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Decio Zylbersztajn

Professor and Head, Agribusiness Program
School of Economics and Business
University of São Paulo
Faculdade de Economia,
Av. Professor Luciano Gualberto, 908 - Sala G 106
05508-900 Cidade Universitária - São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil

+11-3032-5966 phone
+11-3814-7573 fax
dzilbers@usp.br

Decio Zylbersztajn is a professor of economics of organizations, head of the agribusiness program, and a member of the faculty of economics at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. As an agronomist and economist, Dr. Zylbersztajn has consolidated his academic and professional career in both research and agribusiness sectors to lead a program of study integrating academic scholarship with finding solutions to the problems of agribusiness.
After graduating from the upper School of Agronomy Luiz of Queiroz with degrees in agronomy and agrarian economy, Dr. Zylbersztajn completed M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in economics at North Carolina State University. His post-doctorate work at the University of California-Berkeley focused on organizational economics.
He joined the University of São Paulo's Department of Management in 1994 and is responsible for research and teaching in the Program of Studies of the Businesses of the Agro-industrial System. Dr. Zylbersztajn is a member of the Brazilian Association of Agribusiness, the Institute of Agricultural Economics, the Brazilian Society of Biotechnology, the International Society for the New Institutional Economics, the Brazilian Agricultural Economics Association, and the International Food and Agribusiness Management Administration.

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