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Academic History

• Ph.D., Business, University of Kansas, 1999

• MS, Engineering Management, Southern Methodist University

• Civil Engineer, Structures, Polytechnic National School, Quito, Ecuador

Expertise

• International strategies, strategic leadership, technology and innovation management.

Selected Publications

• Cortés, F., Lee, Y., & Herrmann, P. (forthcoming) "Always desire more? CEO perceptions of relative compensation, risk propensity, and innovation in SMEs", International Journal of Innovation Management, 27 (9n10)Link to Paper

• Cortés, F. & Herrmann, P. (2024) "Near the breaking point: CEO job demands, innovation, and the role of CEO emotions", Management Decision, 62 (1):88-106. Link to Paper

• Kiss, A. N., Cortes, A. F., & Herrmann, P. (2021) "CEO proactiveness, innovation, and firm performance", Leadership Quarterly, 33 (3)Link to Paper

• Cortes-Mejia, S., Cortes, A. F., & Herrmann, P. (2021) "Sharing strategic decisions: CEO humility, TMT decentralization, and ethical culture", Journal of Business Ethics, 178:241-260. Link to Paper

• Cortes, A. F., & Herrmann, P. (2021) "The strategic leadership of innovation: A framework for future research.", International Journal of Management Reviews, 23 (2):224-243. Link to Paper

• Lee, Y., Cortes, A.F., Zhuang, Y., & Herrmann, P. (2021) "Social capital and organizational ambidexterity: the moderating effect of absorptive capacity", International Journal of Emerging Markets, 16 (8):1793-1812. Link to Paper

• Samimi, M., Cortes, A. F., Anderson, M. H., & Herrmann, P. (2020) "What is strategic leadership? Developing a framework for future research", Leadership Quarterly, Link to Paper