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 School of Global 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 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), Tec de Monterrey.
The Award Recipients from the 2012 BALAS Conference
hosted by PUC-Rio:
The Sion Raveed Award
"International Marketing Strategies in Clusters: Insights from the Southern Hemisphere"
Christian Felzensztein
Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Chile
and
Christina Stringer
University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand
and
Maureen Benson-Rea
University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand
and
Susan Freeman
Adelaide Business School, Australia
The Thunderbird Award
"The First Export of High Technology Small and Medium Enterprises: a comparative analysis of Costa Rican and Italian software exporters"
Luciano Ciravegna
Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom
and
Luis Lopez
INCAE Business School, Costa Rica
and
Sumit Kundu
Florida International University, USA
The USD - EGADE/Tec de Monterrey Best Case Award
"Miss Venezuela: More than just Beauty?"
Nunzia Auletta
Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion (IESA) Entrepreneurship Center, Venezuela
and
María Helena Jaén
Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion (IESA), Venezuela
Janet Kelly Student Paper Award
Not awarded in 2012
Click here for a listing of previous awardees
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