Patricia Monteferrante Marchesani Professor at IESA's Center for Entrepreneurship. Areas of expertise: Governance in Family Firms, Entrepreneurial Behavior in family businesses, Top Management Team Diversity, Generation Y at work, and Successful Work Teams. Education PhD in Management (Candidate) Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA. (June 2006) Master of Public Policy Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración IESA. Caracas, Venezuela. (2000) Specialization in Business Economics Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, UCAB Caracas, Venezuela. (1993) Economist Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, UCAB Caracas, Venezuela. (1990) Honors and Awards Special mention at graduation of the Master in Public Policy (2000), by achieving the highest academic performance of the cohort. ASERCA Award, recognition given for achieving the best academic performance in the Master of Public Policy. (2000) Academic Excellence Award "Antonio Jose de Sucre". Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho Foundation. (1993)
Academic experience IESA (Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración) Full time Professor at the Management and Leadership Center 2001 - present Courses taught: Family Business, Governance in family firms, Human Resource Management, Team Work, Achievement Orientation and Supervision. Coordinator of the orientation week (Experiencia IESA) September 2005-present Coordinator of Executive Education Program: Family Business Management 2001-present Junior Professionals 2002-2011 Researcher at the Management and Leadership Center. (2001) Adjunct of the Dean Researcher at the Management and Leadership Center 2000-2001 Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV) Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences Instructor Professor. 1993-2005 Professional experience Konrad Adenauer Foundation Operations Coordinator Project: business middle classes. (1996-1998) Project Coordinator Project: business middle classes. (1993-1996) Technical-Professional Assistant Project: business middle classes. (1991-1993)
Publications Rodriguez A., Auletta N. & Monteferrante P., 2013. Bridging for Resilience: The Role of Family Business Social Capital in Coping with Hostile Environments. In Sharma P., Sieger P., Nason R., and Gonzalez A. and Ramachandran K. (Eds) Exploring Transgenerational Entrepreneurship. The Role of Resources and Capabilities, Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar. In press Auletta Nunzia, Monteferrante Patricia & Rodríguez Aramis, 2013. Resiliencia ante todo: cómo superan las crisis las empresas familiares? Debates IESA, Volumen 18, número 1. Monteferrante, Patricia, 2012. Entre la familia y el negocio: el desafío de gobernar una empresa familiar. Debates IESA, Volumen 17, número 3. Auletta Nunzia, Rodríguez Aramis & Monteferrante Patricia, 2012. Adjusting the Competence Model in Entrepreneur Training. Proceeding. CLADEA 2012, Lima, Perú. Monteferrante Patricia, Rodríguez Aramis & Auletta Nunzia, 2012. Going international? Drawing the map for family business. Proceeding. CLADEA 2012, Lima, Perú. Monteferrante Patricia y Ramón, Piñango, 2011. Governance Structures and Entrepreneurial Performance in Family Firms: An Exploratory Study of Latin American Family Firms. In Nordqvist M., Marzano G., Brenes E., Jiménez G. and Fonseca M (Eds), Understanding Entrepreneurial Family Businesses in uncertain environments. Opportunities and Resources in Latin America. Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar. Monteferrante Patricia, 2011. Mujeres en empresas familiares: de jefes emocionales a gerentes y directoras, Debates IESA, Volumen XVI, número 1, enero-marzo 2011. Monteferrante Patricia, 2010. La generación net: claves para entenderla. Debates IESA, Volumen XV, número 4. Monteferrante Patricia & Ramón Piñango, 2009. ITALPLASTIC. Teaching Case. Winner in the Cases Competition of IESA. Published by Ediciones IESA. Monteferrante Patricia & Piñango Ramón, 2009. PANELVA. Teaching Case. First finalist in the Cases Competition of IESA. Published by Ediciones IESA.
Publications Ramón Piñango & Monteferrante Patricia, 2008. La gente en las organizaciones participativas. In Antonio Francés, Empresas Incluyentes, Ediciones IESA, Venezuela. Piñango Ramón & Monteferrante Patricia, 2007. La gente en las organizaciones participativas. Debates IESA, p.37-41. Vol. XII. Monteferrante, Patricia, 2007. Empresas familiares: pulperías o empresas profesionales? Debates IESA. Vol. XI. No. 2, pp. 12-16. Monteferrante, Patricia, 2007. Empresas familiares. Business Venezuela. Josefina Blanco Associated (Ed). Monteferrante, Patricia, 2006. Vivir para trabajar o trabajar para vivir? Debates IESA. Vol. XI, No. 3. Gómez-Samper H. & Monteferrante P., 2005. Managing people in Venezuela: where are we headed? The International Journal of Human Resource Management, Volume 16, Issue 12. Gómez-Samper H. & Monteferrante P., 2005. Human Resource Management in Venezuela. In Managing Human Resources in Latin America: an agenda for international leaders. Marta M Elvira and Anabella Da vila (Eds). Routledge. Monteferrante, Patricia, 2005. Dos caras de la misma moneda: clientes externos e internos. Debates IESA. Vol. X. No. 3. Reviewing Activities CLADEA Conference. Leadership and Management of Human Capital Track. June 2013 Journal of Family Business Management. February, 2013 2007 Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración, Bogotá Colombia. Revista Estudios Gerenciales, Universidad ICESI, Cali, Colombia. 2007
Professional Affiliations Member of Global Board STEP Project (Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices of Babson College). January 2013 Member of Latin American Leadership Council of STEP Project (Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices of Babson College). November 2011 Member of IESA team at STEP Project (Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices of Babson College). May 2006 Conference Presentations CLADEA. X Doctoral Colloquium. XLVII Annual Conference. October 2012, Lima, Peru. Dissertation proposal: Top Management Team Heterogeneity, Faultlines and Entrepreneurial Behavior in Family Firms. Family Involvement Does make difference? CLADEA. XLVII Annual Conference. October, 2012, Lima, Peru. Proceeding: Going international? Drawing the map for family business (coauthors Auletta, Nunzia and Rodríguez Aramis). IX National Congress of Human Resources, Innovation in HR, organized by ANREH, Panama. September, 2011. Speaker. Presentation title: Net generation: keys to understand them. Global Summit STEP Project (Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices of Babson College). Boston, USA, November, 2010. Panelist. 2010. Annual Research Seminar IESA, Venezuela Caracas. September, 2010. Family Enterprise Research Conference (FERC). Cancun, Mexico. April, STEP Latin America Academic Meeting. Cancun, Mexico. April, 2010. Latin American Summit STEP Project (Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices of Babson College). Bogota, Colombia, November, 2009. Global Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning, Harvard Business School. Boston, USA, August, 2009. STEP Latin America Academic Meeting. Miami, USA, April, 2009.
Conference Presentations Congress of CANAVE (Cámara Nacional de Arrendadoras de Vehículos de Venezuela). Speaker. Presentation Title: "The dynamics of family firms: generation to generation". Peninsula de Paraguana, Venezuela. October, 2007. Latin American Summit STEP Project (Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices of Babson College). San Jose de Costa Rica, November, 2007. Annual Research Seminar IESA, Venezuela Caracas. November, 2006. ANSA Congress (Asociación Nacional de Supermercados y afines). October, 2006. Family Business Conference. IESA (organized with the collaboration of Entrepreneurship Center of IESA). Coordinator and speaker. Caracas, Venezuela. July 2005. XXXV Annual Meeting of Consecomercio. Speaker. Pto. Ordaz, Edo. Bolivar. May 2005. Annual Research Seminar IESA, Venezuela Caracas. December, 2005. Week of retail and services. Consecomercio-Fedecámaras. Speaker. Caracas, Venezuela. November, 2005. Annual Meeting of Academy of Management. Workshop participation. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. August, 2004. Consulting Experience 2005-present Have conducted about 25 consulting services to family firms. The focus of the work has been development of family protocols, as well as the implementation of government structures both family and business. Clients served include medium and big Venezuelan firms of the following sectors: construction, retail, agriculture, services and manufacturing.