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Africa ´¡°ù¾±Ã±´Ç is Professor in the Strategic Management Department. She also holds Joaquim Molins Figueras Chair of Strategic Alliances at ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½. She received her Ph.D. in Management (Strategy and Organization) from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). At ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, she has served as Deputy Dean for faculty, Head of the Strategic Management Department and director of the Ph.D. program. Currently she is President of the Strategic Management Society (SMS) and was elected Fellow of the SMSÌýin 2015. In 2014, she was Visiting Professor for six months at Lagos Business School (Nigeria) and Strathmore Business School (Kenya).

Her research interests include the governance and management of interorganizational relationships, with particular emphasis on strategic alliance design and dynamics. Her research has been published in journals such as theÌýGlobal Strategy Journal, theÌýJournal of International BusinessÌýStudies,ÌýtheÌýJournal of Management, the Journal of Management Studies, Organization ScienceÌýand theÌýStrategic Management Journal, among others. Professor ´¡°ù¾±Ã±´Ç is also the author of numerous contributions in publications aimed at a managerial audience, such as theÌýCalifornia Management ReviewÌýand theÌýAcademy of Management Executive. She is co-author of the bookÌýEntrepreneurial AlliancesÌý(with Jeffrey J. Reuer, and Paul Olk) as well as co-editor ofÌýStrategic Alliances: Governance and ContractsÌý(with Jeffrey J. Reuer) andÌýCreating Value through International StrategyÌý(with P. Ghemawat and J.E. Ricart).

Professor ´¡°ù¾±Ã±´Ç has served as associate editor of theÌýAcademy of Management Discoveries, theÌýEuropean Management ReviewÌýand theÌýGlobal Strategy Journal.ÌýShe is currently a member of the editorial board of theÌýStrategic Management Journal and, in the past, has served on the editorial boards of theÌýJournal of International Business Studies,ÌýtheÌýJournal of ManagementÌýand theÌýJournal of Management Studies, among others.

Professor ´¡°ù¾±Ã±´Ç was the Chairperson of the 2014 Annual International Conference of the Strategic Management Society. She has also organized several specialized conferences related to her research interests.

She served on the Executive Committee of the SMS as president elect (2019-2020) and as a member of its board of directors by membership election for two consecutive terms (2011–2013; 2014–2016). She was also elected to serve on the Executive Committee of the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management (AoM) (2008 – 2010).

She has participated in diverse consulting projects concerning issues related to strategic management and others specific to family-owned companies.