Professor Alvaro CUERVO-CAZURRA
Professor of International Business and Strategy
D’Amore-McKim School of Business
Northeastern University
Biography
Professor Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra is a Professor of International Business and Strategy at Northeastern University. His research focuses on the internationalization of firms, with a particular emphasis on emerging market multinationals, capability upgrading—especially technological capabilities—and governance issues, including corruption. He serves as a consultant and trainer on global strategy for both firms and governments and is the Co-Editor of the Global Strategy Journal. He has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of International Business and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Copenhagen Business School.
Selected Publications
- Andrews, D. S., Fainshmidt, S., & Cuervo-Cazurra, A. (2025). The home country effect on between- and within-firm performance differences. Journal of World Business, 60(1). Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2024.101594.
- Banalieva, E. R., Cuervo-Cazurra, A., & Sarathy, R. (2018). Dynamics of pro-market institutions and firm performance. Journal of International Business Studies, 49(7), 858-880. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-018-0155-7.
- Bu, J., Cuervo-Cazurra, A., Luo, Y., & Wang, S. L. (2024). Mitigating soft and hard infrastructure deficiencies in emerging markets. Journal of World Business, 59(4). Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2024.101540.
- Bu, J., & Cuervo-Cazurra A. (2020). Informality costs: Informal entrepreneurship and innovation in emerging economies. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 14(3), 329-368. https://doi.org/10.1002/sej.1358.
- Cuervo-Cazurra, A., Gaur, A., & Singh, D. (2019). Pro-market institutions and global strategy: The pendulum of pro-market reforms and reversals. Journal of International Business Studies, 50(4), 598-632. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48703518.
- Cuervo-Cazurra, A., Grosman, A., & Megginson, W. L. (2023). A review of the internationalization of state-owned firms and sovereign wealth funds: Governments’ nonbusiness objectives and discreet power. Journal of International Business Studies, 54(1), 78-106. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-022-00522-w.
- Li, C., & Cuervo‐Cazurra, A. (2024). How subsidiary and supplier misbehavior lead to corporate social responsibility performance improvements in multinationals. Journal of International Business Studies, 55(4), 470-491. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-023-00666-3.
- Montiel, I., Cuervo-Cazurra, A., Park, J., Antolín-López, R., & Husted, B. W. (2021). Implementing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals in international business. Journal of International Business Studies, 52(5), 999-1030. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-021-00445-y.
