By: José Ángel de la Paz 

The quality of the investigation carried out by the research professors of EGADE Business School and the Undergraduate Business School at Tecnológico de Monterrey was recognized in the 2019 Call of the National System of Researchers (SNI) of the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt).

In this edition, a total of 19 research professors from the two schools, as well as from the Strategic Focus Research Groups (GIEE) in the Business Area, were distinguished with either admission or continuance in the SNI.

“These results confirm the excellence of the researchers in the Business Area, the innovative and relevant nature of their work, and their contribution to the advancement of scientific research in Mexico and the world. Congratulations to our professors for these achievements, which also contribute to their track records as researchers,” said Teofilo Ozuna, Associate Dean of Research at EGADE Business School and the Undergraduate Business School at Tecnológico de Monterrey.

The research professors who were admitted for the first time to the SNI were:

• At the level of Candidate: from EGADE Business School, Dr. Alfonso Ávila Robinson (GIEE – Entrepreneurship and Innovation); and from the Tec School of Business, Dr. Adriana Ramírez Rocha, Dr. Alberto López Hernández, Dr. Alfonso Valdez Cervantes, Dr. Axel Atzayacatl Zavala, Dr. Bárbara Isabel Mojarro Durán, Dr. Citlali Del Carmen Calderón Frese, Dr. Francisco Alfonso Espinoza Sánchez, Dr. Geraldina Silveyra León, Dr. María del Rocío Vega Zavala and Dr. Nidia Junive Juárez García.

Meanwhile, the research professors who earned continuance in the SNI were:

• Promoted from the level of Candidate to SNI-I: from the Tec School of Business, Dr. Lucía Alejandra Rodríguez Aceves (GIEE - Entrepreneurship and Innovation).
• At the level of SNI-II: from EGADE Business School, Dr. Ajnesh Prasad (GIEE - Entrepreneurship and Innovation).
• At the level of SNI-I: from EGADE Business School, Dr. Carlos Scheel Mayenberger (GIEE – Social Innovation) and Dr. Federico Trigos Salazar (GIEE - Business Analytics); and from the Tec School of Business, Dr. Humberto Valencia Herrera (GIEE – Finance and Macroeconomics) and Dr. Luis Arturo Bernal Ponce (GIEE - Finance and Macroeconomics).
• At the level of Candidate: from the Tec School of Business, Dr. Daniel Cerecedo Hernández (GIEE - Finance and Macroeconomics) and Dr. Ján Rehák (GIEE - Entrepreneurship and Innovation).

With these new admissions and continued memberships, that will come into effect in January 2020, business research has been strengthened by increasing the number of members enrolled in the SNI from 62 to 66, of whom 32 have been distinguished at the Candidate level, 20 at SNI level I, 11 at SNI-II and three at SNI-III.

Additionally, a total of 19 EGADE Business School graduates of the Doctorate in Administrative Sciences and the Doctorate in Financial Sciences obtained SNI admission or continuance.

The results of the 2019 SNI call were published on September 27.