Esteban R. Brenes

Esteban Brenes, from Costa Rica, specializes in strategy and entrepreneurship. He has lectured at the business schools of universities like Michigan, Chicago and Duke. He’s a visiting professor at Cotrugli Business School in Croatia. He has taught in tailor-made programs for Carlsberg, Coca Cola, Oracle, CEMEX, Citibank, Chiquita, among others.

He has published several articles, case studies, and books, including The Future of Entrepreneurship in Latin America” with J. Haar and Understanding Entrepreneurial Family Businesses in Uncertain Environments: Opportunities and Resources in Latin America” with M. Nordqvist et al., both published in 2012. In Spanish, he wrote Desafíos Presentes y Futuros del Medio Ambiente y la Productividad en la Agro Empresa Centroamericana y Evaluación de Proyectos en Impacto Ambiental.

As a consultant, he has worked on strategy, mergers and acquisitions and family business for organizations like Kraft CA, Holcim CR, Tetrapak CA&C, Autoridad del Canal de Panamá, Grupo Britt NV, Grupo Monge, Hospital Clínica Bíblica, Televisora de Costa Rica S.A., Distribuidora Pedro Oller, Grupo De Sola, to mention a few.