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Ricardo Flores
PhD Candidate in Business Administration
Educational Background
- M.B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003
- B.S., Petroleum Engineering, University of Cuyo, 1994
Positions Held
- Teaching Assistant BADM 310: Management and Organizational Behavior, College of Business, University of Illinois, 2004-Present
- Instructor, BADM310 (Online-GIS Class), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007-2008
- Instructor BADM 310, Management & Organizational Behavior, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006
- Instructor, BA310-College of Business-University of Illinois, 2008
- Lecturer: LIR 407 Globalization and HR Management, University of Illinois, 2005
- Reservoir Engineer, Petrobras Energy (Formerly Pecom Energia), 1995-2001
Recent Publications
- Aguilera, R. , Flores, R., Vaaler, P. 2007. Is It All a Matter of Grouping? Examining the Regional Effect in Global Strategy. In Stephen Tallman (Ed.), International Strategic Management: A New Generation, 209-228. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.
- Flores, R., Aguilera, R. 2007. Globalization and Location Choice: An Analysis Of Us Multinational Firms in 1980 and 2000. Journal of International Business Studies, 38: 1187-1210
- Vaaler, P., Aguilera, R. , Flores, R. 2007. New methods for ex post evaluation of regional grouping schemes in international business research: A simulated annealing approach. In David J. Ketchen Donald D. Bergh (Ed.), Research Methodology in Strategy and Management, 161-190. Kidlington, UK: Elsevier Science Publishers.
Honors and Awards
- Robert Ferber Award, University of Illinois (Campus-Wide Award), present
- Fellowship Award (Campus-wide competition), FMC Technologies, Inc., 2008 to present
- Fellowship Award (Campus-wide competition), Richard D. and Anne Marie Irwin, 2008 to present
- Best Reviewer Award, TIM Division of the Academy of Management, 2008
- Included in the Incomplete Campus wide List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students, University of Illinois, 2006, 2008
- Fellowship Award (Campus-wide competition), FMC Technologies, Inc., 2007
- Travel Grant, European Union Center-UIUC, 2007
- Best Interactive Paper Award at the 2006 Academy of Management Meeting, Organizational Change and Development Division, Atlanta, U.S.A., Academy of Management, 2006
- Harry Gray scholarship, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003-2006
- Ph.D. Professional Development Award, CIBER, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005
- Research Grant, European Union Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005
Service Activities
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Human Relations, Present
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of International Business Studies, 2008-Present
- Reviewer, Academy of Management, 2005-Present
- Professional Service, Conference Video Recording Team Member, Academy of Management, International Management Division, 2005
- Professional Service, Logistic Committee Member, Academy of Management, New Doctoral Students Consortium, 2005
Teaching and Research Interests
- Management of Innovation, International Business, Corporate and Global Strategy, Organizational Change, Qualitative Research Methods, Organizational Theory
- Change processes at multiple level of analysis
