Faculty and Staff
Marcelo Bucheli
Assistant Professor
Department of History and Department of Business Administration
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
mbucheli@uiuc.edu
(217) 244- 0208
Employment
| Assistant Professor, Department of History and Department of Business Administration, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) | 2005-Present |
| Newcomen Fellow in Business History, Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts | 2004-2005 |
| Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes (Bogota, Colombia) | 2004 |
Education:
| Ph.D. in History. Department of History, Stanford University, Stanford, California. | 2002 |
| M.A History, Department of History, Stanford University, Stanford, California. | 1998 |
| M. A Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. | 1993 |
| B.S Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia | 1991 |
Peer Reviewed Publications:
Book
Bananas and Business: The United Fruit Company in Colombia, 1899-2000 (New York: New York University Press, 2005)
Articles
“Enforcing Business Contracts in South America: The United Fruit Company and the Colombian Banana Planters in the Twentieth Century,” Business History Review, 78 (Summer, 2004): 181-212
"United Fruit Company in Colombia: Impact of Labor Relations and Governmental Regulations on its Operations, 1948-1968," Essays in Economic and Business History, 15 (1997): 65-84.
“Sindicalismo y prensa entre los contratos petroleros: estudio histórico para Colombia,” Desarrollo y Sociedad, No. 35, March (1995): 27-52.
"La caída de la Zona Bananera de Santa Marta durante la década de los sesenta," Historia Crítica, #4, 1992.
Chapters in Books
“From Hotel Suites to Workers´ Lunchboxes: The Growth of Demand for Bananas in the United States, 1880-1970” (Co-authored with Ian Read) in Zephyr Frank, Carlos Marichal, and Steven Topik (eds.), From Silver to Cocaine: Latin American Commodity Chains and the Building of the World Economy (Durham: Duke University Press, 2006)
"United Fruit Company in Latin America" in Mark Moeberg and Steve Striffler (eds.), Banana Wars: Power, Production, and History in the Americas (Durham: Duke University Press, 2003)
“Tras la visita del Señor Herbert: United Fruit Company, elite local y movimiento obrero en Colombia, 1900-1970” in Carlos Dávila (ed.), Empresas y empresarios en la historia de Colombia, siglos 19 y 20 (Bogotá: Universidad de los Andes/Norma, 2003)
Other Publications
Book Reviews
Review of Plantation Jamaica 1750-1850: Capital and Control in a Colonial Economy (Mona: University of West Indies Press, 2005) by B. W. Higman. Business History, forthcoming.
Review of From Orchard to Markets: An Account on the Development of the Fruit and Vegetable Trade in the UK (London: Lockwood Press, 2005) by Peter Davies and David Hope-Mason. Business History, forthcoming.
Review of The European Cable Companies in South America before the First World War (Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 2004) by Jorma Ahvenainen, Enterprise and Society, vol. 6, No. 2, September (2005): 508-510.
Review ofThe Sword of Damocles: The IMF, the World Bank, and US Foreign Policy in Colombia and Chile (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2002) by Jon Kofas. Journal of Economic History, Vol. 63, No. 2, June (2003): 610-612.
Harvard Business School Case
“The Octopus and the Generals: United Fruit Company in Guatemala” (with Geoffrey Jones), Harvard Business School Case 9-805-146.
Article
“Banana Wars Manoeuvres,” Harvard Business Review, November 2005.
Encyclopedia and Museum Catalog Contributions
“United Fruit Company,” in Charles Geisst (ed.), Encyclopedia of American Business History (London: Facts on File, 2005)
“United Fruit Company,” in John J. McCusker (ed.), History of World Trade Since 1450 (New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004)
“Colombia,” in Carl Skutsch (ed.), Encyclopedia of the World’s Minorities (New York: Routledge, 2004)
“Chronologie der Geschichte des Bananenbaus und des Handels in MittelAmerika,” in Christina Bargholz, Tanz um die Banane: Handelsware und Kultobjekt (Hamburg: Museum der Arbeit/Doelling und Galitz Verlag, 2003). Published in French in 2005.
Annotations on banana trade of the Caribbean volume of The Marcus Garvey Papers (Los Angeles: University of California, forthcoming)
Working Paper
“Multinational Corporate Strategy in the Face of Host Country Nationalism: The Case of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) in Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela, 1917-1976” (with Ruth Aguilera), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Business Working Papers. Working Paper No. 060101
Academic Fellowships
| The Center for International Business Education and Research Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2006 |
| The Newcomen Fellowship in Business History, Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts. | 2004-2005 |
| The Andrew W. Mellon Dissertation Write-up Fellowship. Stanford University | 1999-2000 |
| The Admiral and Mrs. John E. Lee Fund, The Social Science History Institute, Stanford University. | Summer, 1999 |
| The Andrew W. Mellon Summer Research Fellowship, Stanford University. | Summer, 1998 |
| The Center for Latin American Studies Summer Research Fellowship. Stanford University. | Summer, 1997 |
| Department of History Fellowship, Stanford University. | 1996-98 |
| The Ayacucho Fellowship, Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University. | 1995-96 |
| University of Cambridge Summer School International Fellowships, University of Cambridge, Great Britain. | 1993 |
Teaching Experience
| Instructor in International Business, Department of Business Administration, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. | 2006 |
| Instructor in Latin American Economic History, Department of History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. | 2005 |
| Lecturer in Business History. Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts. | 2004 |
| Assistant Professor in Economic History. School of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. | 2004 |
| Instructor in Latin American History, Department of History, Stanford University, Stanford, California | 2001-2003 |
| Instructor in Latin American History, Department of History, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California. | 2002 |
| Teaching Assistant, Department of History, Stanford University, Stanford, California. | 1996-1999 |
| Junior Lecturer. Course: "Colombian Business History," School of Business, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. | 1994-1995 |
| Junior Lecturer. Course: "European Economic History," Department of History, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. | 1993-1994 |
| Nominated for the Excellence in Teaching Prize as a Teaching Assistant in 1998 and 1999 at Stanford. | |
Scholarly Presentations
| “Confronting the Octopus: United Fruit, Standard Oil, and Economic Nationalism in Colombia.” Presented at the International Economic History Association Meeting, Helsinki, Finland. | August 2006 |
| “The Standard Oil in Colombia and Mexico: Corporate Strategy and Local Politics.” Presented at the International Economic History Association Meeting, Helsinki, Finland. | August 2006 |
| “The Octopus Against the Banana Republicans: United Fruit and Latin American Nationalism in the 20th Century.” Presented at the Business History Conference, Toronto, Canada | June 2006 |
| “Confronting Right-Wing Nationalism, Left-Wing Nationalism, and Democratic Nationalism: Standard Oil in Venezuela, Colombia, and Mexico.” Presented at the Academy of International Business Meeting, Beijing, China. | June 2006 |
| “Multinationals and Politics in Latin America: The Case of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) in Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, and Argentina.” Presented at the Business History Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota. | May 2005 |
| “American Corporations and the Colombian War: The Case of United Fruit Company.” Presented at the International Studies Association Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii. | March 2005 |
| “An American Multinational Enforcing Business Contracts in the Third World Countryside: United Fruit Company and the Colombian Banana Planters, 1900-1970.” Presented at the Business History Conference, Lowell, Massachusetts. | July 2003 |
| "The Creation and Consolidation of a Demand for Bananas in the United States, 1880s-1970" (co-author Ian Read). Presented by Ian Read at the International Economic History Association. Buenos Aires, Argentina | July 2002 |
| “What Happened After the Great White Fleet Ships Left the Caribbean Shores? The Role of American Demand in the Creation of the Latin American Banana Market, 1880-1960.” Presented at the Commodity Chains in Latin American History Conference, Social Science History Institute, Stanford University. Stanford, California. | November 2001 |
| “American Corporations and the Colombian Conflict: The Case of the United Fruit Company in the Urabá War Region, Colombia.” Presented at the Colombia Dialogue in the Midst of Turmoil Conference, Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University. Stanford, California. | February 2001 |
| "Colombia: Economic Development of a Country in Conflict." Presented at theColombia: A Nation in Conflict Conference. University of California at Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz, California. | February 2001 |
| “Relaciones contractuales y oportunismo entre los cultivadores locales de Magdalena y Urabá, Colombia, 1899-1965.” Presented at the Asociación Colombiana de Historiadores 11th Annual Meeting. Bogotá, Colombia. | July 2000 |
| "United Fruit Company in Latin America: Institutional Uncertainties and Changes in its Operations, 1900-70." Presented at the American Anthropological Association 97th Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | December 1998 |
| "United Fruit Company in Latin America: Profitability and Asset Combination, 1900-70." Presented at the Latin American Studies Association 21st International Congress. Chicago, Illinois. | September 1998 |
| "United Fruit Company in Colombia: Impact of Labor Relations, Governmental Regulations, and Economic Environment on its Operations, 1948-68." Presented at the Economic and Business Historical Society Annual Meeting. Savannah, Georgia. | April 1996 |
| "La caída de la Zona Bananera del Magdalena." Presented at the Séptimo Congreso de Historia de Colombia, Asociación Colombiana de Historiadores. Popayán, Colombia | September 1990 |
Invited Lectures
| “United Fruit Company en Colombia,” Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. | May 2006 |
| “Multinationals and Corporate Strategy: Standard Oil and United Fruit in Latin America,” IBMEC University and Centro Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo, Brazil | May 2005 |
Academic Service
| Member of the Editorial Board of Revista Historia Critica, the journal of the Department of History, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. | 1994-1995 |
Consulting Service
| Stanford Center for Latin American Studies. Served as a consultant for a project on conflicts between Colombian indigenous group U’wa and foreign oil multinationals, and translated the final document into Spanish. Project directed by Professor Terry Karl. | 2000 |
Academic Memberships
The Business History Conference, since 1998.
The Latin American Studies Association, since 1998.
The American Historical Association, since 2001.
The American Political Science Association, since 2003.
The International Studies Association, since 2005.
Other
Finalist. Centro Nacional de Escritores de Argentina Short Story Contest. Short stories published in the anthology Arco Iris de Palabras (Córdoba [Argentina]: Centro de Escritores Nacionales de Argentina, 2003)
Third Prize. “Germán Vargas” International Short Story Contest. Bogota, Colombia, 1993.
First Prize. Universidad Externado National Short Story Contest. Bogota, Colombia, 1992. Short story published in Clara Mercedes Arango (ed.), Antología del Concurso de Cuento, 1970-2002 (Bogotá: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2003)
First Prize. Universidad de los Andes Short Story Contest. Bogota, Colombia, 1991.