Latin America includes Mexico, South America, Central America and the Spanish speaking Caribbean.

The Farmer dissertation competition award is given annually to the top international business dissertation by the Academy of International Business (AIB).

See IBR's November 2011 Thomson Reuters five-year impact factor of 2.165 as well as its elevated stature in Academic Journal Quality Guide, v. 4 (The Association of Business Schools, available at http://www.associationofbusinessschools.org/node/1000257).

We only include authors with a calculated authorship contribution of 0.2 or higher in this total.

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The following schools were represented: Alliant University (USA), American University (USA), Arizona State University (USA), Bentley College (USA), California State University–San Luis Obispo (USA), Cambridge University (UK), China Europe International Business School (China), Cleveland State University (USA), Florida International University (USA), Fudan University (China), Georgia State University (USA), Harvard University (USA), INCAE (Costa Rica), Instituto Tecnólogico de Monterrey–Cuernavaca (Mexico), Instituto Tecnólogico de Monterrey- México (Mexico), Koc University (Turkey), London School of Economics (UK), Macquarie University (Australia), Middlesex University (UK), Montana State University (USA), New Mexico State University (USA), Northeastern University (USA), OECD Development Centre (France), Ohio State University (USA), Pennsylvania State University (USA), Rice University (USA), Rollins College (USA), Rutgers University (USA), Singapore Management University (Singapore), St. John Fisher College (USA), Temple University (USA), Texas A&M University (USA), Texas A&M International University (USA), Texas Christian University (USA), Thunderbird (USA), Tufts University (USA), UNAM-Morelos (Mexico), United States Army War College (USA), Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal), Université de la Méditérranée (France), University of Alberta (Canada), University of Alicante (Spain), University of Bath (UK), University of Birmingham (UK), University of Colorado–Denver (USA), University of Honk Kong (China), University of Illinois (USA), University of Kentucky (USA), University of London (UK), Miami University (Florida, USA), University of Manchester (UK), University of Maryland–College Park (USA), University of Memphis (USA), University of Missouri–Columbia (USA), University of Missouri–St. Louis (USA), University of New Mexico (USA), University of Oregon (USA), University of Pennsylvania (USA), University of San Diego (USA), University of South Carolina (USA), University of Southern Mississippi (USA), (USA), University of Texas–Arlington (USA), University of Texas–Brownsville, University of Texas–Pan American (USA), University of Texas–San Antonio (USA), University of Vaasa (Finland), University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (USA), York University (Canada), Washington State University (USA), Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School (Belgium), and the World Bank.

The calculation is as follows: we divided the number of core Management journal articles (897) by the IB journals articles (653) to attain a weighted comparison. Then we divided the number of net Latin American-based author articles published in IB journals (3.58) by core-Management counterpart (0.67). The equation is: 897/653 = 1.37 * (3.58/0.67) = 7.34.

Suarez (2005 Suarez , F. ( 2005 ). Network effects revisited: The role of strong ties in technology selection . Academy of Management Journal , 48 ( 4 ), 710 – 720 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]); Cullen, Parboteeah, & Hoegl (2004 Cullen , J. B. , Parboteeah , K. P. , and Hoegl , M. ( 2004 ). Cross-national differences in managers willingness to justify ethically suspect behaviors: A test of institutional anomie theory . Academy of Management Journal , 47 ( 3 ), 411 – 421 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]); Perrewe et al. (2004 Perrewe , P. L. , Zellars , K. L. , Ferris , G. R. , Rossi , A. M. , Kacmar , C. J. , and Ralston , D. A. ( 2004 ). Neutralizing job stressors: Political skill as an antidote to the dysfunctional consequences of role conflict . Academy of Management Journal , 47 ( 1 ), 141 – 152 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]); Tosi & Greckhamer (2004 Tosi , H. L. , and Greckhamer , T. ( 2004 ). Culture and CEO compensation . Organization Science , 15 ( 6 ), 657 – 670 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]); Parboteeah & Cullen (2003 Parboteeah , K. P. , and Cullen , J. B. ( 2003 ). Social institutions and work centrality: Explorations beyond national culture . Organization Science , 14 ( 2 ), 137 – 148 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]); Kostova & Kendall (2002 Kostova , T. , and Kendall , R. ( 2002 ). Adoption of an organizational practice by subsidiaries of multinational corporations: Institutional and relational effects . Academy of Management Journal , 45 ( 1 ), 215 – 233 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]); Montealegre (2002 Montealegre , R. ( 2002 ). A process model of capability development: Lessons from the electronic commerce strategy at Bolsa de Valores de Guayaquil . Organization Science , 13 ( 5 ), 514 – 531 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]); Spector, Cooper, Sanchez, O'Driscoll, & Sparks (2002); Gibson & Zellmer-Bruhn (2001 Gibson , C. B. , and Zellmer-Bruhn , M. E. ( 2001 ). Metaphors and meaning: An intercultural analysis of the concept of teamwork . Administrative Science Quarterly , 42 ( 2 ): 274 – 303 .[Crossref] , [Google Scholar]).

The paper of Spector and colleagues (2002 Spector , P. E. , Cooper , C. L. , Sanchez , J. I. , O'Driscoll , M. , and Sparks , K. ( 2002 ). Locus of control and well-being at work: How generalizable are Western findings . Academy of Management Journal , 45 ( 2 ), 453 – 466 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) had 5 primary authors and 25 affiliate authors. One of the affiliate authors was based at a Brazilian university.

The calculation is as follows: we divided the number of core Management journal articles (897) by the IB journals articles (653) to attain a weighted comparison. Then we divided the number of net Latin American studies published in IB journals (18) by its core-Management counterpart number (1). The equation is: 897/653 = 1.37 * (18/1) = 24.7 for the 2001 to 2005 timeframe.

Additionally, 11 Latin American institutions representing eight countries are accredited members of European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) (as of July 2012).

In 2008, the academy of business (AIB) began a Latin America chapter to facilitate scholar interaction not only in the region, but also across AIB with those with a geographical interest in Latin America.