The impact of environmental uncertainty, strategic marketing activities, and strategic orientation on the financial performance of entrepreneurial firms - Competition Forum 2015
Inside the firm: Socioeconomic versus agency perspectives on firm competitiveness - Journal of Socio-Economics 1999
The impact of environmental variables and firm strategies on the performance of entrepreneurial firms - Journal of Competitiveness Studies
Attitudes toward pharmaceutical direct-to-consumer advertising: The role of culture. - Journal of Competitiveness Studies 2014
Developing a construct of the leader’s cognitive flexibility: An interdisciplinary approach - Competition Forum 2014
The impact of culture and reputation on performance - Competition Forum 2014
The impact of environmental variables and firm strategies on the performance of entrepreneurial firms - Journal of Competitiveness Studies
The roles of firm strategy and intangible organizational elements as determinants of performance - Competition Forum 2014
A critical comparison between the agent based modeling approach and the classical view of emergent strategies - Competition Forum 2013
A brief examination of the social groups in India: Examining network characteristics and social capital - Competition Forum 2005
Strategies, structures and information architectures: Toward international gestalts - Problems and Perspectives in Management 2004
A study of host governments, subsidiary autonomy, and product market strategies in developed and developing markets - Competition Forum 2004
Outsourcing to China and India: Its impact on U.S. manufacturing and service - Competition Forum 2004
A longitudinal study of competitive advantage: Changes in capabilities and relationships - Competition Forum 2003
Understanding strategy: Why is strategy so difficult? - Advances in Competitiveness Research 2003
Assessing and valuing knowledge in international acquisitions: Factors leading to escalations and overbidding - Journal of World Business 2013
Cohesiveness and goals in agency networks: Explaining conflict and cooperation - Competition Forum 2002
Overbidding in cross-border acquisitions: Misperceptions in assessing and valuing knowledge - Journal of World Business 2013
Entrepreneurial cognitive abilities: The links among metacognition, strategy, and performance - Competition Forum 2012
Recovering the cultural dimensions of structural competitive advantage in the Japanese model - Competition Forum 2012
Abusive supervision and employee attrition - Competition Forum 2012
A comparative historical/methodological analysis of two studies about the manager's job - Competition Forum 2011
Understanding Hispanic environmental attitudes and recycling behaviors - Competition Forum 2011
Determinants of performance: The roles of metacognition and entrepreneurial orientation. - Best Papers Proceedings of the Academy of Management 2011
A two-factor classification of strategy: The role of necessary and sufficient conditions on firm performance - Advances in Competitiveness Research 2010
Music: A metaphor for industrial ecology - Progress in Industrial Ecology 2010
Offshoring Sectors: A critical comparison of Mexican maquiladora plants with Indian outsourcing offices - Advances in Competitiveness Research 2010
An institutional perspective on foreign direct investment: A multi-level framework - Management International Review 2009
Examining relational and resource influences on the performance of border region SMEs - International Business Review 2009
Getting partners to take action: Influences on joint action in interfirm relationships - Competitiveness Review 2009
The impact of entrepreneurial orientation, strategic capabilities, management style, and growth focus on firm performance - Competition Forum 2009
Entrepreneurial adaptation across an economic crisis - Business Journal for Entrepreneurs 2009
Competitive advantage and international business: Examining path dependencies in international business - Competition Forum 2002
Reexamining the relationship between action preferences and managerial risk behaviors - Journal of Managerial Issues 2002
The evolution of information systems: Their impact on organizations and structures - Management Decision 2002
The relationship among knowledge, opportunity, and ethical perceptions: A cross-national investigation - Teaching Business Ethics 2002
A reexamination of agency theory assumptions: Extensions and extrapolations - Journal of Socio-Economics 2001
The economic and sociological dimensions of business networks: Examining differences between Japanese and U.S. structures - Advances in Competitiveness Research 2001
Interpreting, categorizing, and responding to the environment: The role of culture in strategic problem definition - Management Decision 2001
The evolution of vertically integrated organizations: The role of historical context - Management Decision 2001
Global managers: Developing a mindset for global competitiveness - Journal of World Business (formerly, The Columbia Journal of World Business) 1999
Reclaiming the environment-organization fit: Matching turnaround strategies to environmental exigencies - Journal of Business Strategies 1999
Structuring organizations for the future: Analyzing and managing change - Management Decision 1998
The relationship between prior performance and diversification: A study of three industries - Management Decision 1998
A curvilinear relationship between control and strategy: Sharing of control in a multinational network - Advances in Competitiveness Research 2008
A review of entrepreneurship research: The parts that explain the drivers of new businesses - Journal of Competitiveness Studies 2017
Environmental uncertainty and positive performance of small firms: The roles of key mediators - Journal of Organizational Psychology 2017
The impact of environmental variables and firm strategies on the performance of entrepreneurial firms - Journal of Competitiveness Studies 2017
The Key Role of Metacognition Monitoring in the Performance of Small Firms: The Mediating Roles of Systems, Orientation, Implementation, and Strategy - Competition Forum 2017
Attitudes toward pharmaceutical direct-to-consumer advertising: The role of culture - Journal of Competitiveness Studies 2017
Recovering the cultural dimensions of structural competitive advantage in the Japanese model - Advances in Competitiveness Research 2017
Decision making as mediator between environmental uncertainty, technological sophistication, and financial performance - Competition Forum 2016
A review of entrepreneurship research: The parts that explain the drivers of new businesses - Journal of Competitiveness Studies 2015
Mutual adaptation in buyer-supplier relationships - Journal of Business Research 2008
Do the contingencies of external monitoring, ownership incentives, or free cash flow explain opposing firm performance expectations? - Journal of Management and Governance 2008
A contingent relationship between risk and return: Toward a behavioral model of decision making - Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management 2008
Cohesiveness and goals in agency networks: Explaining conflict and cooperation - Journal of Socio-Economics 2007
A two-factor classification of strategy: The role of necessary and sufficient conditions on firm performance - Competition Forum 2006
Examining risk-return relationships in the regionalization context: Beyond national culture - Journal of International Business Strategy 2006
Five propositions regarding scenario planning’s problematic claims - Competition Forum 2015
International entrepreneurial culture of Thai SMEs - Journal of Global Entrepreneurship research 2015
The impact of transactional and behavioral factors on control and decision making in international joint ventures - Journal of Business Strategies 2000
Environmental Uncertainty and Positive Performance of Small Firms: The Roles of Key Mediators - Academy of Management 2016
A review of entrepreneurship research: The parts that explain the drivers of new businesses
Summer 2007 Research Award
Summer 2006 Research Award
Summer 2005 Research Award
Summer 2004 Research Award
Summer 2002 Research Award
Summer 2001 Research Award
Summer 2001 Research Award
Summer 2017 Research Awaard
Summer 2016 Research Award
Summer 2015 Research Award
Summer 2014 Research Award
Summer 2013 Research Award
Summer 2012 Research
Summer 2009 Research Award
Summer 2008 Research Award
Outstanding Paper Award for The impact of environmental variables and firm strategies on the performance of entrepreneurial firms - of American Society for Competitiveness Conference,Pittsburgh - 10-01-2013
Best Empirical Paper Award - American Society for Competitiveness Conference, Washington DC - 10-01-2012
Nominated for the Caroline Dexter Best International Paper Award - Annual Meeting Academy of Management, Washington D.C. - 08-01-2001
College of Business Administration Scholar of the Year (1999-2000) - Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX - 01-01-2000
“Best Conceptual Paper” Award - American Society for Competitiveness Conference - 10-01-2000
Outstanding Reviewer Award - The International Management Division at the Academy of Management Meeting - 08-01-2000
First Place Award 1995 - The Seventh Annual Graduate and Undergraduate Research Forum, The University of Memphis - 01-01-1995
Mentoring high school students who are college-bound.
Mentoring college-bound high school students (Sames Scholars)
This program is undertaken by the Laredo Independent School District to enhance educational and testing standards through adherence to strategic plans and concrete goals.
This program is undertaken by the Laredo Independent School District to enhance educational and testing standards through adherence to strategic plans and concrete goals.