Boyd Cohen

Submitted by jose.paz on Mon, 04/15/2024 - 20:53

Since obtaining his Ph.D. in strategy and entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado in 2001, Boyd Cohen focused on accelerating the path to a low-carbon sustainable economy for the past two decades. This included publishing three books (Post-Capitalist Entrepreneurship: Startups for the 99%, The Emergence of the Urban Entrepreneur, and Climate Capitalism: Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change), multiple peer-reviewed articles, and starting a handful of ventures in the smart cities and sustainability arena. Boyd’s writings and thought leadership have been published in Fast Company, CoinDesk, and numerous smart cities publications. At the same time, the Smart Cities Wheel has been leveraged by governments around the globe to benchmark, rank, and strategize their path to a net zero future. His previous academic posts have been at IE (Spain), University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University (Canada), INCAE (Costa Rica), Universidad del Desarrollo (Chile), and EADA Business School (Spain), where he was Dean of Research. Boyd holds an International Fellow from Hult International Business School in the Future’s Impact Lab. He is finishing his fourth book (Abundance Capitalism), and is on the Board of Iomob, a Web2 and Web3 software startup he cofounded in smart mobility.

Expertise
Entrepreneurship
Strategy
Sustainability Strategy
Bio subtitle
Accelerating a regenerative economy through entrepreneurship and innovation.
Photo
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Position
Professor at the Department of Strategy and Leadership
Featured publications
  • Cohen, B., Charnley, F., Kietzmann, J., Esposito, M. (2025). Generative innovation opportunities in circular cities, California Management Review (special issue).
  • Cohen, B., & Kietzmann, J. (under review). Open innovation for grand challenges requires systems thinking
  • Cohen, B. Rethinking sustainability: Nature’s hierarchy of needs. 
  • Lecuna, A., Cohen, B. & Mandakovic, V. (2020). Want more high-growth entrepreneurs? Then control corruption with less ineffective bureaucracy. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 45(4): 525-546.
  • Muñoz, P., Gacciotti, G., & Cohen, B. (2018). The double-edged sword of purpose-driven behavior in sustainable venturing, Journal of Business Venturing, 33(2), 149-178.
  • Muñoz, P. & Cohen, B. (2018). A compass for navigating sharing economy business models, California Management Review, 61(1): 114-147.
  • Muñoz, P. & Cohen, B. (2018). Sustainable entrepreneurship research: Taking stock and looking ahead, Business Strategy & the Environment, 27(3): 300-322.
  • Cohen, B. (2017). The rise of alternative currencies in post-capitalism. Journal of Management Studies, 54(5), 739-746.
  • Muñoz, P. & Cohen, B. (2017). Mapping out the sharing economy: A configurational approach to sharing business modeling, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 125, 21-37.
  • Cohen, B., Almirall, E., & Chesbrough, H. (editors), (2016). The City as a lab: Open innovation meets the collaborative economy, California Management Review, 59(1), 5-13.
  • Muñoz, P. & Cohen, B. (2016). The making of the urban entrepreneur, California Management Review, 71-91.
  • Cohen, B. & Muñoz, P. (2016). Sharing cities and sustainable consumption and production: Towards an integrated framework, Journal of Cleaner Production, 134, 87-97. 
  • Cohen, B. & Muñoz, P. (2015) Towards a theory of purpose-driven entrepreneurship, Organization & Environment, 28(3), 264-285.
  • Cohen, B. & Amoros, E. (2014) Municipal demand-side policy tools and the strategic management of technology life cycles, Technovation, 34(12), 797-806.
  • Cohen, B. & Kietzmann, J. (2014) Ride on! Mobility business models for the sharing economy, Organization & Environment, 27(3), 279-296. IESE Schneider Electric Best Paper Award for Impact on Practice
  • Cohen, B. & Winn, M. (2007). Market imperfections, opportunity and sustainable entrepreneurship, Journal of Business Venturing, 22(1), 29-49.
  • Cohen, B. (2006). Sustainable valley entrepreneurial ecosystems, Business Strategy and the Environment, 15(1), 1-14.
  • Cohen, B. & Dean, T. (2005). Information asymmetry and investor valuation of IPOs: top management team legitimacy as a capital market signal, Strategic Management Journal, 26(7), 683-690.
Awards
  • IESE Schneider Electric Best Paper Award for Impact on Practice
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/boyd-cohen-ph-d/
Twitter
https://twitter.com/boydcohen
Discipline
Entrepreneurship
Strategy and Management
Sustainability and Technological Innovation
Education

  • Ph.D Strategy and Entrepreneurship
    University of Colorado (USA)

  • M.A. International Human Resources and International Exchange
    University of South Carolina (USA) and Copenhagen Business School (Denmark)

  • B.S. Organizational Behavior
    Miami University (USA)

Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=N2kOYEwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Jairo Orozco Triana

Submitted by jose.paz on Wed, 05/24/2023 - 11:28

Dr. Jairo Orozco is a professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation at EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey. He has left a significant mark on the academic and business community with more than 15 years of experience training and motivating people in their decision to start a business and providing his experience in corporate entrepreneurship, innovation, business model redesign, and strategy. He has been a consultant to public and private companies, including the Inter-American Development Bank. He has held various liaison, academic, and research roles at institutions such as the University of Cartagena and the Ean University in Colombia, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Spain, and the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. His research focuses on the determinants of corporate entrepreneurship in developing countries, and his contributions have been published in renowned academic journals, such as the Journal of Small Business Management. He has participated as a speaker at renowned international conferences, such as RENT, ACEDE, CLADEA, and ICSB, sharing his experience and knowledge with the academic community.

Expertise
Corporate Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Email
jairo.orozco@tec.mx
Photo
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Position
PROFESSOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
Featured publications
  1. Urbano, D., Orozco, J., & Turro, A. (2023). The effect of institutions on intrapreneurship: An analysis of developed vs developing countries. Journal of Small Business Management, 1-41.
  2. Orozco, J. ., & Arraut Camargo, L. C. (2018). Entrepreneurs with high expectations of growth and economic growth. Dimensión Empresarial, 16(2), 85-98.
Awards

Global Strategy Journal Award, GSJ - CLADEA , 2021.

Nominee to Jose Veciana Award - Best Young Researcher, European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management, 2020.

1er lugar del Concurso de Investigación Iberoamericano EQUAA - BACKUS SABMiller Perú, 2016.

Becario Colfuturo, 2019.

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jairoorozco/
Twitter
https://twitter.com/JairoAOrozcoT
Discipline
Entrepreneurship
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Economics
Education

Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship and Management (Cum Laude)
Autonomous University of Barcelona

Master in Research Applied to Economics and Business
Autonomous University of Barcelona

Master in Innovation
Bolivar Technological University

Bachelor's degree in Economics
Cartagena University

Sascha Fürst

Submitted by carlos.munoz on Mon, 09/27/2021 - 19:42

Dr. Sascha Fürst is a Research Professor of Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation at EGADE Business School and Leader of the Thematic Area Research Group (GAT) in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Dr. Sascha is affiliated with the Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku in Finland as a research fellow in international entrepreneurship. He is also visiting professor at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen in Germany where he teaches business in the Latin American context.

Dr. Fuerts earned a PhD with distinction in International Business from the University of Turku and holds a Master of Science in Business and Engineering from the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern in Germany.

His research interests are focused on the junction between entrepreneurship, strategy, and international business.

Expertise
Entrepreneurship
Strategy
Global Business
Email
sascha@tec.mx
Bio subtitle
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving". (Albert Einstein)
Photo
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Position
Research Professor in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Featured publications
  1. Fürst, S. (2021). The network dynamics during internationalization of a family firm: The case of a new venture from Colombia. In  T. Leppäaho & S. Jack (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Family Firm Internationalization, (pp. 395-430). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66737-5_13
  2. Fürst, Sascha & Torkkeli, Lasse (2019). The rise and fall of an international new venture: The case of an online medical tourism platform. In P. Reyes-Mercado & G. J. Larios-Hernández (Eds.), Reverse Entrepreneurship in Latin America: Internationalization from Emerging Markets to Developed Economies, (pp. 7-27). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94466-1_2
  3. Escandon-Barbosa, D., Rialp-Criado, J., Fürst, S., Rodriguez-Orejuela, A., & Castro-Aristizabal, G. (2019). Born global: the influence of international orientation on export performance. Heliyon, 5(11), e02688, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02688
  4. Giraldo-Diaz, Jorge Mario & Fürst, Sascha (2019). Shipstra: The lean start-up of a digital freight-forwarding marketplace. Global Business and Organizational Excellence, 38(5), 6-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joe.21946
  5. Torkkeli, Lasse & Fürst, Sascha (2018). Country institutional profiles: Evidence from Colombian software exporters. Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración, 31(4), 663-678. https://doi.org/10.1108/ARLA-12-2016-0335
  6. Zettinig, Peter, Sandberg, Birgitta, & Fürst, Sascha (2017). Value creation during different development stages: What changes when an entrepreneurial firm transforms into a multinational corporation? In Svetla Marinova, Jorma Larimo, Niina Nummela (Eds.), Value creation in international business: Volume 2: An SME perspective, (pp. 109-129). London: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-39369-8
  7. Fürst, Sascha & Zettinig, Peter (2015). Knowledge creation dynamics within the international new venture. European Business Review, 27(2), 182-213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/EBR-03-2013-0036
Awards

Best Reviewer award by Elsevier, Journal of World Business, May 2019.

 

"Summa Cum Laude" ("Laudatur" in the Finnish academic grading system): The thesis makes an outstanding contribution to the knowledge in its field. PhD in Economics and Business Administration, major in International Business, University of Turku (Finland), December 2017.
Thesis title: Entrepreneurial internationalization: A process perspective.

 

Merit Medal of Honor for his contributions to the internationalization of the School of Management, Universidad EAFIT (Medellín, Colombia), 2009.

 

Fellowship UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), Geneva, Switzerland, February 2009.

 

Portfolio Awards. Nominated Best university professor by the Colombian business magazine Portafolio, 2007.

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/saschaf/
Discipline
Entrepreneurship
Global Business
Education

PhD. in Economics and Business Administration with distinction in International Business
University of Turku, Finland

M.Sc. in Business Administration and Mechanical Engineering
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Cristian Granados Sánchez

Submitted by carlos.munoz on Tue, 07/20/2021 - 11:15

Dr. Cristian Granados is a research professor and consultant in the Innovation Department of EGADE. He holds a master's degree, doctorate, and post-doctorate from the University of Barcelona and the University of Cambridge. He was a research fellow at HEC Montreal and did a research stay at Harvard Business School. He actively works with entrepreneurs to develop their innovation capacity. He has worked with various companies such as Renault, Pfizer, Roche, Kraft-Heinz, Mabe, Hubbell, and Grupo Salinas in consulting and education. In addition, he is the academic director of the executive innovation program Tec Beyond and co-founder of the EGADE Innovation Community, which brings together 50 innovation leaders in Mexico. He has held positions as innovation director, co-founder of a video game startup, and Coparmex Innovation Commission president. In his research work, he focuses on analyzing factors of success and failure of innovation, and his studies have been published in British and American journals. He writes for Forbes, MIT Review, and Stanford Innovation Review in his dissemination work. He co-authors the book Do More with Less: 6 Principles of Frugal Innovation (Planeta).

Expertise
Entrepreneurship
Business Innovation
Corporate Entrepreneurship
Frugal Innovation
Email
cristian.granados@tec.mx
Bio subtitle
"Innovation drives growth for countries and companies. But without bold and persevering entrepreneurs it would be impposible to enable changes."
Photo
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Position
Professor, researcher and advisor at EGADE
Featured publications
  1. Granados, C., Bernardo, M. and Pareja, M. (2017). How do creative industries innovate? A model proposal. Creative Industries Journal, 10 (3). 
  2. Granados, C. and Pareja-Eastaway, M. (2019). How do collaborative practices contribute to innovation in large organisations? The case of hackathons. Innovation, Organization and Management Journal, 21(4).
  3. Bravo, C, and Granados, C. (2020) "The development of high-potential intrapreneurs: an executive education approach to drive innovation in Latin American companies". Chapter book in "Innovation in Global Entrepreneurship Education". Ed. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. USA
  4. Granados, C., Ayala, Y, and Ramos, M. (2021). “Fake it till you make it: understanding innovation theater un organizations”. Academy of Management proceedings. 
Awards
  • Dr. Cristian was distinguished as one of the best professors in innovation and entrepreneurship by EGADE and the Eugenio Garza Laguera Entrepreneurship Institute (2020 and 2021), and has been recognized as a SNI-C researcher.
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-cristian-granados-10257947/
Twitter
https://twitter.com/crisgranadoss
Discipline
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Organizational Behavior
Leadership
Education

Master degree in Creation and Management of Innovative Technology-Based Companies

University of Barcelona

 

Ph.D. in Business (Innovation and Entrepreneurship)

University of Barcelona

 

Doctoral Stay 

HEC Montreal

 

Doctoral Stay

Harvard Business School

 

Post-doctorate

Judge Business School, Cambridge University.

Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NSSwyswAAAAJ&hl=es
Website
https://egade.tec.mx/es/egade-ideas/autores/cristian-granados

Pedro Carreón

Submitted by agustin.leurette on Mon, 10/21/2019 - 10:49

Pedro is passionate about higher business education, with a career of more than 25 years in public, private and non-profit institutions. This experience has given him a unique understanding of business and a comprehensive perspective of the world in which they operate, making it easier for leaders and organizations to thrive in their business ecosystem. At the beginning of his professional life, Pedro collaborated in the promotion of investment projects of foreign companies in our country. Through the Tecnológico de Monterrey, he has participated as a consultant in the Institute of Family Businesses, the Eugenio Garza Lagüera Entrepreneurship Institute, the Award for the Best Mexican Companies awarded jointly with Deloitte and Citibanamex, and Executive Education at EGADE Business School. His teaching and research activities focus on innovative entrepreneurship. His most recent publications address the creation of new companies and the growth aspirations of Mexican entrepreneurs, mainly based on data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) project. Likewise, he actively participates in different national and international forums that promote the entrepreneurial mentality. He is currently a member of the Academic Senate of Tecnológico de Monterrey and Chapter Advisor of Beta Gamma Sigma.

He is currently the director of the MBA program at EGADE Business School in Monterrey and Guadalajara.

Expertise
Business
Entrepreneurship
Phone
(33) 3669-3000
Email
pedro.carreon@tec.mx
Bio subtitle
"Each person in our lives represents an opportunity to build a better version of ourselves".
Photo
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Position
Director of the MBA program at EGADE Business School in Monterrey and Guadalajara
Featured publications
  1. Carreón-Gutiérrez, J.P.; Saiz-Álvarez, J.M. Product Newness, Low Competition, Recent Technology, and Export Orientation as Predictors for Entrepreneurial Growth Aspirations. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5818.
  2. Carreón-Gutiérrez, J.P.; Saiz-Álvarez, J.M. Opportunity Motivation and Growth Aspirations of Mexican Entrepreneurs: The Moderating Role of the Household Income. Sustainability 2019, 11, 6288.

Working Papers

  1. "The Internationalization of the Mexican family business", 2009
  2. "Tecnologico de Monterrey as Entrepreneurial University", 2009
  3. "The deployment of international economic development strategies by local governments," 2008
  4. "The business climate measuring systems in Mexico", 2008
  5. "Scientific research on Entrepreneurship", 2008
  6. "The phenomenon of non-central governments internationally active." Protocol Magazine, 2007
  7. "International relations as a development strategy: the case of Coahuila", Dissertation for the Master in International Studies, ITESM, 2007
  8. "Border Governor's diplomacy in the United States - Mexico relationship", 2006
  9. "Border Infrastructure Development: how the US and Mexico Respond to people needs", 2006
  10. "The economic performance of Uruguay in the nineties", 2005
  11. "Formulation of a strategic accountability system for FOMEC, A.C. (La Laguna Economic Development)", 2005

 

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedro-carreon/
Discipline
Entrepreneurship
Education
  • Ph.D. in Administrative Sciences
    EGADE Business School
  • Diploma of Advanced Studies in Business Organization
    Universidad Autonóma de Barcelona
  • Master of Research in the Economics of the Enterprise
    Universidad Autonóma de Barcelona
  • Master in International Studies
    Tecnológico de Monterrey
Programs
EGADE MBA

Alfonso Ávila Robinson

Submitted by egade on Tue, 10/15/2019 - 14:10

Dr. Ávila Robinson’s career has brought him to world-class research institutions in Germany and Japan, such as the Fraunhofer Institute, RWTH Aachen, Tokyo Tech, and Kyoto University. Through these experiences, he has been able to amalgamate research in Innovation and Technology Management with several emerging technologies, including micro-/nanotechnologies, regenerative medicine, stem cells and cancer immunotherapies. 

He has developed a unique expertise in data science, network approaches and the management of technological innovation, including technology intelligence and forecasting, management of emerging technologies, interdisciplinary/convergent R&D, innovation in high-tech industries, and open innovation in life sciences/biotechnology companies. 

Dr. Ávila Robinson is also passionate about the study of the translation of convergent life science discoveries into revolutionary ventures which cure diseases. In this regard, he has accumulated practical experience in the regenerative medicine ecosystem in Japan.

Professor Ávila-Robinson’s research has been published in several top-tier journals in the field of technology and innovation management, such as Technovation, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and Scientometrics. He is also an ad hoc reviewer for some leading journals in this field.

Expertise
Technological Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Email
aavilarobinson@tec.mx
Bio subtitle
"The greatest innovations come from connecting disparate, previously unconnected knowledge".
Photo
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Featured publications
  1. Avila-Robinson, A; Islam, N.; Sengoku, S. (2019) Co-evolutionary and systemic study on the evolution of emerging stem cell-based therapies. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 138: 324-339
  2. Avila-Robinson, A.; Wakabayashi N. (2018) Changes in the structures and directions of destination management and marketing research: A bibliometric mapping study, 2005–2016. Journal of Destination Management and Marketing 10: 101-111 [DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2018.06.005] | SJR: Q1
  3. Avila-Robinson, A.; Sengoku, S. (2017) Tracing the knowledge building dynamics in new stem cell technologies through techno-scientific networks. Scientometrics 112(3): 1691-1720 [DOI: 10.1007/s11192-017-2436-5] | SJR: Q1
  4. Avila-Robinson, A.; Sengoku, S. (2017) Multilevel exploration of the realities of interdisciplinary research centers for the management of knowledge integration. Technovation 62-63: 22-41 [DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2017.01.003] | SJR: Q1
  5. Avila-Robinson, A.; Miyazaki, K. (2013) Dynamics of scientific knowledge bases as proxies for discerning technological emergence ‒ The case of MEMS/NEMS technologies. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 80(6), 1071-1084 [DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.07.012] | SJR: Q1 
  6. Avila-Robinson, A.; Miyazaki, K. (2013) Evolutionary paths of change of emerging nanotechnological innovation systems: the case of ZnO nanostructures. Scientometrics 95(3), 829-849 [DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0939-7] | SJR: Q1

The complete list of publications can be found in:

https://scholar.google.com.mx/citations?hl=en&user=0eodJy4AAAAJ

Awards
  • Research Fellowship from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in Japan
  • Research Fellowship from the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) in Mexico
  • Full academic scholarship from the Universidad de Monterrey in Mexico
     
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aavilar/
Twitter
https://twitter.com/AlfonsoAvilaR
Discipline
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Education
  • Ph.D. in the Management of Technology / Innovation Management
    Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan)
  • M.Sc. in Manufacturing Engineering
    RWTH Aachen (Germany)
  • B.Sc. in Industrial and Systems Engineering
    Universidad de Monterrey

Fernando Moya

Submitted by egade on Fri, 05/25/2018 - 15:13

Dr. Moya Dávila is an expert in entrepreneurship, innovation, venture capital, finance, investment project valuation, obtaining bank and risk financing, and start-up valuation. He has 25 years’ experience in academia and consulting, the development and implementation of financial strategies for funding high impact and rapid growth start-ups, and building strategic alliances with community and various organizations at a global level. He has also worked with companies as an advisor, as well as in the incorporation of its corporate governance bodies and capital budget policies.

As an entrepreneur, he has created three development centers: a business center featuring an incubator, an accelerator, an investor’s club and company landing; a logistics center offering research services to the ports of Tampico and Altamira; and a plastics center which offers the petrochemical industry, plastic resins research. He also founded the company Productos FB, dedicated to the production and marketing of organic coffee.

At Tecnológico de Monterrey he has held the positions of Program Director, Career Director, Director of Department and Director of international programs at the Tampico campus.

Expertise
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Finance
Phone
+52 (55) 9177 8000 ext. 7997
Email
fernando.moya@tec.mx
Bio subtitle
"A curious academic with a passion for sharing knowledge".
Photo
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Position
Director of Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation Department
Featured publications
  1. Moya, F. (2018) Relationship Lending and Entrepreneurial Behavior: Analyzing Empirical Evidences in "Business Governance and SocietyAnalyzing Shifts". Springer International Publishing.
  2. Moya, F. (2018) Relationship Lending and Entrepreneurial Behavior: A Game-Theoretic-Based Modeling in "Start-Up Enterprises and Contemporary Innovation Strategies in the Global Marketplace". IGI Global.
  3. Source Title: Start-Up Enterprises and Contemporary Innovation Strategies in the Global Marketplace Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 22 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4831-7.ch006
Field
Director del Departamento de Emprendimiento e Innovación Tecnológica
Awards
  • Winner of best professor award in 1997, 2000 and 2006, as well as being promoted to Assistant Professor for his achievements.
Discipline
Finance and Entrepreneurship
Education
  • Ph.D. in Administration
    Tecnológico de Monterrey and University of Texas at Austin
  • MBA with specialty in Corporate Finance
    State University of New York at Buffalo 

Félix Cárdenas

Submitted by egade on Fri, 05/25/2018 - 15:03

Félix Cárdenas is a Professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation at EGADE Business School of the Tecnológico de Monterrey, where he was Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He has also been a researcher and affiliate professor at Harvard University, the University of Columbia, IESE, and the University of Texas at Austin. 

He is a co-author of books such as “Comprar un Empresa Exitosa? El Search Fund como Modelo de Emprendimiento, y Open Innovation: Academic and Practical Perspectives on the Journey from Idea to Market, Oxford University Press. His research work has been presented at international congresses in San Francisco, Boston, Nueva York (USA), Geneva, Zurich (Switzerland), Istanbul (Turkey), and Nice (France).

He develops corporate venture capital strategies with corporates, impacting growth and profitability. He has been an advisor and has conducted research for companies such as Cisco, Nokia, Alcan, Logitech, General Electric, Cemex, FEMSA, Credit Suisse, Proeza, Heineken, and Nestle. 

Professor Cárdenas is a partner of the fund InnovaCamp Ventures. He was a partner at Vento Capital and director of greenTEK ventures in Switzerland. His research interests include private capital, entrepreneurial capital, innovation ecosystems, competitive strategy, innovation management, corporate entrepreneurship, value creation, and technology transfer. 

Expertise
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Private Capital
Venture Capital
Phone
+52 (81) 8625 6183
Email
felix.cardenas@tec.mx
Bio subtitle
"If the wind changes, adjust the sails. If the wind stops blowing, row; one way or another, we shall reach our destination".
Photo
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Position
Professor at the Department of Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation
Featured publications
  1. Open Innovation: Academic and Practical Perspectives on the Journey from Idea to Market publication date Jan 12, 2016 publication description Oxford University Press ISBN 978-019-93744-4-1
  2. ¿Cómo comprar una empresa exitosa? El Search Fund como modelo de emprendimiento publication date Jul 31, 2014 publication description http://kap.mx/fondoB1
  3. Corporate Venture Capital. Inversión y Visión: Pilares del Crecimiento publication date Dec 1, 2016  publication description Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas (IMEF) Fundación de Investigación
  4. Complementarity between Corporate Venture Capital and R&D for Value Creation. Nominated Best Paper Award publication date Sep 1, 2012  publication description Strategic Management Society (SMS). Prague, Czech Republic.
  5. Internal and External Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Activity publication date Aug 1, 2012  publication description Academy of Management (AOM). Boston, USA
Awards
  • Research Fellowship Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) 
  • Research Fellowship National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt)
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/felixcardenas/
Discipline
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Education
  • Ph.D. in Economics
    HEC University of Lousanne
  • MBA
    EGADE Business School
  • Master in International Business
    Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration