
Carlos Martínez, PhD
Ph.D. in Management | MBA | MsC. in Finance | Industrial Eng
About me
(English profile below)
Carlos es un apasionado del método de casos de enseñanza, coautor de más de 25 de ellos en las áreas de finanzas, estrategia, operaciones y desarrollo sostenible. Algunos de estos han sido incluidos en las bases de casos de prestigiosas escuelas de negocio como Harvard, Michigan e IESE.
Es Ingeniero Industrial y Master en Finanzas de la Universidad Centroamericana, MBA con distinción de INCAE Business School y Ph.D. en Management de la Universidad de San Galo, Suiza. Ha orientado su investigación hacia el impacto de la información social, ambiental, y de gobierno corporativo (ESG) en los mercados financieros. También ha desarrollado estudios relacionados con el acceso al financiamiento emprendedor en contextos con vacíos institucionales.
Su investigación ha sido presentada en prestigiosas conferencias como el coloquio doctoral del Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (MIT, EEUU), la conferencia especializada “From start-up to scale-up” del Academy of Management (University of Tel-Aviv, Israel), la tercera conferencia en Entrepreneurial Finance (Politecnico de Milano, Italia) y el Congreso Anual del European Accounting Association (Valencia, España).
Carlos es coautor de cinco artículos en revistas científicas arbitradas (peer-reviewed) y dos capítulos en libros de editoriales de prestigio (Edward Elgar y World Scientific Publishing). Su investigación ha sido citada por el International Integrated Reporting Council en documentos dirigidos a inversionistas institucionales. Adicionalmente, ha sido revisor ocasional de artículos científicos para varias revistas arbitradas.
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Carlos's passion lies in the teaching case method, and he has contributed to the creation of over 25 cases in diverse fields such as finance, strategy, operations, and sustainable development. Many of these cases have gained recognition and have been included in esteemed case databases, including those of Harvard and Michigan Universities.
Carlos holds a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering and a Master's degree in Finance from the Central American University. He further pursued his education by earning an MBA with honors from INCAE Business School and a Ph.D. in Management from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. His research primarily focuses on investigating the impact of social, environmental, and corporate governance (ESG) information on financial markets. Additionally, he has conducted studies examining access to entrepreneurial financing in contexts characterized by institutional voids.
Carlos's research contributions have been showcased at prominent conferences such as the doctoral colloquium of the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability at MIT, the specialized conference "From Start-up to Scale-up" organized by the Academy of Management at the University of Tel-Aviv in Israel, the third conference on Entrepreneurial Finance held at Politecnico di Milano in Italy, and the Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association in Valencia, Spain.
In terms of publications, Carlos has co-authored five articles in respected peer-reviewed journals and has contributed two chapters to books published by renowned publishers such as Edward Elgar and World Scientific Publishing. Notably, his research has been cited by the International Integrated Reporting Council in their documents targeted at institutional investors. Furthermore, he has served as an occasional reviewer for various peer-reviewed journals, lending his expertise to the evaluation of scientific articles.