategy and Management from the University of St. Gallen.

Dr. McWilliams is professor of marking in the department of Business Administration in ITAM. He received his Ph. D and Masters from the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics of the University of California at Berkeley. His undergraduate studies were in Economics at San Francisco State University.

Full time professor - researcher

Currently she is professor and researcher of the Business School. She has a bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering from UAM.Azcapotzalco, a master’s degree in Engineering from UNAM, and a PhD in Engineering and Public Policy with an specialization in Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Technological Change from Carnegie Mellon University in USA.