Awards
The association sponsors an award program designed to recognize and encourage outstanding scholarship and research in the area of Latin American business activities.
The Sion Raveed Award, in memory of Professor Sion Raveed, an early BALAS supporter and organizer, is granted to the outstanding professional paper presented at the annual BALAS Conference. In addition, the Thunderbird Award recognizes an outstanding paper which demonstrates managerial or public policy applications and is also awarded at each annual meeting. This award is sponsored by Thunderbird - The Garvin School of International Management, Glendale, Arizona.
Beginning at the 2004 Conference, the best student paper award has been designated as the Janet Kelly Student Paper Award in honor of Dr. Kelly's lifelong support of students and scholarship related to the business and economic environment of Latin America.
The USD and EGADE-ITESM Campus Monterrey Best Teaching Case Award recognizes the best business case focusing on business in the America's. This award is jointly sponsored by the Ahlers Center for International Business at the University of San Diego and the Escuela de Graduados en Administración y Dirección de Empresas (EGADE), Tecnológico de Monterrey (Campus Monterrey).
The Award Recipients from the 2011 BALAS Conference
hosted by Adolfo Ibañez University:
The Sion Raveed Award
"Identification of Critical Attributes of Success in Products and Services: an Alternative to Importance - Performance Analysis"
Andrea Maria Accioly Fonseca Minardi
Insper - Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa, Brazil
and
Denis Barreira Batista
Insper - Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa, Brazil
The Thunderbird Award
"Generation or Culture? Work Attitude Drivers: an Analysis in Latin America and Iberian Countries"
Lourdes Susaeta
IESE Business School, Spain
and
Jose Ramon Pin
IESE Business School, Spain
and
Sandra Idrovo
INALDE, Universidad de la Sabana, Colombia
and
Maria Jesus Belizon
Kemmy Business School, Ireland
and
Alvaro Espejo
Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Chile
and
Angela Gallifa
IESE Business School, Spain
and
Marisa Aguirre
Universidad de Piura, Peru
and
Eugenio Avila Pedrozo
Universidad Federal do Rio Grande do Sul-UFRGS, Brazil
The USD - EGADE/Tec de Monterrey Best Case Award
"The Public Bond Offering of Petróleos de Venezuela S.A."
Urbi Alain Garay
Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion (IESA), Venezuela
and
Carlos Alberto Molina
Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion (IESA), Venezuela
Janet Kelly Student Paper Award
Not awared in 2011
Click here for a listing of previous awardees
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