Faculty

Dr. Mario A. F. Vasquez
Assistant professor of Operations Management
College of Business
Alfaisal University
Riyadh, KSA

Email: mferrer@alfaisal.edu
Tel: (+966 1) 215-7716
Fax: +(966-1) 215-7611

EDUCATION:
Ph.D.	2010	Central Queensland University Australia
MBA (e-business)	2004	Central Queensland University, Australia

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Member of CINet (Continuous Innovation Network); a network of European, Australian and North American researchers working on innovation and continuous improvement
Member of Intellectbase; An international academic consortium
Member of the Logistics Association of Australia (LAA)

RESEARCH CENTRES/GROUP MEMBERSHIPS

GEMOP (UAC, Colombia)
SIMOPT (FCIMEC, Colombia)
IHSS (CQU, Australia)

AWARDS

Emarald Literati Outstanding paper Award. Highly commended paper. Supply chain collaboration: capabilities for continuous innovation

EVENTS ORGANIZED

2nd annual workshop for CINet Young Academics (CIYA), Brisbane (Australia)
Co-organizer of the 10th International Cinet Conference (Brisbane, Australia)

PUBLICATIONS:

Ferrer, M, Santa, R, Storer, M & Hyland P, 2011, Competences and capabilities for innovation in supply chain relationships International Journal of Technology Management. Vol 56 No 2/3/4, pp. 272-289. ISSN 1741-5276.
Santa, R., Ferrer, M., Soosay, C., Hyland P. & Bretherton, P. (2011), The role of cross-functional teams on the alignment between technology innovation effectiveness and operational effectiveness. International Journal of Technology Management. Forthcoming. Vol 55, No. 1/2, pp. 122-137. ISSN: 1741-5276
Ferrer, M, Santa, R, Hyland, P, Bretherton, P, 2010, Relational factors that explain supply chain relationship’, Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, Vol 22 No. 3, pp. 419-440. ISSN 1940-9524.
Ferrer, M, Medhekar, A & Bretherton, P 2010, Information asymmetry and inter-firm relationships: are there any linkages?, IJAISL: International Journal of Accounting Information Science, and Leadership, Vol 3, No. 5, pp. 1-14. ISSN 1940-9524.
Ferrer, M, Medhekar, A, Santa, R, 2010, Supply Chain competences and their effect on performance, Journal of International Business Management & Research – JIBMR, Vol 1, No. 1, pp 29-46, ISSN 1940-185X.
Ferrer, M., Medhekar, A., Arroyo, L., Muchiri, M. and Santa, R., 2010, An Examination of Key Factors to Attract and Retain Skilled and Professional Migrants: The Case of Australian Regional and Very Remote Areas’, Journal of Global Intelligence & Policy – JGIP, Vol 3, No. 2. ISSN 1942-8189
Ferrer, M. & Medhekar, A. (2010), The relationships between information asymmetry, asset specificity and supply chain relationships. Journal of Business and Technology, vol. 2, no. 2. ISSN 1712-1116.
Santa, R, Ferrer, M, Bretherton, P, Hyland, P, 2010, Contributions of cross-functional teams to the improvement in operational performance, Team Performance Management, Vol 16 No. 3-4, pp 146-168. ISSN 1352-7592.
Santa, R, Ferrer, M, Bretherton, P, Hyland, P, 2009, The necessary alignment between technology innovation effectiveness and operational effectiveness’ Journal of Management & Organisation. Volume 15 No. 2, pp 155-169. ISSN 1833-3672
Soosay, C, Hyland, P, & Ferrer, M, 2008, Supply chain collaboration : capabilities for continuous innovation. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Vol 13 No. 2, p. 160. ISSN 1359-8546

BOOKS

Ferrer, M, 2011,Building Supply Chain Relationships, Lambert, Germany, ISBN 978-3-8465-2972-0paperback, Forthcoming.

EDITORIALS

Member of the Editorial Committee of the Journals:

Journal of Business and Business Technology
Revista Internacional de Investigación de Operaciones (RIIO).
Revista Perspectiva

REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS:

Ferrer, M., & Medhekar, A, 2011, The predictive power of Costs and Quality factors on Medical Tourism proceedings of Intellectbase international consortium , Nov, 2011, Sydney. Forthcoming.
Scavarda, A, Zhao, F, Santa, R, Ferrer, M, 2011 ‘An Environmental Exploratory Study of Water Treatment Companies in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries’, Production and Operations Management Society - POMS National Conference -, Reno, USA, April 29 - May 2, 2011.
Ferrer, M, Scavarda, A, Medhekar, A, Santa, R, 2010 ‘Supply Chain Relationship Competences and their Influence on Operational Performance’ proceedings of the Intellectbase academic Conference, Nashville, Tn, USA.
Santa, R, Ferrer, M, Bretherton, P, Hyland, P, 2010 ‘Understanding the impact of strategic alignment on the operational performance of post implemented Technological innovations ’, proceedings of the 11th CINet Continuous Innovation Network conference, Zürich, Switzerland, 5-7 September 2010.
Santa, R, Dettwiller, P, Bretherton, P, Ferrer, M, 2010 ‘Distribution innovation capabilities in the Pharmacy Supply Chain: The case of Australian remote and very remote areas’, proceedings of the 11th CINet Continuous Innovation Network conference, Zürich, Switzerland, 5-7 September 2010.
Ferrer, M., Medhekar, A., Arroyo., Muchiri, M. and Santa, R., 2010,’ Examining Key Factors when Attracting and Retaining Skilled and Professional Migrants to Regional Areas: The Case of the Australian Central Queensland Region’. In International handbook of Academic Research and training, proceedings of Intellectbase international consortium , May, 2010 proceedings, Volume 9, pp:75-85, published by Intellectbase international consortium, ISSN 1940-1876.
Ferrer, M, Santa, R, Soosay, C, Hyland, P, 2009 ‘The critical competences needed for innovative organisational inter-firm and intra-firm integration’, proceedings of the 9th CINet Continuous Innovation Network conference, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia , 7-9 of September 2009.
Ferrer, M., Hyland, P. & Bretherton P, 2009, ‘The role of relational capabilities in developing the capacity for supply chain innovation, in the proceedings of the 7th ANZAM Operations, Supply Chain and Services Management Symposium, Adelaide AU
Hyland, P., Ferrer, M., Santa ,R. & Bretherton P, 2009, ‘The Performance measurement and feedback in a public sector management', in the proceedings of the 7th ANZAM Operations, Supply Chain and Services Management Symposium, Adelaide AU
Ferrer, M. & Bretherton P, 2009, ‘Relational Capabilities that determine supply chain relationships, in the proceedings of the AM2009 Academy of Marketing Conference, Leeds, UK, 7-9 July, 2009
Ferrer, M, Storer, M, Santa, R, Hyland, P, 2008, ‘Developing capabilities for innovation in supply chain relationships’, proceedings of the CINet Continuous Innovation Network conference, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, 5-9 of September 2008.
Santa, R, Ferrer, M, Hyland, Soosay, C, Bretherton, P, 2008 ‘Exploring the role of cross-functional teams in technology innovation’, proceedings of the CINet Continuous Innovation Network conference, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, 5-9 of September 2008.
Santa, R, Pun, D and Connell, M, 2008 ‘Are business gaining competitive advantage with the implementation of EIS?’, proceedings of the EISWT-08 International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies, Orlando Florida, United States, 7-10 of July 2008.
Ferrer, M, Santa, R, Soosay, C, Hyland, P, 2007 ‘Attaining Flexibility and Speed Through Supply Chain Inter-firm Relationships’, proceedings of the CINet Continuous Innovation Network conference, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden, 7-11 of September 2007.
Ferrer, M , Santa, R, Hyland, P, Bretherton, P, 2007 ‘Predictive / Explanatory Power of Factors Influencing Inter-Firm Relationships in the Australian Road Freight Industry’, proceedings of the The 5th International Conference on Supply Chain Management and Information Systems, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 9-12 of December 2007.
Santa, R, Bangay, J, Ferrer, M, Hyland, 2007 ‘Balancing Technology Innovation and Operational Effectiveness: An Exploratory Study in Two Large Service Organisations’, proceedings of the CINet Continuous Innovation Network conference, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden, 7-11 of September 2007.
Soosay, C, Santa, R, Ferrer, M, Hyland, P, 2007, ‘Internal and External Integration: Strategies for Logistics Competitiveness’, proceedings of the ANZAM Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, University of Western Sydney, Melbourne, Australia, 4-7 of December 2007.
Santa, R, Ferrer, M, Hyland, P, Pun, D 2007 ‘An exploratory Study Examining the Balance Between System Effectiveness and Operational Effectiveness in the Implementation of Enterprise Information Systems’, proceedings of the ANZAM Operations Management Symposium, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, 6-7 of June 2007.
Santa, R, Pun, D and Ferrer, M, 2007 ‘Why do Enterprise Information Systems Fail to Match the Reality?’, proceedings of the EISWT-07 International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies, Orlando Florida, United States, 9-12 of July 2007.
Santa, R, Ferrer, M & Hyland, P, 2006, ‘System Effectiveness and Operational Effectiveness: Can an Optimal Balance be Obtained?’, proceedings of the ANZAM Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, Central Queensland University, Yeppoon, Australia, 6-9 of December 2006.

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