John B. and Lillian E. Neff College of Business and Innovation

Marcelo J. Alvarado-Vargas is a Professor of Management in the John B. and Lillian E. Neff College of Business and Innovation at the University of Toledo in Ohio, USA. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Business Administration (2013) and a Master in International Business (2004) from the Chapman Graduate School of Business at Florida International University in Miami, FL, a Master of Science in Operations and Technology Management (2006) from Universiteit Gent in Belgium, and a Bachelor of Science in Production Engineering (2002) from Universidad Privada Boliviana in Bolivia.

His research manuscripts have been published in the Journal of International Business Studies, Long Range Planning, Journal of Business Research, Journal of International Management, Multinational Business Review, International Journal of Emerging Markets, International Journal of Technology Management, among the most relevant. His research articles have been presented at international conferences such as the Academy of International Business, Academy of Management, and Strategic Management Society, among others. His research interests are in the areas of strategic management, firm innovation and technology management, international business, cross-cultural studies, and corporate reputation.

He is the recipient of the 2016 DeJute Undergraduate Teaching Award and the 2017 Outstanding Junior Researcher Award in the Neff College of Business and Innovation at the University of Toledo. He also received the 2018 Emerald Outstanding Reviewer Literati Award for the International Journal of Emerging Markets. He is a co-editor for the International Journal of Emerging Markets and an associate editor for the American Journal of Business, both Emerald academic journals.

Florida International University, Miami, Florida 2013
Doctor of Philosophy, Business Administration

Florida International University, Miami, Florida
Doctor of Philosophy (A.B.D.), Industrial and Systems Engineering

Universiteit Gent (Ghent University), Ghent, Belgium 2006
Master of Science, Operations and Technology Management.

Florida International University, Miami, Florida 2004
Master, International Business

Universidad Privada Boliviana (Bolivian Private University), Cochabamba, Bolivia 2002
Bachelor of Science, Production Engineering

• MFGM8980 – Seminar in Innovation and Technology Commercialization (Doctoral level)

• MFGM8850 – Readings and Research in Manufacturing Management (Doctoral level)

• MFGM8960 – Dissertation (Doctoral level)

• BUAD6900 – Strategic Management Capstone (Master level)

• EFSB6690 – Strategic Management of Innovation (Master level)

• BUAD6500 – International Business (Master level)

• BUAD4020 – Senior Business Policy (Undergraduate level)

• EFSB4690 – Strategic Management of Innovation (Undergraduate level)

PUBLISHED ARTICLES:

1. 1. Newburry, W., Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. & Hermans, M. When power shifts towards women or lesbian and gay coworkers: Effects on trust in coworkers and the role of international proactiveness. Journal of International Management. (In-Press, Forthcoming).
   2. Alvarado-Vargas, M.J., Lorenz, M. & Hermans, M. (2024). A balancing act: Independent and interdependent effects of board of directors and top management team gender composition on innovation. Long Range Planning, 57(4):102450, August.
   3. Alvarado-Vargas, M.J., Hermans, M. & Newburry, W. (2020). What’s in it for me? Local employees’ anticipated career opportunities derived from firm internationalization. Journal of Business Research, 117:201-211, September.
   4. Parente, R., Kelley, K.J., Thams, Y. & Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. (2020). Cross-border mergers and acquisitions: Links between acquiring firm capabilities and resources and target country location. Multinational Business Review, 28(3):355-379, August.
   5. Alvarado-Vargas, M.J., Inamanamulleri, T. & Zou, Q. (2020). Product attributes and digital innovation performance: The importance of country and firm level supporting environments. International Journal of Technology Management, 82(3/4):206-226, August.
   6. Kelley, K.J. & Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. (2020) IT signal generation and management capabilities’ effect on corporate reputation: A typological approach to strategic positioning in a digital world. Corporate Reputation Review, 23(3):145-159, August.
   7. Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. & Kelley, K.J. (2020). Bullwhip severity in conditions of uncertainty: Regional vs global supply chain strategies. International Journal of Emerging Markets, 15(1):131-148, January.
   8. Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. & Zou, Q. (2019). The importance of good behavior in college football teams in the U.S.: An interaction effect of team reputation on game attendance. International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, 20(3):430-445, August.
   9. Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. & Zou, Q. (2018). Getting rid of a heavy shield: Downsizing the in-house legal department? American Journal of Business, 33(1/2):2-17, May.
   10. Alvarado-Vargas, M.J., Callaway, S.K. & Ariss, S. (2017). Explaining innovation outputs by different types of R&D inputs: Evidence from U.S. universities. Journal of Strategy and Management, 10(3):326-341, August.
   11. Hermans, M., Newburry, W., Alvarado-Vargas, M.J., Baldo, C.M., Borda, A., Duran-Zurita, E.G., Geleilate, J.M., Guerra, M., Lasio-Morello, M.V., Madero-Gomez, S.M., Olivas-Lujan, M.R. & Zwerg-Villegas, A.M. (2017). Attitudes towards women’s career advancement in Latin America: The moderating impact of perceived company international proactiveness. Journal of International Business Studies, 48(1):90-112, January.
   12. Geleilate, J.M., Magnusson, P., Parente, R. & Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. (2016). Home country institutional effects on the multinationality-performance relationship: A comparison between emerging and developed markets multinationals. Journal of International Management, 22(4):380-402, December.
   13. Thams, Y., Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. & Newburry, W. (2016). Geographical diversification as a predictor of MNC reputations in their home nations. Journal of Business Research, 69(8):2882-2889, August.

        

       SELECTED PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS:

       1. Zou, Q., Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. & Wang, Y. (2023). Institutional distance effects on the coopetition-performance relationship: A meta-analysis approach. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023(1):18311. August. (Finalist: International Management Division – Georgetown University Best Paper in International Business and Policy).

Selected conference presentations (Past 5 years).

1. Newburry, W., Khabiri, S.H. & Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. (2025). Leader and firm foreignness impacts on leader reputation in Latin America. Academy of International Business Annual Conference. Louisville, KY. (Competitive Session & Nominated for the 2025 Temple/AIB Best Paper Award).
2. Alvarado-Vargas, M.J., Thams, Y. & Song, M. (2025). Reputation risk in the context of the Ibero-Latin American region: A multi-level theory. Academy of International Business Annual Conference. Louisville, KY.
3. Alvarado-Vargas, M.J., Newburry, W. & Khabiri, S.H. (2025). Effects of leader and firm foreignness on leader reputation in Latin America. Global Strategy & Emerging Markets Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.
4. Newburry, W., Khabiri, S.H. & Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. (2025). Leader and firm foreignness impacts on leader reputation in Latin America. Academy of International Business – Latin America & the Caribbean Chapter Annual Conference, Monterrey, Mexico. (Competitive Session).
5. Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. & Serin, N. (2024). The explaining factors for issuing multiple GSSS Bonds: An FsQCA approach. Academy of International Business – U.S. Northeast Chapter Annual Conference, Boston, MA. (Competitive Session).
6. Lapeira, M., Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. & Kundu, S. (2024). Take your time: A stakeholder theory approach to the timing of cybersecurity breach disclosure. Academy of International Business – U.S. Northeast Chapter Annual Conference, Boston, MA.
7. Mashhadi-Nejad, N., Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. & Jalali-Sepehr, M. (2024). Refining literature review strategies: Analyzing big data trends across journal tiers. Academy of Management Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.
8. Jalali-Sepehr, M., Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. & Mashhadi-Nejad, N. (2024). A theoretical framework for fostering sustainable innovation in Latin America: The case of the cellular agriculture technology. Academy of International Business – Latin America & the Caribbean Chapter Annual Conference, Kingston, Jamaica.
9. Jalali-Sepehr, M., Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. & Mashhadi-Nejad, N. (2023). A theoretical framework for a sustainable innovation process of cellular agriculture technology: A country- and firm-specific advantages perspective. Academy of International Business – Middle East & North Africa Chapter Annual Conference, Rabat, Morocco. (Competitive session & Second runner-up for the Best Impact Paper Award).
10. Newburry, W., Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. & Hermans, M. (2023). The effects of perceived power shifts of women and homosexual coworkers on trust in the organization and the moderating effect of firm international proactiveness. Academy of International Business – U.S. Northeast Chapter Annual Conference, Providence, RI. (Competitive session & invited to the Journal of International Business Studies Paper Workshop Development & Conference award contestant).
11. Lapeira, M., Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. & Kundu, S. (2023). A study on the technological risks of international expansion: A cyber-attacks perspective. Academy of International Business – U.S. Northeast Chapter Annual Conference, Providence, RI. (Competitive session).
12. Newburry, W., Alvarado-Vargas, M.J., Thams, Y. & Song, M. (2023). A multi-level study of reputational risk in organizations: The case of the Latin American region and Spain. Academy of International Business – U.S. Northeast Chapter Annual Conference, Providence, RI. (Competitive session).
13. Zou, Q., Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. & Wang, Y. (2023). Institutional distance effects on the coopetition-performance relationship: A meta-analysis approach. Academy of Management Annual Conference, Boston, MA. (Finalist: IM Division – Georgetown University Best Paper in International Business and Policy award).
14. Usta, H., Alvarado-Vargas, M.J., Sim, D. & Alharbi, T. (2023). The role of MNC subsidiary ownership on subsidiary external embeddedness. Academy of International Business Annual Conference, Warsaw, Poland.
15. Newburry, W., Song, M., Thams, Y. & Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. (2023). A systematic and empirical examination of reputation risk in the Ibero-Latin American region: A multi-level approach. Academy of International Business – Latin America & the Caribbean Chapter Annual Conference, Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Competitive session).
16. Usta, H., Alvarado-Vargas, M.J., Sim, D. & Alharbi, T. (2023). A study on knowledge acquisition and autonomy of MNC foreign subsidiaries in Korea. Indian Academy of Management Annual Conference, Mumbai, India. (Competitive session).
17. Alvarado-Vargas, M.J., Hejazi, M. & Lapeira, M. (2022). Innovation and internationalization on performance: A contingency approach of service complexity. Academy of International Business – U.S. Northeast Chapter Conference, Washington, DC. (Competitive session).
18. Hermans, M., Newburry, W. & Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. (2022). Managing diversity beyond context: The moderating effect of firm international proactiveness on effects of surface- and deep-level diversity on climate of trust. Academy of International Business Annual Conference, Miami, FL. (Competitive session).
19. Lapeira, M., Kundu, S., Samara, G., Kumaraswamy, A. & Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. (2022). Family business in developing countries: A review and research agenda of the internationalization process. Academy of International Business Annual Conference, Miami, FL.
20. Newburry, W., Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. & Hermans, M. (2022). Managing diversity in Latin America: The moderating effect of firm international proactiveness on effects of surface- and deep-level diversity on trust climate. Academy of International Business – Latin America & Caribbean Chapter Conference, Miami, FL. (Competitive session).
21. Zou, Q., Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. & Wang, Y. (2021). Meta-analysis of the relationship between coopetition and firm performance. Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Annual Conference, Online due to COVID-19.
22. Molavi, N., Zhang, Y. & Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. (2020). Solving location and routing problem of hybrid commercial drones with social and environmental considerations. Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference, Online due to COVID-19.
23. Alvarado-Vargas, M.J. & Napier, E.A. (2020). Changing neighborhoods: Explaining divestment speed from China. Academy of International Business Annual Conference, Online due to COVID-19.
24. Alvarado-Vargas, M.J., Hermans, M. & Newburry, W. (2020). Anticipated career consequences and personal benefits derived from firm internationalization in emerging markets. Academy of International Business – Latin America & Caribbean Chapter Conference, Online due to COVID-19. (Competitive session, Conference Best Paper Award Finalist).
25. Alvarado-Vargas, M.J., Zou, Q., Inamanamelluri, T. & Napier, E.A. (2020). Assessment tool for digital innovation projects: To D.I.V.E. (or not) into deep waters. Academy of International Business – Latin America & Caribbean Chapter Conference, Online due to COVID-19.

Editorship

• International Journal of Emerging Markets, Co-Editor.
• American Journal of Business, Associate Editor.
• Long Range Planning, Editorial Board.

AD-HOC JOURNAL REVIEWER

• Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS)
• Journal of World Business (JWB)
• Long Range Planning (LRP)
• Journal of Business Research (JBR)
• Journal of International Management (JIM)
• International Business Review (IBR)
• Multinational Business Review (MBR)
• International Journal of Emerging Markets (IJoEM)
• Technological Forecasting & Social Change (TF&SC)
• International Journal of Technology Management (IJoTM)
• Technology Analysis & Strategic Management (TA&SM)
• Management Decision (MD)
• Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (CCSM)
• American Journal of Business (AJB)
• Revista de Administraçao de Empresas (RAE)

AD-HOC CONFERENCE REVIEWER

• Academy of Management, AOM-IM, AOM-STR, AOM-TIM.
• Strategic Management Society
• Academy of International Business, AIB-LAC, AIB-NE, AIB-SE
• European International Business Academy

AWARDS

• 2025 Nominated for the Temple/AIB Best Conference Paper Award. AIB Conference, Louisville, KY.
• 2023 AIB-MENA Awards – Second Runner-Up Best Impact Paper. AIB-MENA Conference, Rabat, Morocco.
• 2023 Finalist for the IM Division – Georgetown University Best Paper in International Business and Policy award at the 2023 Academy of Management Annual Conference.
• 2019 Cuervo-Cazurra & Newburry Award – Outstanding service as Conference Program Chair in the 2019 AIB-LAT Annual Conference.
• 2018 Emerald Literati Award – Outstanding Reviewer (International Journal of Emerging Markets).
• 2016-2017 Outstanding Junior Researcher Award. College of Business and Innovation, University of Toledo.
• 2015-2016 DeJute Memorial Undergraduate Teaching Award. College of Business and Innovation, University of Toledo.

• Conference Best Paper Award. (2013). Iberoamerican Academy of Management Conference, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

MEMBERSHIPS AND HONOR SOCIETIES

• Member, Strategic Management Society (SMS)
• Member, Academy of Management (AoM)
• Member, Academy of International Business (AIB)
• Registered Engineer, Bolivian Engineers Society, (registration number #13671)
• Beta Gamma Sigma, Business Academic Honor Society
• Delta Epsilon Iota, Academic Honor Society
• Golden Key, International Academic Honor Society
• Alpha Pi Mu, Industrial Engineering Academic Honor Society.
• Omega Rho, Operations Research and Management Science Academic Honor Society.
• Phi Kappa Phi, All Discipline Academic Honor Society

• Strategic Management, Global Strategic Management
• Innovation and Technology Management
• Corporate Reputation, Corporate Social Responsibility
• International Business
• Production and International Operations Management
• Supply Chain Management