Research in management and executive education. Interests in strategy, international business, country-level analysis, strategic operations, geopolitics, and emerging markets. Experience in management research and executive education in the following institutions: EGADE Business Schools (Mexico), Trinity Business Schools (Ireland), Cornell University Business School (USA), Stellenbosch University (South Africa), Fundacao Dom Cabral (Brazil), Management Center Institute (Austria), WU Executive Academy (Austria), and BBS Business School (Angola).

Jorge Vera holds a Ph.D. in Management Sciences, with honors, from the National University of Mexico (UNAM) and an MBA from the Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM). He also holds a degree in experimental psychology from the National University of Mexico (UNAM). Before his career in academe, he had made his mark as a market research consultant. Currently, Jorge Vera is a research professor in the Tecnológico de Monterrey Business School, Mexico City Campus.

Diana Kolbe is a research professor in the Department of Marketing and Business Intelligence at EGADE Business School, Tecnológico de Monterrey. She has a PhD in Marketing from the University of Valencia, Spain. She is part of the National System of Researchers (SNI in Mexico) and of the research group "Consumer Behavior and Conscious Marketing".

Anna is a Ph.D. student in Administrative Science at the Corvinus University of Budapest. Her research interest revolves around marketing management, consumer behavior, and communication. She has experience as brand and CSR manager in the fast-moving consumer goods industry. Currently, she teaches international marketing. She speaks fluently English, Spanish, French and Russian.

Lucía Romo has a Biomedical Engineering degree and a Master’s Degree in Science Education from Tec de Monterrey. She has held roles in Ed-tech and Marketing in global companies such as Santillana. She has been a science and mathematics instructor in Tec de Monterrey since 2010, where she’s coordinated and designed courses at different grade-levels. She is coauthor of “Mathematics for Decision-Making”.