Biography
Marcelo Bucheli studies the political economy of foreign direct investment in Latin America. He received his PhD in History from Stanford University (2002), was the Harvard-Newcomen Fellow in Business History at Harvard Business School (2004-2005), a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study at the University of Illinois (2009-2010), and the John H. Dunning Fellow at Henley Business School, Reading University, UK (2014-2015). He earned a BA and MA in Economics from Universidad de los Andes (Bogota, Colombia). Marcelo was the winner of the 2011 Mira Wilkins Award in International Business History, the 2009 Petroleum History Institute Article of the Year Award, and the 2004 Harvard-Newcomen Award for the best article published in ‘Business History Review.'
Research Interests
Business History, Economic History, Latin America
Research Description
My research focuses on two areas: (a) the political economy of international business in a historical perspective. (b) the integration of organization and management theories with historical research methods. I have published on the banana, coffee, petroleum, and telecommunications industries in the twentieth century covering Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela.
Education
BA, MS Universidad de los Andes (Bogota, Colombia)
PhD Stanford University
Awards and Honors
Mira Wilkins Article Award in International Business History 2011
John Dunning Fellow in International Business (Henley Business School, Reading, UK), 2014-2015
Petroleum History Institute Article of the Year Award 2009
Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois, 2009-2010
Harvard-Newcomen Award for the Best Article Published in "Business History Review" in 2004
Finalist, Best Paper Award in International Corporate Governance, Academy of Management Meeting, 2015
Courses Taught
Global Business History
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Business Administration
Academic Director, iDegree Programs, Gies College of Business
Professor, History
Professor, Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies
Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Honors & Awards
Mira Wilkins Article Award in International Business History 2011
John Dunning Fellow in International Business (Henley Business School, Reading, UK), 2014-2015
Petroleum History Institute Article of the Year Award 2009
Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois, 2009-2010
Harvard-Newcomen Award for the Best Article Published in "Business History Review" in 2004
Finalist, Best Paper Award in International Corporate Governance, Academy of Management Meeting, 2015
Recent Publications
Kim, M., Bucheli, M., & Deberge, T. (2025). VALUE CHAIN CONFIGURATION TO MITIGATE THREATS OF EXPROPRIATION IN TIMES OF NATIONALISM. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2025(1). https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2025.155bp
Bucheli, M., & Sáenz, L. F. (2024). Caffeinated memories: The creation of historical narratives as public goods in the Colombian coffee industry. Business History, 66(5), 1259-1283. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2022.2108801
Bucheli, M., Lluch, A., & Zanatti, M. M. (2024). Latin American business history from the perspective of the twenty-first century. In A. Lluch, M. M. Zanatti, & M. Bucheli (Eds.), A Business History of Latin America (pp. 1-32). (Routledge International Studies in Business History). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003407287-1
Bucheli, M. (2024). Multinational companies in Latin American history. In A. Lluch, M. M. Zanatti, & M. Bucheli (Eds.), A Business History of Latin America (pp. 233-250). (Routledge International Studies in Business History). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003407287-14
Bucheli, M., & DeBerge, T. (2024). Multinational enterprises’ nonmarket strategies: Insights from History. International Business Review, 33(2), Article 102198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2023.102198