Flavio Feferman

Expertise and Research Interests

• Entrepreneurship and innovation in developing regions
• The role of business and technology in economic development
• Innovation clusters and regional economic development
• Agricultural development
• Entrepreneurial education
• International consulting

LANGUAGES:

• Fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish and French.

Education

• MBA University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (1998 — 2000)
• M.A. Stanford University (1988 — 1990)
• B.A. Stanford University (1984 — 1988)
• Escola Americana do Rio de Janeiro

Companies

• Adjunct Professor, Professional Faculty University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business (2008)
• President Developing Markets Group (2006)
• Director Agland Investment Services (1998 — 2006)
• Sr. Business Consultant Sapient (2000 — 2001)
• Consultant Aguirre International (1990 — 1996)
• Consultant Inter American Development Bank (1989 — 1989)

Selected Papers and Publications

• Peter Knight, Flavio Feferman, and Nathalia Foditsch, Broadband Internet in Brazil (Banda Larga no Brasil) (Editora Figurati, 2016).
• Flavio Feferman et al., Groupelephant.com: Going “Beyond Corporate Purpose” (Haas Case Series, 2016)
• Flavio Feferman, “Brazil: Good governance in the tropics – The Rise of the Porto Digital Cluster of Innovation” in J. Engel, Global Clusters of Innovation (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014).
• Fernando Carvalho, Flavio Feferman, Peter Knight and Glenn Woroch, “Private-Public Partnerships for Expanding Broadband Access: Lessons from the Cinturão Digital do Ceará Network in Brazil”. International Telecommunications Society (ITS) Conference, December 2014.
• Feferman et al., “Minas Gerais State Regional Economic Competitiveness Strategy”, submitted to the Federation of Industries, Government of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and the Inter-American Development Bank, 2012.

Selected Honors and Awards

• Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2014
• Club 6 Member, Haas School of Business (for teaching excellence, based on student evaluations), multiple semesters
• Recognition for Club 6 membership in multiple courses, 2013