Ranked among the top 2% best scientists in business & economics in the world by Stanford University, USA.

被美国斯坦福大学评为全球商业和经济学领域前 2% 的最佳科学家。

10-Time winner of the “Best Teacher Award” (Portugal | China | Middle East)

十次荣获“最佳教师奖”（葡萄牙 | 中国 | 中东)

Fernando A. F. FERREIRA is Full Professor of Strategy and Decision Analysis at the ISCTE Business School of the University Institute of Lisbon (Portugal). He currently serves as the Director of the Executive Master in Management (for non-Business Administration graduates) and as the Coordinator of the PhD program specialization in Strategy and Entrepreneurship. Additionally, he holds the position of Adjunct Research Professor at the Fogelman College of Business and Economics of the University of Memphis, and he is a Senior Manager at the Montis West Corporation (TN, USA). His academic journey includes roles as Visiting Scholar at various international institutions, such as the University of Memphis (TN, USA), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (Chengdu, China), Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (CHIH, Mexico), University of Kaiserslautern (Germany), and Central College of Commerce (Scotland). He holds a PhD in Quantitative Methods Applied to Economics and Management from the University of Algarve (Portugal). In 2009, he was granted a Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation fellowship for Post-Doctoral studies at the University of Memphis (TN, USA). He is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making  & Editorial Board Member of several international journals. He has authored books, book chapters, peer-reviewed papers and made many conference presentations. Some of his works are published in premier international journals (e.g., European Journal of Operational Research (ABS 4), Annals of Operations Research (ABS 3), IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (ABS 3), Journal of Business Research (ABS 3), Journal of Small Business Management (ABS 3), Journal of the Operational Research Society (ABS 3), R&D Management (ABS 3), Technological Forecasting & Social Change (ABS 3)). He has practical experience as group facilitator and has delivered keynote and invited speeches at conferences across the world (e.g., Mexico, Spain, Hungary, Japan, South Korea). Fernando has provided consultancy services and/or executive education to private companies and public-sector organizations (e.g. Caixa Geral de Depósitos, S.A. (Portuguese state-owned banking corporation), Infraestruturas de Portugal, S.A. (Portugal’s rail and road infrastructure manager), Fidelidade Insurance Company, S.A. (market leader in Portugal), Amplexor/Acolad (global leader in digital services), and PERI Brazil (one of the largest providers of formwork and scaffolding solutions in Latin America)). He has served as evaluator on a number of international projects funded by European research funding, including projects funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) in the Netherlands, and the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia. His research interests include multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA), strategic decision-making and integrated systems for performance measurement in finance, banking & real estate.