Faculty Profile

Dr. Paulo Prochno
Lecturer

Ph.D., INSEAD

4555 Van Munching Hall
301.405.9493
pprochno@rhsmith.umd.edu

 

Primary Research Areas:

  • Knowledge Transfer
  • Organizational Routines
  • Innovation Management

Paulo Prochno is Lecturer in Management at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Dr. Prochno received his PhD in Management from INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France). Before starting his doctoral studies, he completed an MBA from Vanderbilt University. He has an Industrial Engineering degree from the University of São Paulo (Brazil). Prior to joining the Smith School, Dr. Prochno was on the faculty at the Ibmec Business School and at Fundação Dom Cabral in Brazil, and a visiting scholar at Essec in France. He teaches courses on strategic management, global strategy and innovation management. Dr. Prochno’s research focuses on cross-border transfer of practices within firms and on the management of organizational routines. His research has won an award by the Academy of Management.

Selected Publications:

Prochno, P. Learning Curve? Which One?. RAC - Revista de Administração Contemporânea, Brasil, v. 9, n. 1 especial, p. 53-66, 2005.

Prochno, P. . Transferindo Práticas: Construindo Conhecimento Arquitetural Localmente. Revista de Administração de Empresas (FGV), v. 44, n. 1, 2004.

Prochno, P. ; Correa, H. . Developing Manufacturing Strategy in Turbulent Environments. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, v. 15, n. 11, p. 53, 1995.

Honors and Awards:

William H. Newman Award (for best paper based on a dissertation), Academy of Management 2003.

Outstanding Paper of the Year - International Journal of Operations and Production Management, MCB University Press. 1997

Flournoy A. Coles Jr. Prize (most outstanding MBA student in international management), Vanderbilt University. 1997

Consulting Work:

Petrobras