"Supporting the dissemination of knowledge for social good in Latin America"
Announcing the winner
The results of the judging panel are now in and Emerald and CLADEA are delighted to announce the winner of this year's funding award.
The winning proposal, chosen from a number of excellent proposals, is as follows:
"Knowledge management adoption in Mexico: identification of practices and barriers, and development of an applicable methodological tool"
by
Kuan Yew Wong, PhD (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia),
David J. Delgado-Hernandez, PhD (Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, Mexico),
Nelly Rigaud-Tellez, MEng (National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico), and
Sonia De la Torre (Federal Electricity Commission, Mexico)
This outstanding Latin American research project in the field of management will recieve a grant of £2,000 (approx. US$4,200 equivalent). Read the summary here.
Testimonial
The following testimonials indicate both the quality of the proposals and the high esteem in which the Emerald Research Fund Awards are held:
"It is an honour for me to receive this Research Fund Award from Emerald and Latin American Council of Management Schools (CLADEA). Their dedicated effort in supporting and promoting cross-national research must be commended. This award helps me to initiate a mutual collaboration between Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and two Mexican universities. It also provides a stepping stone for UTM to strengthen its international recognition in achieving research excellence."
(Dr Kuan Yew Wong, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia)
"CLADEA are delighted to support the inaugural Emerald Research Fund Award for Latin America in the Management category."
(Jorge Talavera, president of CLADEA)
"Emerald is proud to further develop its partnership with CLADEA by actively promoting and rewarding high-quality management research in Latin America with this Award."
(John Peters, former CEO of Emerald)
Judges
Emerald and CLADEA would like to extend their thanks to the judging panel for this Award, without whose expertise and time these awards would not have been possible:
- Dr Betty Jane Punnett (Professor, Department of Management Studies, University of the West Indies)
- Dr Marcos E J Bertin (President International Academy for Quality, Bertin Consulting)
- Dr Mariana Lima Bandeira (FGV)
- Dr Sebastian Garcia-Dastugue (Assistant Professor, Universidad de San Andres)
- Mr F.R. Sagasti (Consultant and Academician)
- Professor Ana Akemi Ikeda (Associate Professor, University of Sao Paulo)
About CLADEA
The Latin American Council of Management Schools (CLADEA) is 40 years old now. It was founded in Lima in 1967 and it is one of the most important business networks all over the world.
This international organization was created to solve some of the most important problems of Latin American societies through the teaching of management and business management.
Contact details
For further information about Emerald’s Research Fund Awards, please contact:
Kieran Booluck
Author Relations Administrative Assistant
Emerald Publishing Limited
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