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Ronaldo Parente

Vice President

Ronaldo Parente PhD is the Knight Ridder Eminent Scholar in International Business and Professor of Strategy at Florida International University. His research focus is on the overlap between strategy and international management, with special attention on emerging economies, innovation ecosystems, sharing economy, global supply chains, and internationalization strategies. Dr. Parente's research has appeared in many leading academic journals, including Journal of International Business Studies, Long Range Planning, Global Strategy Journal, and Journal of Management Studies among others. Dr. Parente has been a visiting scholar at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) and at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), both in Brazil.  He is current the AE for Long Range Planning and Cross-Cultural Strategic Management Journals, and Senior Editor for International Journal of Emerging Markets. Dr. Parente serves on Editorial Review Boards for JIBS, GSJ, TIBR, JWB, and JIM. He served six years on the board of European International Business Association (EIBA) and served two three-year leadership position with Strategic Management Society: Global Strategy Interest Group and Teaching Community. He chaired and organized two SMS Special Conferences in Brazil in 2011 (Rio de Janeiro) and 2018 (Sao Paulo). On the professional side, Dr. Parente has more than 25 years of work experience and has worked for, managed, and consulted with several private and public institutions in Brazil, the United States, and Bulgaria. Dr. Parente has experience designing and teaching programs for C-level executives in Brazil, Colombia, and United States.

Florida International University (USA)

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