Associate Professor in the Department of Business Policy
Programme Director, General Management Programmes
Academic training
Doctor en Administración y Dirección de Empresas. ESADE - Universitat Ramon Llull
Licenciado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas y Máster en Dirección de Empresas. ESADE
Licenciado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas. ESADE - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Interest Areas
Management of relations between family and business in the family business
Biography
In addition to forming part of ESADE's Faculty, he is one of the founding partners of Family Business Knowledge (FBK), an applied research company in the field of the family business. FBK develops both management tools for the family business and studies on groups of family businesses. He likewise acts as consultant to business families.
On completing his degree, he created his own company (Tecnologías del Medio Ambiente, SL). He has also been General Manager of United Port Services, SA, and of Productos Frit Ravich, SL.
He is the co-author of a theoretical model (the structural risk model), used both by business families and by consultants and consultancy companies specialized in this field, in various countries of the world.
His research is focused on the application of the theory of complexity to family business management, with the aim of creating analytical models of this management.
Selected publications
Parada, M. J.; Nordqvist, Mattias & Gimeno, A. (2010). Institutionalizing the family business: The role of professional associations in fostering a change of values. Family Business Review, 23(4), 355-372.
Bieto, E.; Gimeno, A. & Parada, M. J. (2010). Dealing with increasing family complexity to achieve transgenerational potential in family firms. In M. Nordqvist & T. Zellweger (eds.) (Ed.). Transgenerational entrepreneurship: Exploring growth and performance in the family firms across generations (pp. 167-194). Cheltenham (U.K.): Edward Elgar Publishing.[ISBN: 9781847207975]
Parada, M. J. & Gimeno, A. (2010). "Familiness": An asset or a liability?. 2010 Family Enterprise Research Conference (FERC). Cancún (Mexico).
Gimeno, A. & Baulenas, G. (2007). Contenidos y tipo de protocolo en la empresa familiar española. In J. M. Amat & J. F. Corona (Ed.). El protocolo familiar: la experiencia de una década (pp. 91-104). Barcelona: Deusto.[ISBN: 978-84-234-2467-2]
Gimeno, A.; Labadie, J. & Saris, W. E. (2004). The Effects of Management and Corporate Governance on Performance in Family Businesses: A Model and Test in Spanish Firms. IFERA Anual Conference 2004. Copenhaguen, Dinamarca.
Gimeno, A. & Baulenas, G. (2003). Managing Structural Risk in Family Companies. Family Firm Institute Conference 2003. Montreal, Canada.
Gimeno, A. & Baulenas, G. (2003). Modelos de Empresa Familiar: Identidad y Estructura. Iniciativa Emprendedora (40), 95-109.
