Alberto Méndez Morales

Alberto Méndez Morales is Director of the Master in Finance program at the Santa Fe site of EGADE Business School. He has also served as a full-time professor in the Department of Finance and Business Economics.

His research focuses on innovation finance, the economic impact of innovation, and public innovation policy. Since 2005, he has worked as a consultant for various companies and institutions in Colombia on topics such as business valuation, intangible asset valuation, the development of innovation metrics and indexes, and other areas aligned with his research interests.

Since 2007, he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses at prestigious universities in Colombia, including Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Universidad Externado de Colombia, and Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, where he also served as a full-time researcher.

He has served as a reviewer for renowned international academic journals, as well as for international scholarship programs from Colfuturo and research project calls funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation of Colombia.

• PhD in Innovation Economics
  Autonomous University of Madrid
• Master in Innovation Economics
  Autonomous University of Madrid
• Specialist in Economic Evaluation of Projects
  University of the Andes
• Economist
  Externado University of Colombia

1. Méndez-Morales, A., Cuellar, S., Herrera, M. M., & Mejía, J. (2022). A novel quality index for Latin-American inventions. World Patent Information, 71, 102154.
2. Méndez-Morales, A., Ochoa-Urrego, R., & Randhir, T. O. (2022). Measuring the quality of patents among Latin-American universities. Studies in Higher Education, 47(11), 2174-2189.
3. Cuellar, S., Méndez-Morales, A., & Herrera, M. M. (2022). Location matters: A novel methodology for patent’s national phase process. Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 13(3), 2138-2163.
4. Méndez-Morales, E. A., & Yanes-Guerra, C. A. (2021). Financial system specialization and private research and development expenditure: research for OECD countries. Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science, 26(51), 41-60.
5. Méndez-Morales, A. (2019). Show me the money: Pecking order and funding sources for innovative firms in Colombia. Cuadernos de Administración, 32(59).
6. Méndez-Morales, E. A., & Muñoz, D. (2019). Input, output, and behavioral additionality of innovation subsidies. Journal of technology management & innovation, 14(4), 158-172.