Email🦂：francisco.valderrey@itesm.mx

Professor´s brief introduction:  

Full time and research professor at Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico.

Professional experience:

Several positions at multinational enterprises in Spain and United States and co-founder of a technology company in California, before joining Tecnologico de Monterrey in 1995, where he presently teaches international business courses.

Education background:  

·         Ph.D. in Administration and Marketing, Universitat de Valencia, Spain, 2002.  

·         Master´s degree in International Management, Thunderbird, Arizona, 1989.  

·         Bachelor of Business Administration at the University of Houston, Texas, 1988.  

Research and publications: 

·         Member of the strategic research group Innovative Strategies in Global Markets, EGADE Business School, Mexico.  

·         Co-author of two textbooks in marketing (2003 and 2013, in Spanish).  

·         Publications in international business diplomacy and international marketing.  

·         Member of the publishing board at Chinese Business Review, David Publishing Company, USA.  

Research interests:  

·         Bottom and middle of the pyramid, Latin America (WORKING ON PUBLICATION).  

·         Rear Earth Elements, international economic implications (RECENTLY PUBLISHED).  

·         International business diplomacy (RECENTLY PUBLISHED).  

·         China and Latin America cooperation (NEW, BUT VERY INTERESTED)  

·         One Belt, One Road (extension to Spain of the program) (NEW, BUT VERY INTERESTED)