Pedro Parada

Education

• Doctor en Administración y Dirección de Empresas.
• Máster en Gestión y Políticas Públicas. Universidad Católica Boliviana
• Licenciado en Economía. Universidad Católica Boliviana

Areas of interest

• Internationalization and Globalization
• Corporate Strategy
• Strategic Management

Biography

Dr. Pedro Parada is Associate Professor in the ESADE Department of Business Policy and he currently serves as Academic Co-Director and Professor for the Global Executive MBA offered jointly with Georgetown University. He is also a Visiting Professor at the HEC School of Management in Paris and SDA Bocconi in Milan. In addition, he has coordinated and taught courses within the International Electives offered at Babson College. He has written articles, case studies and book chapters in English, Spanish, Catalan, French, German, Chinese and Portuguese. Dr. Parada holds a PhD in Management, a Master's in Public Policy and Management and an undergraduate degree in Economics. He was trained in the Case Method at the Harvard Business School. He has also participated in the Negotiations Program at Harvard and the Managing Change Program at MIT. He has taught for and collaborated with private companies in a wide variety of industries, including banking and insurance (Banco Santander, BBVA, Bankinter, Banesto, "la Caixa", DKV Insurance, Ergo Group, AndBanc, BNB, etc.), telecommunications (Telefónica, Telecom Italia, etc.), consultancy and auditing (KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, etc.), service companies (Endesa, Agbar, Union Fenosa, Carlson Wagonlit, Correos de España, ADIF, etc.), industrial firms (Epson, Roland-DG, Arcelor, Roca, Pirelli and Altadis), food, beverage & agribusiness (Bunge, Bodegas Torres and The Eat Out Group) and pharmaceuticals-chemicals (Sanofi-Aventis, Novartis, Bayer, Esteve, Almirall, Inibsa, etc.), among others. He also works with entrepreneurs in business incubator programmes in Catalonia and Andorra and business associations in Catalonia and Valencia. Prior to his current teaching responsibilities, he has also taught at various management schools, such as the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore (India), De Baak (Holland), the Helsinki School of Management (Joko, Finland) and Tietoenator (Norway) and he has lectured on Strategy at the Universidad Católica de Bolivia. He has also worked in the cement industry and the UN Ministry of Finance.