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Parada Balderrama, Maria Jose

Associate Professor, Department of Strategy and General Management at Esade
Contracted Doctoral Professor URL
Directora Departamento Acádemico, Department of Strategy and General Management
Investigador, EEI - ESADE Entrepreneurship Institute
Investigador, GRIE - Grupo de Investigación en Iniciativa Emprendedora

Education
  • Phd in Business Administration. Jönköping University
  • Máster Universitario en Investigación en Ciencias de la Gestión.
  • Máster Universitario en Investigación en Ciencias de la Gestión.
  • Master Universitario en Ciencies de la Gestión. ESADE
  • Máster en Dirección y Administración de Empresas. ESADE
  • Licenciada en Administración de Empresas. Universidad Católica Boliviana "San Pablo"

Biography
Maria José is Associate Professor at the Strategy and General Management Department. She is Academic Co-Director of the Global Business Family Initiative at ESADE. She holds a PhD in Business Administration from Jönköping International Business School JIBS, Sweden, and a PhD in Management Sciences from ESADE Business School. She did her MBA at ESADE. Maria José has been Visiting Researcher of the INSEAD Global Leadership Center, France, and Visiting Scholar at HEC, Paris. She participated at the Global Colloquium: Participant Centered Learning Executive Education Course at Harvard Business School. She currently teaches Family Business Management, and Strategy in different programs. She is FFI Fellow and has the advanced family business advising certificate from Family Firm Institute.Her research interests cover strategizing, governance, professionalization, values, next gen development and entrepreneurship in family businesses, as well as the emergence and development of family business groups. She has published articles in various academic journals e.g. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Family Business Review, Human Resource Management Review, Journal of Family Business Management, Journal of Family Business Strategy, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, Harvard Deusto Business Review, and Entrepreneurship Research Journal. Her work also appears in book chapters, and she has co-edited two books: the second volume of the Edward Elgar Global STEP book series about transgenerational entrepreneurship, and a book on Family Business Groups Palgrave McMillan. Prior to her academic career she worked several years for a multinational corporation in the telecom industry and in her family business in the tourism industry. She has served as board member in the EU STEP  Project council for 3 years and has served as board member in her family-owned business.

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Tel: +34 932 806 162
Ext. 5894
Fax: +34 932 048 105