Gilmar Masiero is a Professor in the Business Department of the School of Business, Economics, and Accounting at the University of São Paulo. His primary fields of interest include strategies and decision-making processes, international trade and investment, and economic development in a globalized world. He has conducted postdoctoral research at Harvard University's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and the Center for International Relations Studies at UNICAMP. He has also been a visiting researcher at the Korean Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) in Seoul, the Núcleo de Pesquisas em Relações Internacionais (NUPRI) of the University of São Paulo, the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies (CILAS) at the University of California, San Diego, and the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE) in Tokyo. During his professional career, Professor Gilmar Masiero has written many academic papers, book chapters, and books and has actively participated in business-related associations.