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L. Felipe Monteiro

Senior Affiliate Professor of Strategy

Biography

Professor Monteiro received nine times the INSEAD Deans’ Commendation for Excellence in MBA Teaching. Before joining INSEAD, he was a standing faculty member at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania where, during four consecutive years (2009-2012), he received the “Goes Above and Beyond the Call of Duty” Teaching Award for his outstanding contributions and commitment to educational excellence in the MBA core curriculum. In 2011, he also received the Wharton Undergraduate Excellence in Teaching Award. Prior to that, Professor Monteiro was a Fellow, and an award-winning teacher, at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He has also worked as a Senior Researcher at the Harvard Business School’s Latin American Research and as an Adjunct Professor at IBMEC Business School in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he won seven teaching awards between 1998 and 2002. Prior to joining academia, Felipe was a Senior Analyst at Banco do Brasil acting as an advisor to foreign companies investing in Brazil.

At INSEAD, Professor Monteiro is the Academic Director of the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI). Launched for the first time in 2013, the GTCI is an annual benchmarking report that measures the ability of countries to compete for talent. Professor Monteiro is also the Director of the PGA-Programa de Gestao Avancada (an Advanced Management Program in partnership with FDC-Brazil) for Brazilian CEOs, owners and top executives. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Mack Institute for Innovation Management at the Wharton School.

His research, which was published in top journals (Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Research Policy, Journal of International Business Studies, among others), focuses on global open innovation and the role of boundary spanners Professor Monteiro received important awards from the Academy of Management, the Academy of International Business and the Strategic Management Society . His case studies about TAG Heuer, EBX Group, Fashion Forward Dubai and ENEL were the winners of best case awards in 2018, 2019 and 2021. He is part of the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Expert Network about Future of the Digital Economy and Society; Latin America and; Fourth Industrial Revolution. He was also a member of the WEF’s Advisory Group on “The Emerging Best Practices of Brazilian Globalizers”.

Professor Monteiro consults and gives talks for companies and governments worldwide. He has worked with leading organizations including Banco do Brasil, the Brazilian Confederation of Industries (CNI), British Telecom, DSM, EBX Group, Embraer, Emirates Airline, ENEL, FC Barcelona, Gerdau, Grupo Elektra, Haier, IBM, Merck, Microsoft, Related Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, Samsung, Stefanini, TAG Heuer, Telefonica, WEF, and YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization). He has taught, written cases and/or done research in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Colombia, England, France, Italy, Mexico, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates and the United States.

Professor Monteiro obtained his Ph.D. in Strategic and International Management at the London Business School. He also has a LL.B. (JD equivalent) degree, cum laude, from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, a M.Sc. in Business Administration from COPPEAD/UFRJ, Brazil and a MRes in Business Studies from London Business School. His personal webpage is personal webpage and his Linkedin page

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The World’s Most Talent Competitive Countries, 2023

B. Lanvin, F. Monteiro

The tenth anniversary edition of the Global Talent Competitiveness Index reveals changing attitudes and persistent trends.

Responsibility

How Sporting Events Can Score Big on Sustainability

B. Fulton, L. F. Monteiro

The Rugby World Cup and other global tournaments can set the stage for both sporting excellence and sustainability.

Strategy

Three Key Global Strategy Challenges Companies Face

Felipe Monteiro

Multinationals are adapting and redesigning their global strategies in response to mounting pressures.

Career

The World’s Most Talent Competitive Countries, 2022

B. Lanvin, F. Monteiro

Mounting talent inequalities could become a significant roadblock to reaching key targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Responsibility

ESG in the Air

L. F. Monteiro, G. Szulanski

How the airline industry is riding a transformation to sustainability.

Career

The World’s Most Talent Competitive Countries, 2021

L. F. Monteiro, B. Lanvin

The pandemic revealed strengths and weaknesses in how nations develop and retain talent.
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Strategy

The Importance of Incorporating Innovation in a Firm

R. Noyes, L. F. Monteiro

In this INSEAD Knowledge podcast, the author describes lessons from his work with innovation and multinationals.

Strategy

Why Do Innovation Outposts Fail?

L. Felipe Monteiro

The steps multinationals can take to create a brokerage environment that fosters innovation.

Economics & Finance

Can State and Shareholder Capitalism Combine?

The structural “liabilities” of state-owned enterprises can, in fact, be creative assets that privately owned firms can emulate.

Strategy

How Social Impact Start-ups Are Solving Brazil’s Covid-19 Challenges

F. Salum, K. Coleta, F. Monteiro

The persistent problem of inequality in Latin America leaves citizens more vulnerable to the coronavirus. Innovative platforms move towards balancing the scales.
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Strategy

How the SDGs Can Power Innovation

L. Felipe Monteiro

Risk-averse industries like the energy sector should use the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals as the inspiration for new challenges.

Strategy

The Changing Tides of the Global Economy

L. F. Monteiro, M. Troyjo

Political economist and diplomat Marcos Troyjo advises us to buckle up for a possible new round of globalisation.

Career

The World’s Most Talent Competitive Countries, 2020

F. Monteiro, B. Lanvin

How artificial intelligence is shaping talent competitiveness around the world.
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Career

Leaving a Lasting Leadership Legacy

Adaptation, reflection and stewardship are forward-looking life lessons.

Career

The World’s Most Talent Competitive Cities

Felipe Monteiro & Bruno Lanvin

Our Global Talent Competitiveness Index explains the importance of cities in innovation.
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Strategy

Global Open Innovation in the Silicon Valley of Sport

L. Felipe Monteiro

One of the world’s biggest football clubs has set out a pioneering collaborative strategy of innovation.

Leadership & Organisations

Leadership Lessons From an Olympic Judo Medallist

L. Felipe Monteiro

Bronze-winning Flávio Canto has created a network of dojos that is transforming lives in some of Brazil’s roughest neighbourhoods.

Entrepreneurship

The Multinational Fuelled by Thousands of Entrepreneurs

Felipe Monteiro

Haier’s business model has created a worldwide entrepreneurship movement.
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Career

The World’s Most Talent Competitive Countries, 2019

Felipe Monteiro & Bruno Lanvin

Entrepreneurial talent is a critical component of both competitiveness and innovation.

Strategy

Don't Discount the Competitiveness of State-Owned Multinationals

Dated notions about large state-owned MNCs need to adapt to the 21st century.

Leadership & Organisations

Three Conditions for a Successful Life

“The only success that is valid is the success that comes at the end.” – Jean-Claude Biver
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Leadership & Organisations

How Brazil Is Cleaning Up

Leadership lessons from the centre of Operation Car Wash.

Strategy

Leapfrog Into an Innovative Future

How Brazil’s development bank aims to coordinate the nation’s digital transformation.

Strategy

How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming the IT Hierarchy

The ability to adapt and learn quickly helps smaller IT companies compete against industry heavyweights.