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Department of Management, Society and Communication
- Centre for Business and Development Studies (CBDS)

Biography:
Jacobo Ramirez is an Assistant Professor in Latin American Business Development at the Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC), Copenhagen Business School (CBS). He earned his doctoral degree in Business Administration at Newcastle University, England (2005), in collaboration with the Grenoble School of Management, France.
In over 20 years of comprehensive experience in the area of organizational strategy, Jacobo has proven himself as a motivated, results-oriented, and dynamic researcher, educator, and business professional. Jacobo is a skilled communicator able to reach diverse audiences through verbal and written means, demonstrated best by the courses he has designed and conducted in the Americas and Europe, and the 18 peer-reviewed journal articles, 15 book chapters, 6 co-edited books, and 3 case studies Jacobo has published. He has also been a guest co-editor of 2 special issues in a peer-reviewed journal.
Jacobo Ramirez was a co-founder of the Latin America Business Forum (2014) at CBS to further develop Danish business engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). This initiative has helped Jacobo to develop an ongoing dialogue with business community and Governmental Officials (e.g. Ambassadors and Ministers) through several business and research seminars at CBS. Prior to joining CBS, Jacobo was a co-founder and chaired of the research group European Studies on Development and Competitiveness at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico (2007-2010).
Jacobo Ramirez was born in Mexico to indigenous Mexican parents from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and has lived and worked in Copenhagen since 2006.
Research Statement:
Jacobo Ramirez’s main research interest is organizational strategy in fragile states and other complex institutional environments facing security risks, displacement, and social unrest. Through studying private sector, in particular Danish firms in the Global South, Jacobo has been able to design novel methodologies and strategies to study and propose organizational strategies to overcome institutional change. Ramirez’s current work focuses on how renewable energy investments affect indigenous peoples’ communities and livelihoods.
Teaching Statement:
Jacobo Ramirez has a strong and multinational educational background (England, France and Mexico) and extensive professional experience from universities in the Americas and Europe. Dr. Ramirez has designed and implemented online and face-to-face courses (taught in Spanish and English) in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East. Dr. Ramirez uses his own teaching cases of Danish firms in LAC (e.g. Arla Foods, Novo Nordisk, Vestas, etc.) as his main teaching strategy. Dr. Ramirez organises business related seminars with practitioners Governmental Officials (e.g. Danish and LAC’s Ambassadors and Ministers) to discuss with students and researchers current business development and society trends between Denmark and LAC. At CBS he teaches on bachelor and master programs. Dr. Ramirez is the coordinator of the following master degree courses at CBS: Leading and Managing in Latin America and Business Strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean (taught in Spanish), and co-coordinator of the courses Business Strategy in Developing Countries and Emerging Markets, and Leadership and Governance at MNEs. He also has taught executive education programs and/or consulted for companies such as PEMEX (Mexican Oil Company), and CEMEX, among others.
Business and Society Statement:
Jacobo Ramirez’ research and teaching activities have helped to develop an ongoing dialogue among academics, students, practitioners, politicians and civil society. This dialogue has taken the form of research and teaching seminars that Jacobo has organised to discuss current business and society trends (e.g. green energy, terrorism, intellectual property, displacement, distance learning, etc.) around the world. Jacobo has also disseminated his work to non-academic audiences (e.g. through case studies, editorials and blogs) in order to further develop an interchange between business and society.
- Business development in emerging markets
- Human Resource Management (HRM)
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- BA-BLC-Spanish Studies Years 1 & 2
- KAN-CBL-OMSP-Organization and Management in Regional Context
- KAN-CBL-GISP-Governance and Institutions in Regional Context
- BSc Soc -Mixed Methods
- Master thesis
- Bachelor Projects
Ramirez, J. (2020). Governance in Energy Democracy for Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges and Opportunities for Partnerships at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Journal of International Business Policy . https://doi.org/10.1057/s42214-020-00077-3
Ramirez, J. (2019). Contentious Dynamics Within the Social Turbulence of Environmental (In)justice Surrounding Wind Energy Farms in Oaxaca, Mexico. Journal of Business Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04297-3
Ramirez, J., Vélez-Zapata, C., & Madero, S. (2018). Ambidexterity Strategies in Illegitimate Institutional Contexts: The Role of Informal Institutions. Management Research: the journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management, 16(2), 197-218. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRJIAM-02-2018-0811
Ramirez, J.; Madero, S.; and Muñiz, C. (2016) ‘The impact of narcoterrorism on HRM systems’. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 27, No. 19, pp. 2202-2232. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2015.1091371
In: International Journal of Emerging Markets, 6.4.2020
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [wp] 2020, 23 p. (CBDS Working Paper, No. 2020/4)
In: Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 33, No. 6, 2020, p. 1011-1028
Paris : Organisation for Economic Cooporation and Development, OECD 2020, 15 p. (Global Policy Perspective Report)
In: Journal of International Business Policy , 26.10.2020
In: Business and Development Studies: Issues and Perspectives. . ed. /Peter Lund-Thomsen; Michael Wendelboe Hansen; Adam Lindgreen. Abingdon : Routledge 2020, p. 353-377 (Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology)
In: Proceedings of the Eightieth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Guclu Atinc. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2020, 1 p. (Academy of Management Proceedings)
In: Management Research: the journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2020, p. 99-119
In: Proceedings of the Eightieth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Guclu Atinc. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2020 (Academy of Management Proceedings)
In: Management Research, Vol. 18, No. 4, 2020, p. 401-420
In: Journal of Business Ethics, 15.10.2019
In: Proceedings of the Seventy-ninth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Guclu Atinc. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2019, 1 p. (Academy of Management Proceedings)
In: Business and Development Studies: Issues and Perspectives. . ed. /Peter Lund-Thomsen; Michael Wendelboe Hansen; Adam Lindgreen. London : Routledge 2019, p. 353-377
In: Academy of Management Proceedings 2019. ed. /Guclu Atinc. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2019, 1 p. (Academy of Management Proceedings)
Paper presented at 9th Annual AIB-LAT Annual Conference 2019, 2019
Durham, NC : Research Square 2019
In: Management Research: the journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management, Vol. 16, No. 2, 28.3.2018, p. 197-218
In: Trends in Organized Crime, Vol. 21, No. 1, 3.2018, p. 24-41
In: The Global Human Resource Management Casebook. ed. /Liza Castro Christiansen; Michal Biron; Elaine Farndale; Bård Kuvaas. London : Routledge 2018, p. 318-327 (Routledge Global Human Resource Management)
Paris : Organisation for Economic Cooporation and Development, OECD 2018, 16 p. (Global Policy Perspective Report)
In: Proceedings of the Seventy-eighth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Guclu Atinc. Briar Cliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2018, 1 p. (Academy of Management Proceedings)
Paper presented at NOLAN 2017, 2017
Paper presented at 3rd Global Conference of International Human Resource Management, 2017
In: European Journal of International Management, Vol. 10, No. 5, 2016, 8 p., p. 497-504
In: 5th Workshop on Talent ManagementBrussel : European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management 2016 (Workshop on Talent Management)
In: International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 27, No. 19, 2016, p. 2202-2232
In: European Journal of International Management, Vol. 9, No. 6, 2015, p. 690-711
In: International Business in Latin America: Innovation, Geography and Internationalization (AIB Latin America). . ed. /William Newburry; Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan 2015, p. 101-118 (AIB Latin America)
In: Development-Oriented Corporate Social Responsibility. Volume 1: Multinational Corporations and the Global Context. . ed. /Dima Jamali; Charlotte Karam; Michael Blowfield. Sheffield : Greenleaf Publishing 2015, p. 79-98
In: Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodistico, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2015, p. 437-453
In: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs): A Comparison of European and Latin America Cases. . ed. /Norma A. Hernández; Jacobo Ramirez. New Delhi : Bloomsbury Academic 2014, p. 1-15 (Bloomsbury Academic Reference Series)
In: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs): A Comparison of European and Latin America Cases. . ed. /Norma A. Hernández; Jacobo Ramirez. New Delhi : Bloomsbury Academic 2014, p. 150-157 (Bloomsbury Academic Reference Series)
Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2014, 2014
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [wp] 2014, 33 p. (CBDS Working Paper, No. 1, Vol. 2014)
In: Handbook of Research on Economic Growth and Technological Change in Latin America. ed. /Bryan Christiansen. Hershey, PA : Idea Group Publishing 2014, p. 194-208 (Advances in Finance, Accounting, and Economics (AFAE))
In: Proceedings of the 2nd Research in Management Learning and Education (RMLE) Unconference. ed. /Amy Kenworthy. Rubina : RMLE 2014, 2 p.
New Delhi : Bloomsbury Academic 2014, 159 p. (Bloomsbury Academic Reference Series)
In: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs): A Comparison of European and Latin America Cases. . ed. /Norma A. Hernández; Jacobo Ramirez. New Delhi : Bloomsbury Academic 2014, p. 42-66 (Bloomsbury Academic Reference Series)
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [wp] 2014, 46 p. (CBDS Working Paper, No. 3, Vol. 2014)
Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2014, 2014
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School, CBS 2015, 32 p. (CBS free case collection)
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School, CBS 2015, 10 p.
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School, CBS 2013, 22 p. (CBS free case collection)
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School, CBS 2013, 15 p.
Parques eólicos en territorio Wayuu
P1 Orientering
Vestas i modvind i Mexico
Grønt er ikke kun godt
Mexicos svar på Macron vil endevende landet
Militæret har nøglen til forandring i Venezuela
USA's håndlanger i Panama blev blæst ud med hård rock og dømt for narkosmugling
En bønne i sækken er bedre end en pesos i banken
Peru er et overset marked blandt danske virksomheder
Contractual partner |
Duration of activity |
Type of activity |
Embassy of Denmark, Colombia |
September 2020 - November 2021 |
Advice on renewable energy |