I study how companies internationalize. Specifically, I analyze how companies become internationally competitive by developing their technological capabilities and how they overcome the difficulties in internationalization to become multinational companies.  I also study governance issues, with a special interest on corruption in international business.  Recently, I have started a long-term research project analyzing the emergence of developing-country multinational companies. My geographical area of expertise is Latin America. I have done fieldwork in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Mexico, Spain, and the USA.

My research appears or will appear in leading academic journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Research Policy, and Strategic Management Journal, among others, and in several edited books. I am the reviewing editor of Journal of International Business Studies, and a editorial board member of Global Strategy Journal, Journal of World Business, Organization Studies, and Strategic Management Journal, among other journals. 

My research has received numerous awards.  Two of my papers received best paper awards at the Academy of Management, one received best paper award at the European International Business Academy, and two were nominated for best papers awards at the Strategic Management Society. My dissertation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology received the award for best dissertation in strategy from the Academy of Management, and was finalist for the award for best dissertation in international management from the Academy of Management and for the Hedlund Award for best dissertation in international business.  A paper from my dissertation at the University of Salamanca received the best Ph.D. student paper award in strategy from the Academy of Management.