Jaynne Rivas

Assistant Professor of Management
Hayes Hall 255S
(765) 973-8539
jarivas@iue.edu

Education

• Ph.D., Business Administration, Tulane University
• M.S. Management, Tulane University
• M.S. Public Policies, IESA Business School
• B.S. Agronomic Engineering, Universidad Central de Venezuela

Research Interest

• Institutional theory, franchise system, international business expansion

Publications/Presentations

• Rivas, J.C. (2015). How Do the Franchisees Differ in the International and Local Market? An Inductive Profile Derivation, Proceeding for the Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference.
• Rivas, J.C. (2015). Country institutional distance and franchise system performance, Strategic Management Latin America Conference, INCAE, San Jose, Costa Rica.
• Rivas, J.C. (2014). Institutional distance, group process, and international franchise performance: a conceptual framework prepositions. Journal of Management and Economics for Iberoamerica, Special Issue: Selected papers from the Latin America Research Consortium.
• Rivas, J.C. (2012). An international franchises system model, Proceedings of CLADEA conference, ESAM Business School publications.
• Rivas, J. C. (2012). An institutional explanation for international franchise performance, Latin American Research Consortium, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
• Rivas, J.C. (2010). Strategic alliances, TMT, and contractual complexity, Proceedings of the IESA Annual Academic Research Conference.
• Jaén, M.H. & J.C. Rivas (2008). How do you organize companies to be socially responsible? 13 (2), Debates IESA, pp 54-58.

Selected Memberships in National Professional Organizations

• Academy of Management
• Strategic Management Society

Academic Experience

• Visiting professor, University of Central Oklahoma, 2014-2015
• Assistant professor, IESA Business School, 2006 –2014
• Visiting professor, IESA Business School, 2003- 2004

Industry Experience

• Small Business Consultant, the Greater Oklahoma City Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Business, 2016-2017
• Research & Consulting Manager, IESA Business School, 2004-2006
• Assistant Director of Planning, Venezuela Agriculture Department, 2002-2003