Mauro Guillén facts for kids
Mauro F. Guillén (born 1964) is a Spanish-American expert who studies how societies and economies work. He is a professor at the Wharton School, a famous business school. In 2021, he became the Dean of the Cambridge Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge, but he returned to Wharton in 2023.
Before that, he led the Penn Lauder Center for International Business Education and Research. He also directed the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies for many years. His book, 2030: How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything, was a bestseller and a top book pick by the Financial Times.
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About His Life
His Education Journey
Mauro Guillén was born in Spain. He finished his first degree in 1987 at the University of Oviedo. He studied how countries manage their money and businesses.
In 1987, he came to the United States to study how people live and interact in groups, which is called sociology. He studied at Yale University. He earned his PhD in sociology from Yale in 1992. His main project there became his first book, Models of Management. He also got another PhD in political economy from the University of Oviedo in 1991.
His Career
From 1992 to 1996, Guillén taught at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He then moved to the Wharton School in 1996. At Wharton, he became a full professor in 2003. He was given a special professor title, the Dr. Felix Zandman Endowed Professor. This title honored a chemist who started a big company.
Guillén is a member of several important groups for researchers. In 2005, he won a prize for being the best Spanish social scientist under 40. He also received an award from the Aspen Institute in 2013. He gave important lectures at the University of Oxford in 2014.
At Wharton, Professor Guillén teaches many different students. He has won several awards for his excellent teaching. When he led the Lauder Institute, he started many new programs. These programs helped students learn about global business and new trends.
Other Activities
Mauro Guillén has been involved in many other professional activities. He was a leader in a group at the World Economic Forum. He also serves on advisory boards for different research and finance groups. He helps decide who wins the Princess of Asturias International Prize for the Social Sciences.
Besides his work, Guillén loves to travel. His hobbies include learning about history and architecture. In 2006, he wrote a book called The Taylorized Beauty of the Mechanical. This book looked at how scientific management ideas connected with modern architecture. He also played basketball in college and was part of a team that won a national championship in Spain in 1987.
His Work
Mauro Guillén is well-known for comparing how companies and managers work in different countries. He has studied places like Western Europe, Latin America, and East Asia. More recently, he has focused on globalization. This is about how countries and businesses become more connected worldwide. He also studies the rise of big companies from developing countries.
Currently, Guillén is researching how the global economy is changing in the 21st century. He is also looking at how multinational companies from new economies are growing. He has co-written books like Global Turning Points and Emerging Markets Rule.
He has written many books and over 30 articles for top academic journals. He also works as a consultant and gives many public talks. You can often see him on TV and radio shows.
His books and articles have won several awards. In 2009, he was recognized as one of the top scholars in economics, business, and social sciences. He has also received special grants to support his research.
Guillén often shares his ideas on Bloomberg TV and National Public Radio. He has also appeared on BBC Radio, CNBC, CNN en español, and CBS News Radio. He writes a monthly column for The Korea Times about global economic topics. His articles have also appeared in newspapers like China Daily, Financial Times, and El País. Many news outlets have quoted him, including New York Times and Wall Street Journal.
Selected Books
- Guillén, Mauro F. Models of management: Work, authority, and organization in a comparative perspective. University of Chicago Press, 1994.
- Guillén, Mauro F. Symbolic Unity, Dynastic Continuity, and Countervailing Power: Monarchies, Republics, and the Economy. Social Forces, soy037. 2018.
- Guillén, Mauro F. 2030: How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything. Macmillan, 2020.
Selected Articles
- Guillen, Mauro F. "Business groups in emerging economies: A resource-based view." Academy of Management Journal 43.3 (2000): 362-380.
- Guillén, Mauro F. "Is globalization civilizing, destructive or feeble? A critique of five key debates in the social science literature." Annual Review of Sociology (2001): 235-260.
- Schneper, William D., and Mauro F. Guillén. "Stakeholder rights and corporate governance: A cross-national study of hostile takeovers." Administrative Science Quarterly 49.2 (2004): 263-295.
- Henisz, Witold J., Bennet A. Zelner, and Mauro F. Guillén. "The worldwide diffusion of market-oriented infrastructure reform, 1977–1999". American Sociological Review 70.6 (2005): 871-897.
See also
In Spanish: Mauro F. Guillén para niños
