Ricardo Ernst
McDonough School of Business
Dr. Ernst is the Baratta Chair in Global Business, Professor of Operations and Global Logistics and the former Deputy Dean of the McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University. He holds a Civil Engineering degree from the Universidad Católica Andres Bello and an MBA from the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración, both in Venezuela. He received an MA degree and his Ph.D. in Operations Management from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He joined Georgetown in 1987. His research interests include strategic analysis of logistics systems (supplier–manufacturing–distribution linkages) at both macro (strategic positioning of logistics, marketing/manufacturing interfaces) and micro level (models and methods of inventory control, inventory classification procedures).
He has been involved in developing metrics and performance evaluations for the logistics requirements and challenges for coordinating complex supply chain projects including non-for profit organizations like the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and EX-IM Bank. He has consulted with several national and international firms, including General Motors, Michelin, Rockwool, Casa Cuervo, FEMSA (Coca-Cola), Wal-Mart, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and The World Bank. Co-author of a book on “Global Operations and Logistics” (John Wiley and Sons, 1998) which includes an innovative framework as well as a series of cases from Europe, Asia, the US and Latin America and was translated to Chinese and Portuguese. Over 25 publications in academic journals including Management Science, Operations Research, Interfaces, European Journal of Operational Research, Transportation Science, IIE Transactions, Naval Research Logistics, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of the Operational Research Society, International Journal of Operations & Production Management. Dr. Ernst is the Editor-in-Chief of the new virtual Journal “Globalization, Competitiveness and Governability” (http://gcg.universia.net) published by Georgetown University and Universia.
He has been awarded the Outstanding Teacher Award for the International Executive MBA program, the Joseph F. Le Moine Award for Graduate and Undergraduate Teaching Excellence at Georgetown University, and the MBA Core Curriculum Award, at The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania. He has also been listed as one of the Best Professors by Business Week magazine. He is a frequent speaker in international conferences and executive seminars and has a weekly Editorial Commentary in CNN Spanish.
International activities include:
- Author of over 25 publications in academic journals and co-author of a book on Global Operations and Logistics (John Wiley and Sons, 1998) and on Innovation in Emerging Markets (ed., with J. Haar; Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).
- Ongoing research projects include the Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability, where he is the editor-in-chief.
- Assisted organizations like the Pan-American Health Organization and the EXIM Bank in developing metrics and performance evaluations for coordinating supply chain projects
- Has consulted with General Motors, Michelin, Rockwool, Casa Cuervo, FEMSA (Coca-Cola), Wal-Mart, the Pan American Health Organization, and the World Bank.
January 5, 2024
News: GCG Journal, Volume 18, Number 1
Georgetown University just released a new issue of their quarterly journal Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability (GCG Journal), which features innovative proposals to help improve the competitiveness and governability of Ibero-American…
October 16, 2023
News: In Recognition of Professor Ricardo Ernst, LAB Managing Director 2006-2023
On Monday, October 16th, Georgetown University’s Latin American Board (LAB) members came together to celebrate the long-standing contributions of its departing founding Managing Director, McDonough School of Business (MSB) Professor Ricardo Ernst.
September 14, 2022
News: 15 Years of Georgetown University´s GCG Journal
With Volume 16, Issue 3, Georgetown University celebrates 15 years of its Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability (GCG), the first digital academic journal of Georgetown University. LALP Executive Director and MSB Professor…
May 6, 2022
News: GCG Journal, Volume 16, Number 2
Read the latest issue of Georgetown University's journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability (GCG) about the effects of globalization on the competitiveness and governability of businesses and countries in Latin America. Authors and…
January 25, 2022
News: "From Me to We" A New Book by Ricardo Ernst
by Cristina Ruiz (G'21)
In their new book, "From Me to We: How Shared Value Can Turn Companies into Engines of Change" (Ernst & Haar, 2022), Georgetown McDonough School of Business (MSB) Professor Ricardo Ernst and Florida International University…
January 25, 2022
News: "From Me to We" A New Book by Ricardo Ernst
In their new book, "From Me to We: How Shared Value Can Turn Companies into Engines of Change" (Ernst & Haar, 2022), Georgetown McDonough School of Business (MSB) Professor Ricardo Ernst and Florida International University (FIU) Professor Jerry Haar…
June 2, 2021
News: GCG Journal, Volume 15, Number 2
Read the latest issue of the journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability (GCG). From this issue on, the journal will be published exclusively by Georgetown University. Authors and readers can access the site through this website or…
March 17, 2021
News: A New Site for the Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability
Georgetown University Latin America Leadership Program is pleased to host now the Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability! You can continue to access the journal at gcgjournal.georgetown.edu or through this page's GCG Journal tab…
December 9, 2020
News: Bringing Hope to the Region, a Podcast with Professor Ricardo Ernst
Bringing hope to the region, "Latin America’s Best Hope: Focus on Internal Strengths," an Altamar Podcast with Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Professor and Latin America Leadership Program Executive Director.
According to Ernst…
April 2, 2020
News: GCG Journal, Volume 14, Number 1
Read the latest issue of the Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability, published by Georgetown University and Universia. The journal aims to become a source of new ideas about the effects of globalization on the competitiveness…
May 29, 2019
News: New Book by Professor Ricardo Ernst
Georgetown University's Latin America Leadership Program (LALP) is pleased to announce the release of the new book by LALP Executive Director and Georgetown University Professor Ricardo Ernst, in collaboration with Jerry Haar:
Globalization,…
November 13, 2024
GU LATAM 2024 - Panel “Regulating for Sustainability: Attracting Investment and Driving Growth” Event
By: Guadalupe Ramirez
On November 12 and 13, 2024, the Georgetown University Latin American Conference (GU LATAM) was held at the McCourt School of Public Policy. The conference was organized by the Latin America Policy Association (LAPA), in…
November 20, 2023
2023 GU LATAM Conference Event
On November 20, 2023, Georgetown University presented the relaunch of its Georgetown University Latin American Conference GU LATAM, which aims to elevate an action-oriented debate on the major issues related to the Latin American and the Caribbean…
November 18, 2021
LATAM on Focus: A Look from the Interamerican System Event
As part of the LALP Alumni Reunion events in 2021, GCL an ILG alumni presented the event "LATAM on Focus: A Glimpse from the Interamerican System," a conversation with Luis Almagro, Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS). As…
November 12, 2021
Virtual Opening of LALP Alumni Reunion 2021 Event
By: Ana Gomez Garces (B'25)
LALP Annual Alumni Reunions celebrate the impact of our GCL and ILG alumni. In 2020, both LALP Alumni networks joined forces to create their first joint annual event, “Building Community” in response to the pandemic. In…
July 14, 2021
Young Leaders Facing The Challenge of Management Event
Different electoral processes have taken place in 2020 and 2021 throughout the region. Since their participation in Georgetown University Latin America Leadership Program (LALP) flagship offerings, several GCL and ILG alumni are now part of those new…
April 7, 2021
Rebuilding Latin America From the Inside Event
The COVID-19 crisis has affected the world in unprecedented ways for more than one year, stretching thin the resources of both the public and private sectors and exposing the long-standing tensions and growing edges of political and economic models…
September 23, 2020
Women Economic Empowerment and Job Reinsertion in the Post-pandemic Era Event
Latin American women seem to face worse conditions during this crisis. They have a lower labor force participation, and unemployment affects them more than men. In addition, women labor is mostly concentrated in vulnerable sectors with low…
May 20, 2020
The Role of Multilateral Organizations in Latin America During the COVID-19 Crisis Event
Our first webinar focused on the ¨Role of multilateral agencies in supporting Latin American countries through the COVID-19 crisis¨. Representatives from the World Bank (WB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Organisation for…
February 22, 2019
Digital Transformation Opportunities in Latin America Event
Georgetown University’s Latin America America Leadership Program (LALP), the McDonough School of Business Global Business Initiative (GBI), and the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) were pleased to present MSB Dean Paul Almeida in conversation…
In Recognition of Professor Ricardo Ernst, LAB Managing Director 2006-2023 Feature
Professor Ricardo Ernst joined Georgetown University in 1987, where he currently serves as Baratta Chair in Global Business and Professor of Operations and Global Supply Chains, Director of the Baratta Center for Global Business, and Executive…
GCL 2022: A First-Ever Hybrid GCL Program Feature
The program's academic content was organized into well-designed learning modules to guide participants through their own GCL project development. Participants explored core themes of Leadership, Latin America and the Changing World, Project…
Rebuilding Latin America from the Inside Feature
By Miguel Mendoza (C'23)
Obstacles and Opportunities
2020 marked Latin America and the Caribbean's biggest GDP contraction since 1821. 40M people lost their formal full-time jobs and 45M people have fallen into poverty. Latin America only makes up 8%…
September 2, 2024
GCG Journal Volume 18 Number 3 Publication
The Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability, published by Georgetown University, aims to become a source of new ideas about the effects of globalization on the competitiveness and governability of businesses and countries in…
May 1, 2024
GCG Journal Volume 18 Number 2 Publication
The Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability, published by Georgetown University, aims to become a source of new ideas about the effects of globalization on the competitiveness and governability of businesses and countries in…
January 5, 2024
GCG Journal Volume 18 Number 1 Publication
The Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability, published by Georgetown University, aims to become a source of new ideas about the effects of globalization on the competitiveness and governability of businesses and countries in…
September 4, 2023
GCG Journal Volume 17 Number 3 Publication
The Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability, published by Georgetown University, aims to become a source of new ideas about the effects of globalization on the competitiveness and governability of businesses and countries in…
May 2, 2023
GCG Journal Volume 17 Number 2 Publication
The Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability, published by Georgetown University, aims to become a source of new ideas about the effects of globalization on the competitiveness and governability of businesses and countries in…
January 9, 2023
GCG Journal Volume 17 Number 1 Publication
The Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability, published by Georgetown University, aims to become a source of new ideas about the effects of globalization on the competitiveness and governability of businesses and countries in…
May 6, 2022
GCG Journal Volume 16 Number 2 Publication
The Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability, published by Georgetown University, aims to become a source of new ideas about the effects of globalization on the competitiveness and governability of businesses and countries in…
January 25, 2022
GCG Journal Volume 16 Number 1 Publication
The Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability, published by Georgetown University, aims to become a source of new ideas about the effects of globalization on the competitiveness and governability of businesses and countries in…
October 1, 2021
GCG Journal Volume 15 Number 3 Publication
The Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability, published by Georgetown University, aims to become a source of new ideas about the effects of globalization on the competitiveness and governability of businesses and countries in…
June 2, 2021
GCG Journal Volume 15 Number 2 Publication
The Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability, published by Georgetown University and Universia, aims to become a source of new ideas about the effects of globalization on the competitiveness and governability of businesses and…
January 18, 2021
GCG Journal Volume 15 Number 1 Publication
The Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability, published by Georgetown University and Universia, aims to become a source of new ideas about the effects of globalization on the competitiveness and governability of businesses and…
November 1, 2020
GCG Journal Volume 14 Number 3 Publication
The Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability, published by Georgetown University and Universia, aims to become a source of new ideas about the effects of globalization on the competitiveness and governability of businesses and…
July 1, 2020
GCG Journal Volume 14 Number 2 Publication
The Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability, published by Georgetown University and Universia, aims to become a source of new ideas about the effects of globalization on the competitiveness and governability of businesses and…
April 2, 2020
GCG Journal Volume 14 Number 1 Publication
The Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability, published by Georgetown University and Universia, aims to become a source of new ideas about the effects of globalization on the competitiveness and governability of businesses and…
July 17, 2019
GCG Journal Volume 13 Number 2 Publication
The Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness and Governability, published by Georgetown University and Universia, aims to become a source of new ideas about the effects of globalization on the competitiveness and governability of businesses and…
April 1, 2019
GCG Journal Volume 13 Number 1 Publication
The Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness and Governability, published by Georgetown University and Universia, aims to become a source of new ideas about the effects of globalization on the competitiveness and governability of businesses and…
October 30, 2018
Universia and Georgetown University GCG Journal Volume 12 Number 3 Publication
The Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness and Governability, published by Georgetown University and Universia, aims to become a source of new ideas about the effects of globalization on the competitiveness and governability of businesses and…
July 14, 2018
GCG Journal Volume 12 Number 2 Publication
Georgetown University and Universia just released a new issue of their quarterly journal GCG, which features innovative proposals to help improve the competitiveness and governability of Ibero-American companies and countries in a globalized world…
Baratta Center for Global Business Georgetown Unit
The McDonough School of Business sponsors this Baratta Center for Global Business at Georgetown. The initiative seeks to make the business school the premier destination for global business education by working to expand the school’s touchstone…
Center for Latin American Studies Georgetown Unit
Established in 1990, the Center for Latin American Studies is an academic center in the Walsh School of Foreign Service offering graduate and certificate programs with a mission to provide and produce quality education, scholarship, and research on…
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Georgetown Unit
The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service was founded in 1919 as the first school of international affairs in the United States. It offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs in Washington, D.C., and through Georgetown's campus in…
Latin America Leadership Program Georgetown Unit
Pursuing the university’s mission of teaching and service for the common good, Georgetown University's Latin America Leadership Program (LALP) develops regionally-focused experiential executive education programs that aim to educate, connect, and…
Latin American Board Georgetown Unit
Created in 2006, the Latin American Board seeks to develop and strengthen the relationship between Georgetown University and Latin America through partnerships and the execution of high-impact initiatives on campus and in the region.
Main Campus Georgetown Unit
The Main Campus is the administrative center of Georgetown University and home to six of its schools: the College of Arts & Sciences, the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, the McDonough School of Business, the McCourt School of Public…
McDonough School of Business Georgetown Unit
Founded in 1957, the McDonough School of Business offers a range of undergraduate, graduate, and executive business education programs.What is the GBEL program? A message from LALP Executive Director Video
Designed by Georgetown University's Latin America Leadership Program (LALP), the Global Business Executive Leadership (GBEL) proram is a cutting-edge and regionally-focused academic initiative exclusively designed to equip business executives working…
Ciclo de Webinarios ILG Alumni sobre Tecnología y Economía Video
September 27 at 5 pm (EST/time)
Webinar 3: How to adequately design internationalization policies- We will learn about the recent trajectory of the world economy, its implications for global value chains, and how Latin America can be strategically…
LATAM on Focus: A Look from the Interamerican System Video
As part of the LALP Alumni Reunion events in 2021, GCL and ILG alumni present the event "LATAM on Focus: A Glimpse from the Interamerican System," a conversation with Luis Almagro, Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS). As…
Virtual Opening of LALP Alumni Reunion 2021 Video
The LALP Annual Alumni Reunion 2021 celebrates the impact of our GCL and ILG alumni. The virtual opening session on November 12 is open to the public, followed by a series of in-person activities in Panama from November 17-20, 2021. Events will…
Young Leaders Facing The Challenge of Management Video
Different electoral processes have been carried out during 2020 and until 2021 throughout the region. For the ILG student network and the LALP, it is a source of great pride to know that several of the members of this network are part of those new…
Desafios de una Crisis: Colombia Hoy Video
A conversation with Francisco Santos, Ambassador of Colombia to the United States with Georgetown University Professor Ricardo Ernst, executive director of the Latin America Leadership Program.
Rebuilding Latin America From the Inside Video
The COVID-19 crisis has affected the world in unprecedented ways for more than one year, stretching thin the resources of both the public and private sectors and exposing the long-standing tensions and growing edges of political and economic models…
2020 LALP Alumni Virtual Reunion: A Conversation with Ricardo Ernst & Marcio Cimoli Video
This year, the Alumni networks of the GCL and ILG programs will host their first joint annual reunion on November 18-20, under the slogan “Building the GCL & ILG community to impact the Iberoamerican Region”.
The Latin America Leadership Program…
Reducing the Gender Gap and Developing Women Leadership for Regional Competitiveness and Development Video
The paralysis of economic activity has particularly hit sectors with a high labor force participation of women, such as the tourism and services sector (accommodation, food), as well as small businesses and industries that are susceptible to…
Women Economic Empowerment and Job Reinsertion in the Post-pandemic Era Video
Latin American women seem to face worse conditions during this crisis. They have a lower labor force participation, and unemployment affects them more than men. In addition, women labor is mostly concentrated in vulnerable sectors with low…
Best Practices and Experiences in Latin America During the COVID-19 Crisis Video
Our third webinar will feature members of the LALP alumni network from Argentina, Mexico, Panama, and Uruguay who are leading some of their country's efforts against this pandemic. This event will be in Spanish.
COVID-19 has triggered severe health…
Digital Acceleration and Transformation in Latin America During the COVID-19 Crisis Video
COVID-19 has triggered severe health, economic, human, and political crisis throughout the world. Nations are doing their best to curb the spread of the virus with containment measures that have disrupted productive activities. Economies have been…
The Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Latin America Video
The COVID-19 crisis is affecting the world in an unprecedented way. Every region is going through major lasting transformations affecting economic, humanitarian, social, and political dimensions of life. Latin America, as part of the global economy…
The Role of Multilateral Organizations in Latin America During the COVID-19 Crisis Video
COVID-19 has triggered severe health, economic, human, and political crisis throughout the world. Nations are doing their best to curb the spread of the virus with containment measures that have disrupted productive activities. Economies have been…
Iván Duque Márquez on The Policy Agenda for Latin America Video
Iván Duque Márquez (G'07), President of the Republic of Colombia, visited Georgetown as part of his official visit to the U.S. He discussed the policy agenda for Latin America in conversation with Dean William Treanor of the Georgetown University Law…The Future of Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities for the United States Video
Over the past two decades, much of Latin America has made progress toward greater economic growth, democratic consolidation, and social inclusion. Yet pressing problems remain. What are the critical issues facing Latin America over the coming decade…