He holds a PhD from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and has been a tenured professor and researcher at Tecnológico de Monterrey since 1996, where he teaches at the undergraduate, graduate and executive education levels. He is a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI) of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) since 2009. He has published more than 40 research papers in books and refereed academic journals in different countries on International Business and Regulation. He is editor of three books with Cambridge University Press (UK) and Fudan Development Institute Press (People's Republic of China). He is on the Editorial Board of Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, Harvard Deusto BRJournal and AD-Minister. He has presented research papers at international conferences and, as a guest lecturer, has taught in several countries.
Three decades after the birth of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, profound changes have been observed in the international economic system. Today, this intergovernmental forum faces major challenges in implementing its ambitious agenda in the areas of economic liberalization, trade facilitation and cooperation among member countries. Readers of this book will find in it a detailed diagnosis of its evolution and achievements, but also of the problems it faces in the present "crisis of multilateralism", triggered by the neo-protectionist policies of the United States. In order to achieve this objective, leading national researchers from public and private higher education institutions, most of which are members of the Mexican Consortium of APEC Study Centers, were invited to participate under the leadership of the APEC Study Center located within the University Program for Asian and African Studies (PUEAA) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).