Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra
Northeastern University · Business Administration
Active 2001–2026
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About
Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra is the CEM Professor of Global Sustainability at Northeastern University, with a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a scholar in global strategy, focusing on understanding how context affects value creation, particularly in emerging markets. His main research interest is global strategic management, analyzing how institutions influence internationalization and firm performance. His secondary research area is global sustainable governance, studying how ownership and incentives influence sustainability and societal value. He has been recognized as part of the top 0.05% of scholars worldwide, ranking as the 2nd top author on emerging market multinationals and the 8th in international business. Cuervo-Cazurra has published over seventy articles in Web of Science journals, authored seven research books, and contributed over forty chapters in academic books. He teaches courses on strategy, global strategy, and sustainability at undergraduate, master's, and executive levels, and has taught in multiple countries including Austria, Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Thailand, the UK, and the US. He provides research-informed consulting and training to firms, governments, and universities, supporting internationalization efforts and research capabilities. He serves on the editorial boards of leading journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies, and…
Selected publications
Journal of World Business · 2021-07-06 · 82 citations
articleOpen access1st authorMultinational companies have been a force for good but, unfortunately, some misbehave. Our comprehensive literature review on multinationals’ misbehavior reveals three ideas. First, most research focuses on the interaction between the multinational and its institutional context, but insights vary depending on whether the drivers of misbehavior lie inside or outside the multinational. Second, we find a dearth of studies on social and environmental misbehavior, and an overemphasis on the study of…
Journal of International Management · 2021-09-01 · 73 citations
articleOpen accessSenior authorWe argue and explain how the study of emerging market multinational companies can help enrich our understanding of the internationalization process. Firms' internationalization process is a central and enduring theme in international business. However, most of the theoretical models are built on the analysis of advanced economy multinationals. Emerging market multinationals differ crucially in the role that the home country plays in their behavior, resulting in different patterns of internationa…
Journal of International Business Studies · 2023-12-06 · 22 citations
articleSenior authorCross-country variations in sovereign wealth funds’ transparency
Journal of International Business Policy · 2023-03-13 · 13 citations
articleOpen access1st authorMitigating soft and hard infrastructure deficiencies in emerging markets
Journal of World Business · 2024-04-11 · 12 citations
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Awards & honors
- AIB Fellow
- Honorary Doctorate, Copenhagen Business School
- JIBS Silver Medal for intellectual contributions, Journal of…
- IM Division Outstanding Service to the Global Community Awar…
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