International Business
Faculty Profile
Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra  Assistant Professor International Business Department Contact Information Phone: (803) 777-0314 Fax: (803) 777-3609 acuervo@moore.sc.edu |
Biography
Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra joined the University of South Carolina in 2005. Before then, he was a faculty member at the University of Minnesota. In 2003-2004, he was a visiting professor at Cornell University.
Dr.Cuervo-Cazurra analyzes how firms become internationally competitive by developing their technological capabilities and how then they overcome the difficulties in internationalization to become multinational enterprises. He also studies governance issues, with a special interest on corruption in international business. Recently, he has started a long-term research project analyzing the emergence of developing-country multinational firms. His geographical area of expertise is Latin America. He has done fieldwork in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Spain.
His research appears in academic journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Organization Studies, and Research Policy, among others, and in several research books. He has also published articles in managerial journals such as: Universia Business Review, and in financial newspapers like Expansión. He serves on the editorial boards of Journal of International Business Studies, Strategic Management Journal, and Organization Studies, among others, and is Associate Editor of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability.
His research has received numerous awards. His MIT thesis received the Best Dissertation in Strategy Award from The Academy of Management, and was finalist for the Best Dissertation in International Management Award from The Academy of Management and for the Hedlund Award for Best Dissertation in International Business. A paper from his University of Salamanca thesis received the Best Ph.D. Student Paper Award in Strategy from The Academy of Management.
Dr. Cuervo-Cazurra teaches courses on international and strategic management at the undergraduate, MBA, and Ph.D. levels. At the University of South Carolina, he teaches Global Competitive Analysis, The Emergence and Success of Multinationals, and Doing Business in Latin America.
Education
- Ph.D., Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999
- Ph.D., School of Economics and Management Sciences, University of Salamanca, 1997
- B.B.A., School of Economics and Management Sciences, Complutense University, 1991
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