EDUCATION

Background

 Ph. D.  Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management,

European Doctoral Program (EDP) Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona and Växjö University, Sweden. April 2002

                         Doctoral dissertation:

Conditioning Factors of Business Start- Ups in Puerto Rico: An

Institutional Approach / Excellent, Cum Laude

 M. B. A.  Finance, Magna Cum Laude. University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. Graduate School of Business Administration, June 1989 

                       Thesis: Credit Unions and Commercial Banks in Puerto Rico: A Comparative 

                       Study of Services and Regulation

 B. A.  Magna Cum Laude. University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras,

General Studies Faculty, May 1985

B.A. Thesis: Economic Restructuring in Puerto Rico During the 1940s: Antecedents and Effects.

 Distinctions

            Emerging Researcher Award in the Entrepreneurship Summit 2000 at the Caribbean, International Council for Small Business, January, 2000.

            University of Puerto Rico Presindent’s Award for Academic Excellence and Compromise with the Institution, August, 2000

Best B.A. Thesis of the Year, General Studies Faculty 1984-85

Highest Grade Point Average Student, General Studies Faculty, 1984-85

Third Highest Grade Point Average Student, Graduate School of Business Administration, 1987-88

 Finance Major Honor Student, Graduate School of Business Administration, 1987-88

 Additional Academic Preparation

             Courses

Entrepreneurship Curriculum. AACSB Business Schools and Entrepreneurship Curriculum, Faculty Outreach Program, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, June 1997

Real Estate (90 hours of study) Tiri Real Estate Institute, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico, March- May 1995

International Financial Management Theory and Research in International Business. Faculty Development in International Business. Faculty of Business Administration.  University of South Carolina, June-July 1993"

How to do Business in Mexico", ANFECA. Universidad Autónoma de Mexico, September 1993.

Academic Experience

           DIRECTOR, Entrepreneurship Program, College of Business Administration University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, January 2002 – To the present

Coordinator of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) for Puerto Rico (in process).  GEM International Study is coordinated by the London School of Business and Babson College. 

DIRECTOR, Finance Department, College of Business Administration, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, January 1996 – December 1998

Under my direction, the Entrepreneurship  Program at the Faculty of Business Administration was conceptualized, designed and began the process to be institutionalized.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Finance Department, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, January 1989 to the present.

Teach courses on Money and Banking, International Finance and Entrepreneurship. Carry out research and participate in department committees.

PROFESSOR, Instituto de Cooperativismo, University of Puerto Rico,Rio Piedras Campus, January 1996-May 1997.

Design and teach course on Financial Analysis to the Board of Directors of different credit unions throughout Puerto Rico.

TEACHING ASSISTANT, Interamerican University, Metropolitan Campus, January1986 to December 1990.

Served as teaching assistant for graduate course on Public Policy Towards Business, taught by Dr. Juan B. Aponte

FINANCIAL ANALYST AND RESEARCHER, Aponte & Associates

January 1986-1996. Carry out financial analysis and applied research work for consulting firm specialized in finance, actuarial  science, and managerial economics.

Coordinate and direct  financial data collection and analysis in the study of Puerto Rico's Credit Union Insurance Fund (PROSAD-COOP), carried out by Aponte & Associates, during May 1987 - February 1988.

Research, Presentations and Publications

 

Books             

Factores Condicionantes de la Creación de Empresas en Puerto Rico. Libro basado en la tesis doctoral en proceso de publicación con Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas.

Las Instituciones Depositarias en Puerto Rico: Historia, Estructura y     Reglamentación.  Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas. San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1995

Manual: Financial Analysis Course for Credit Unions Members in Puerto Rico. Instituto de Cooperativismo de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, 1996. Second ed. 2002

 Presentations and Publications

Satrt-ups in Puerto Rico: Poor Entrepreneurial Spirit or Structural Problem? in Entrepreneurship. Servei de Publicacions. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, March 2003

Institutions and Support programs for Entrepreneurship: A Two Countries Comparison.  Second European Doctoral Workshop. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, March 2002

Co- author of the College of Business Administration Proposal of a Certificate in Entrepreneurship Studies. Presented to the Faculty, October 2000.

Co-author with Prof. David Urbano (UAB) University Student’s Attitudes Towards Entrepreneurship: A Two Countries Comparison. Entrepreneurship Summit 2000:  At the Caribbean. San Juan, Puerto Rico 28-30 January 2000.   Won Emerging Researchers Award

Co-author with Dr. José María Veciana (UAB)  Attitudes Towards Entrepreneurship: a Regional Comparison RENT XIII Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business,  presented in London 25-26 November, 1999

Co-author with Prof. Edgardo Rogríguez. Entrepreneurship Education and Economic Development presented in Universidad del Estado de Haití (UEH) Puerto Príncipe, Haití, November 1999 in coordination with the UPR President’s Office.

Comparative Study of the International Financial Flows Towards Emerging Markets in the 1990’s: Latin America and Asia CLADEA XXXIV Annual Conference (Consejo Latinoamericano de Escuelas de Administración)   presented, San Juan, October 28-30, 1999 

Entrepreneurship Education: An Institution for Development. Universirty of Puerto Rico´s Model 44^th World Conference of the International Council Small Business, Naples, Italy, 20-23 June 1999

Entrepreneurship Education as Economic Development Strategy for Puerto Rico. First Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship Education, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, October 1997

The Financial System's Role in the Economy. Honor Student Program's Conference  Series. University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, August  - December 1990.

Unpublished Research

Co-author with Pablo Más and Francisco Montalvo. Proyecto de Río Piedras para Asistir a los Comerciantes en el Desarrollo de Destrezas y Técnicas Gerenciales. Agosto 2003

 Estudio en torno a la Reestructuración de la Administración de Fomento Comercial y Promoexport. Consultoría Mayo 2003

Other Papers

 Co- author, with Carmen Figueroa. The Cooperative Education Program "entrepreneurship student", December 1995

 A Profile of the Finance Department Alumni, December 1995

 How to Internationalize the Finance Department Curriculum, December 1993

 Participation in University and Community Labors 

BOARD MEMBER - Programs Vice President International Council for Small Business (ICSB)- Puerto Rico and Caribbean, June 2002- to the present Coordinated the Entrepreneurial Summit 2003  

BOARD MEMBER - Publications and Research Vice President International Council for Small Business (ICSB)- Puerto Rico and Caribbean, May 2000 – June 2002 Coordinated the International Paper´s Evaluators Committee for the ICSB World Conference 2002

 BOARD MEMBER Revista Forum. College of Business Administration, August, 2000.  August 2002- Present Boards President

 COUNSELOR PROFESSOR. Finance Department. College of Business Adminsitration University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus August 2001-December 2002

DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE, Personnel Faculty Committee, College of Business Administration, August 2002 to the present

 COORDINATOR, Cooperative Education Program (Internship for  students) Finance Department, August, 1995  to december 1997

COORDINATOR, School to Work Program, University of Puerto Rico, August 1996 to December 1997

CO - AUTHOR OF PROPOSAL “Financial Management Training Integration for El Salvador" submitted to Development Associates Inc. (The proposal arrived to the final round and was praised by the evaluation committee), March 1996 

DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE, Faculty Curriculum Committee, Faculty of Business Administration, January 1996 to December 1997 

MEMBER, Finance Department Curriculum Committee, 1995 to the present