Associate Professor of Business focused on management research and executive education. Associate Professor at D´Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University, Former International Faculty at the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey and EGADE Business School (Mexico), guest lecturer at Fundacao Dom Cabral (FDC – Brazil), Austral Education Group (Chile), research fellow at the Johnson Graduate School at Cornell University (USA), and Management Center Innsbruck (Austria). Focus on global strategy, Latin American issues, geopolitics, and international business.
Education
- Ph.D.: University of São Paulo (USP)
- MBA: Harvard Business School (HBS)
- M.Sc.: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
- B.S.: Military Institute of Engineering (IME)
Awards and recognition
- Inspirational Faculty, 2023, awarded by the Dean of the Business Schools at Tec Monterrey (300+ Faculty)
- Distinguished Faculty, 2023, awarded by the Dean of the Business School at Tec Monterrey
- Impact Faculty, 2022, awarded by Tec Monterrey for the top 1% of Faculty at the Business School.
- Distinguished Faculty, 2022, awarded by EGADE Business Schools for the top 10% of Faculty.
- Impact FaculyFaculty, 2021, awarded by Tec Monterrey.
Selected publications
- Kaltenecker E, Karniouchina E (2026). “The impact of connectivity on internationalization: the case of multilatinas”. Competitiveness Review, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/CR-09-2025-0323
- Kaltenecker, E., Okoye, K., & Szymanski, M. (2025). From OLI to OLIN: Understanding the internationalization process of elite business schools. International Journal of Emerging Markets. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOEM-06-2024-1059
- Valderrey, F., Trigos, F., & Kaltenecker, E. (2024). Entry modes for Chinese enterprises in Latin America. Thunderbird International Business Review, 66(1), 33–50. https://doi.org/10.1002/tie.22357
- Kaltenecker, E., & Montoya, M. A. (2023). Global cities and multilatinas: The search for global cities-specific advantages, establishment and ownership entry modes. Competitiveness Review, 33(3), 627–644. https://doi.org/10.1108/CR-03-2022-0030
- Valderrey, F. J., Trigos, F., & Kaltenecker, E. (2022). Belt and road initiatives: Building or buying a new silk road? European Journal of International Management.
- Montoya, M. A., Lemus, D., & Kaltenecker, E. (2022). The complex trade relations between China, Mexico, and the United States: A geopolitical approach. In D. López, G. Song, A. Bórquez, & F. Muñoz (Eds.), China's trade policy in Latin America (pp. 115–130). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98664-3_8
- Valderrey, F. J., Kaltenecker, E., & Montoya, M. A. (2022). National competitiveness and response to COVID-19: The political factor in Mexico and Brazil. In The competitiveness of nations 1: Navigating the US–China trade war and the COVID-19 global pandemic (pp. 211–228).
- Kaltenecker, E. (2022). Grupo Gaia: Business with a purpose. In J. Knight & F. Noboa (Eds.), Marketing in Latin America and the Caribbean: Contemporary case studies. Routledge.
- Kaltenecker, E. (2022). MBA internalization at selected elite business schools: Challenges of geographic dispersion and coordination. Journal of Teaching in International Business.
- Kaltenecker, E., & Okoye, K. (2021). Are innovation and internationalization intertwined? The impact of country of origin and the types of programs in elite business schools. Journal of Education for Business. https://doi.org/10.1080/08832323.2021.1972277
- Szymanski, M., Valdovinos, I., & Kaltenecker, E. (2021). How far are we from understanding corruption? The effect of cultural distance on corruption perception. Critical Perspectives on International Business.
