{"id":10359,"date":"2024-08-06T16:58:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T20:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/luis-ballesteros\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T16:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:34:00","slug":"luis-ballesteros","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/luis-ballesteros\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis Ballesteros"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull profile__standard-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns profile__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__left-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-986eed52 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"profile__image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Luis Ballesteros\" style=\"object-fit:contain\" class=\"wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/images\/facstaff\/BallesterosLuis.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<aside class=\"profile__contact profile__contact--api wp-block-amp-profile-contact\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n  <h5>Contact<\/h5>\n  <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n          <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--phone\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Phone\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"telephone\">\n        617-358-2740      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--email\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Email\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\">\n        <a href=\"mailto:luis@bu.edu\" itemprop=\"email\">\n          luis@bu.edu        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"profile__contact-buttons\">\n              <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/SI_Ballesteros_Luis_CV.pdf\">\n            Download CV\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/luisballesteros.net\/\" itemprop=\"url\">\n            Visit Website\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--office\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n          Office\n        <\/h6>\n        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"workLocation\">\n          635        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--bu\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px\">\n            Boston University <br \/>\n            Questrom School of Business\n          <\/h6>\n                        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"address\">\n                Rafik B. Hariri Building <br \/>\n                595 Commonwealth Avenue <br \/>\n                Boston, MA 02215\n              <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/aside><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__right-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-986eed52 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0f22d0a1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Luis Ballesteros<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignfull wp-block-amp-profile-position\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tGlobal Business Career Development Professor, Strategy and Innovation\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-bio\">\n\t<p>Luis Ballesteros is the Global Business Career Development Professor at Boston University&#8217;s Questrom School of Business and co-directs the GLOB~S Research Lab. His research examines how organizations respond and adapt to large-scale disruptions\u2014climate change, natural disasters, financial crises, pandemics, and political unrest\u2014and how the decisions firms make under adversity shape both their performance and the broader society. This work bridges market and nonmarket strategy, building on the premise that strategic choices made during disruption carry greater consequences for competition and social welfare than those made in stable environments.<\/p>\n<p>He holds a PhD in Applied Economics and Management from the Wharton School and degrees from MIT and ITAM. Before academia, he worked with financial derivatives at two banks and with policy instruments to finance catastrophic risk at two multilateral agencies. He serves on the editorial review boards of Organization Science, the Academy of Management Journal, and the Strategic Management Journal.<\/p>\n<p>Please visit https:\/\/luisballesteros.net\/ and https:\/\/globslab.org\/ for updated information on research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-data profile-data\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-publications\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tPublications\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Magelssen, C., Ballesteros, L., Troyer, C. (In Press). &#8220;Connectivity infrastructure and innovation: The effects of headquarters versus subsidiary management&#8221;, <i>Research Policy<\/i>, <i>55<\/i> (8),  105542-105542<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ballesteros, L., Magelssen, C. (2022). &#8220;Institutional Disruptions and the Philanthropy of Multinational Firms&#8221;, <i>Organization Science<\/i>, <i>33<\/i> (4),  1501-1522<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ballesteros, L., Gatignon, A. (2019). &#8220;The relative value of firm and nonprofit experience: Tackling large-scale social issues across institutional contexts&#8221;, <i>Strategic Management Journal<\/i>, <i>40<\/i> (4),  631-657<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ballesteros, L., Useem, M., Wry, T. (2017). &#8220;Masters of Disasters? An Empirical Analysis of How Societies Benefit from Corporate Disaster Aid&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Journal<\/i>, <i>60<\/i> (5),  1682-1708<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"bu_is_from_api":true,"buID":"U85698275","lastName":"Ballesteros","firstName":"Luis","middleName":"","suffixName":"","phone":"617-358-2740","email":"luis@bu.edu","pronouns":"","cv":"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/SI_Ballesteros_Luis_CV.pdf","website":"https:\/\/luisballesteros.net\/","office":"635","address":"595 Commonwealth Ave","bio":"Luis Ballesteros is the Global Business Career Development Professor at Boston University's Questrom School of Business and co-directs the GLOB~S Research Lab. 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