Patricia Marquez

Faculty Director, Ashoka Changemaker Hub
Associate Professor of Management

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Socio-Cultural Anthropology
M.A. University of California, Berkeley, Socio-Cultural Anthropology
B.A. Bowdoin College, Mathematics

Before coming to USD, Patricia Márquez was a professor at IESA Business School in Caracas, Venezuela. She was the Cisneros Scholar at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) at Harvard University and visiting professor at Harvard Business School for the academic year 2005-2006. She has taught graduate and executive education courses on Leadership and Organizational Behavior, Business Initiatives at the Base-of-the-Pyramid, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Social Enterprise. At the undergraduate level she teaches Business & Society.

Márquez current research is on the role business can play in alleviating poverty worldwide. She is an active participant of the Social Enterprise Knowledge Network (SEKN) coordinating SEKN’s research project “Market-Based Poverty Reduction in Iberoamerica” (2005-2009).

Selected Current Research

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Gelfand, M., Raver, J., Nishii, L., Leslie, L., Lun, J., Lim, B., Duan, L., Almaliach, A., Ang, S., (2011). Differences Between Tight and Loose Societies: A 33-Nation Study . Science, 332

Reficco, E., Marquez, P., , . Inclusive Networks for Building BOP Markets. Business & Society

Spectic, W., Marquez, P., Kozak, R. Critical Areas and Entry Points for Sustainability-Related Strategies in the Sugarcane-Based Ethanol Industry of Brazil. Business Strategy and the Environment

Journal Article, Professional Journal

Marquez, P., Reficco, E. (2009). Negocios Inclusivos en America Latina. Harvard Business Review Latin America

Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New

Bruni, J., Gonzalez, R., Marquez, P. (2009). De la Filantropia al Cambio Social. Ediciones IESA

Arenas, D., Bruni, J., Marquez, P., Vernis, A. (2008). Strategy in Social Enterprises: A Comparison of Businesses and Civil Society. In International Perspectives in Social Entrepreneurship (J. Robinson, ed.). Palgrave MacMillan

Lejter, N., Marquez, P. (2008). A Pesar de los Pesares: Mujeres Líderes en el Mundo Empresarial Venezolano. In Mujeres y Vida Corporativa en Latinoamerica: Retos y Dilemas (S. Maxwell, M.C. Cardenas & L. Heller, eds) . Universidad de los Andes

Marquez, P., Reficco, E. (2008). The Unsuspected Player: Small Firms in Business with Low Income Sectors. In Small Firms, Global Markets: Competitive Markets in the New Economy (J.Haar & J. Meyer-Stamer, eds.). Palgrave MacMillan

Marquez, P., Reficco, E. El Emprendimiento Social Corporativo. Responsabilidad Social. Pearson

Schmutzler, J., Gutierrez, R., Reficco, E., Marquez, P. Evolution of an Alliance Portfolio to Develop an Inclusive Business. Social Partnerships and Responsible Business: A Research Handbook

Book, Scholarly-New

Marquez, P., Reficco, E., Berger, G. (2010). Negocios Inclusivos: Iniciativas de Mercado con los Pobres de Iberoamérica. Interamerican Development Bank

Marquez, P., Reficco, E., Berger, G. (2010). Socially Inclusive Business: Engaging the Poor Through Market Initiatives in Iberoamerica. David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University Press

Book, Non-Scholarly-New

Marquez, P., Rufin, C. (2011). Private Utilities and Poverty Alleviation: Market Initiatives at the Base of the Pyramid. Edward Elgar