Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra

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Alvaro CUERVO-CAZURRA, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Robert Morrison Fellow

Northeastern University
College of Business Administration
313 Hayden Hall
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115, USA

Phone: 1.617.373.6568
Fax: 1.617.373.8628

Research

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.

This is a list of my academic publications in English and Spanish. The links are pre-publication versions of the articles available at ssrn. You can download them for free. 

Journal articles in English
  1. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. Global strategy and global business environment: The direct and indirect influences of the home country on a firm’s global strategy. Global Strategy Journal (Forthcoming).
  2. Thomas, D. C., Cuervo-Cazurra, A., and Brannen, M. Y. Explaining theoretical relationships in international business research: It’s about the arrows linking the boxes. Journal of International Business Studies. (Forthcoming).
  3. Cuervo-Cazurra, A., and Stal, E. The investment development path and FDI from developing countries: The role of pro-market reforms and institutional voids. Latin American Business Review (Forthcoming)
  4. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. Selecting the country in which to start internationalization: The non-sequential internationalization argument. Journal of World Business (Forthcoming)
  5. Cuervo-Cazurra, A., and Genc, M. 2011. How context matters: Non-market advantages of developing-country MNEs. Journal of Management Studies, 48 (2): 441-445
  6. Cuervo-Cazurra, A., and Lieberman, L. 2010. International Business and Latin America. Globalization, Competitiveness and Governability, 4 (3): 16-23.
  7. Cuervo-Cazurra, A., and Un, C. A. 2010. Why some firms never invest in formal R&D. Strategic Management Journal, 31(7): 759-779.
  8. Un, C. A., Cuervo-Cazurra, A. and Asakawa, K. 2010. R&D collaborations and product innovation. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 27 (5): 673-689
  9. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. and Dau, L. 2009. Structural reform and firm profitability in developing countries. Academy of Management Journal, 52(6): 1348-1368.
  10. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. and Dau, L. 2009. Structural reform and firm exports. Management International Review, 49 (4): 479-507.
  11. Aguilera, R. and Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2009. Codes of Good Governance. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 17 (3): 376-387.
  12. Un, C. A., and Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2008. Do subsidiaries of foreign MNEs invest more in R&D than domestic firms? Research Policy, 37 (10): 1812-1828.
  13. Cuervo-Cazurra, A., and Genc, M. 2008. Converting disadvantages into advantages: Developing country MNEs in the least developed countries. Journal of International Business Studies, 39 (6): 957-979.
  14. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2008. The internationalization of developing country MNEs: The case of Multilatinas. Journal of International Management, 14 (2): 138-154.
  15. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2008. The effectiveness of laws against bribery abroad. Journal of International Business Studies, 39(4): 634-651.
  16. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2008. Better the devil you don’t know: Type of corruption and FDI in transition economies. Journal of International Management, 14(1): 12-27.
  17. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2007. Sequence of value-added activities in the internationalization of developing country MNEs. Journal of International Management, 13(3): 258-277.
  18. Cuervo-Cazurra, A., Maloney, M., and Manrakhan, S. 2007. Causes of the difficulties in internationalization. Journal of International Business Studies, 38 (5): 709-725.
  19. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. and C. A. Un. 2007. Regional economic integration and R&D investment. Research Policy, 36: 227-246.
  20. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2006. Who cares about corruption? Journal of International Business Studies, 37: 803-822.
  21. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2006. Business groups and their types. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 23: 419-437
  22. Un, A., and Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2005. Top managers and the product improvement process. Advances in Strategic Management, 22: 319-348.
  23. Un, C. A., and Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2004. Strategies for knowledge creation in firms. British Journal of Management, 15 (March): 27-41.
  24. Aguilera, R., and Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2004. Codes of good governance worldwide: What is the trigger? Organization Studies, 25: 417-446.
Journal articles in Spanish 
  1. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2010. Multilatinas. Universia Business Review, 25: 14-33.
  2. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2008. Distancias en el proceso de internacionalización: El caso del Banco Santander. (Distances in the internationalization process: The case of Banco Santander). Universia Business Review, 17: 96-111.
  3. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2007. Liberalización económica y Multilatinas (Economic liberalization and Multilatinas). Globalization, Competitiveness and Governance, 1 (1): 66-87
  4. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2004. Dificultades en la internacionalización de la empresa (Difficulties in the internationalization of the firm). Universia Business Review, 4 (4): 18-29. Summarized in English in Knowledge @ Wharton. 2005.
  5. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 1999. Grandes accionistas y beneficios privados: El caso de los bancos como accionistas de empresas no financieras (Large shareholders and private benefits: The case of banks as shareholders of non-financial firms). Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa, 5 (1): 21-44.
  6. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 1998. La reforma del consejo de administración en España: Límites a la aplicación de los modelos Anglo-Sajones (The reform of the board of directors in Spain: Limitations to the application of Anglo-Saxon models). Información Comercial Española, 769, March: 9-21.
  7. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 1996. Tres perspectivas teóricas de las funciones del consejo de administración. (Three theoretical perspectives on the functions of the board of directors. Situación, 2, 3: 119-134.
Book chapters in English
  1. Cuervo-Cazurra, A., and Genc, M. Categories of distance and international business research. In Demirbag, M. (ed.) Handbook of Institutional Approaches to International Business. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. (Forthcoming)
  2. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2011. Internationalization Process. In Kellermanns, F. and Mazzola, P. (Eds.). Handbook of Strategy Process Research. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. Pages 432-451.
  3. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. and Un, C. A. 2011. Economic integration and the technological capabilities of domestic firms. In Jovanovic, M. (Ed.) International Handbook of Economic Integration. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. Volume II: 77-89
  4. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2009. Laws against bribery abroad are effective in deterring investments in corrupt countries. In Transparency International (Eds.) Global Corruption Report 2009: Corruption and the Private Sector. Berlin: Transparency International. Pages 429-430.
  5. Aguilera, R. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. and Kim, S. 2009. Taking stock of research on codes of good governance. In López Iturriaga, F. J. (Ed.) Codes of Good Governance Worldwide. Nova Publishers. Pages 3-32. 
  6. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2009. Multinational disadvantage. In Wankel, C. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Global Business in Today’s World. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  7. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2009. Free markets. In Wankel, C. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Global Business in Today’s World. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 
  8. Un, A. and Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2009. Interactions with customers for innovation. In Costanzo, L.A. and MacKay, R.B. (eds.) Handbook of Research on Foresight and Strategy. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. Pages 362-379.
  9. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. and Un, A. 2007. Types of difficulties in internationalization and their consequences. In Tallman, S. (ed.) A New Generation in International Strategic Management. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. Pages 63-83. 
  10. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. and Un, C. A. 2004. Firm-specific and non-firm-specific sources of advantages in international competition. In Ariño, A., Ghemawat, P. and Ricart, J. (eds.) Creating and Appropriating Value from Global Strategy. New York: Palgrave MacMillan.Pages 78-94. 
  11. Cuervo-Cazurra, A., and Ramos, M. 2004. Explaining the process of internationalization by building bridges among existing models. In Floyd, S. W., Roos, J., Kellermanns, F., and Jacobs, C. (eds.). Innovating Strategy Processes. London: Blackwell. Pages 111-122.
  12. Cuervo-Cazurra, A, and Aguilera, R. 2004. The worldwide diffusion of codes of good governance. In Grandori, A. (ed) Corporate Governance and Firm Organization. Oxford University Press: Oxford. Pages 318-348. 
  13. Cuervo-Cazurra, A., and Un, C. A. 2004. The bald eagle cannot find its way in the rainforest: Sources and solutions to the difficulties in the internationalization of developed country MNEs into developing countries. In Prasad, S.B. and Gauri, P.N. (eds.) Global Firms and Emerging Markets in the Age of Anxiety. Westport, CT: Praeger. Pages 13-36. 
  14. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2002. Transforming the firm through the co-evolution of resources and scope. In Chakravarthy, B., Mueller-Stewens, G., Lorange, P., and Lechner, C. (eds.). Strategy Process: Shaping the Contours of the Field. London: Blackwell. Pages 18-45.
Book chapters in Spanish 
  1. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2010. Multilatinas: Las multinacionales latinoamericanas (Multilatinas: The Latin American multinational firms). In ICEX (ed.) Claves de la Economía Mundial (Keys to the World Economy). Madrid: ICEX Pages 75-81. 
  2. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2008. Corrupción y multinacionales (Corruption and multinationals). In ICEX (ed.) Claves de la Economía Mundial (Keys to the World Economy). Madrid: ICEX. Pages 72-79.
  3. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. 2007. Oportunidades of arbitraje para la multinacionales españolas en NAFTA (Arbitrage opportunities for Spanish multinationals in NAFTA). In Círculo de Empresarios (ed.) Multinacionales Españolas y NAFTA (Spanish Multinationals and NAFTA). Madrid: Círculo de Empresarios. Pages 11-67. 

Conference Best Paper Proceedings

  1. Cuervo-Cazurra, A., & Dau, L. A. 2009. Multinationalization in response to reforms. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.

September 2011

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