- Publicado: 11 Marzo 2019

Beatriz Cuadrado-Ballesteros
Assistant Professor at the University of Salamanca (Spain). Her research interests range between public management, accountability, social responsibility, and ethical issues. She has published her research in journals such as Public Management Review, Business Ethics: A European Review, Long Range Planning, Social Indicators Research, Government Information Quarterly, among others. She was Visiting Researcher at the University of Edinburgh Business School (UK), Coimbra Business School (Portugal), and University of Salerno (Italy).
E-mail: Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. Research ID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-1434-2017 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3606-2302
Current research interests: Privatization of State-owned enterprises. Financial sustainability of governments. Accountability.
Relevant papers:- Cuadrado-Ballesteros, B., Rodríguez-Ariza, L., García-Sánchez, I.M., and Martínez-Ferrero, J. (2017). The mediating effect of ethical codes on the link between family firms and their social performance. Long Range Planning, 50(6): 756-765.
- Rodríguez-Ariza, L., Cuadrado-Ballesteros, B., Martínez-Ferrero, J., and García-Sánchez, I.M. (2017). The role of female directors in promoting CSR practices: an international comparison between family and non-family businesses. Business Ethics: A European Review, 26(2): 162-174.
- Cuadrado-Ballesteros, B., Frías-Aceituno, J.V., and Martínez-Ferrero, J. (2014). The role of media pressure on the disclosure of sustainability information by local governments. Online Information Review, 38(1): 114-135.
- Cuadrado-Ballesteros, B. (2014). The impact of functional decentralization and externalization on local government transparency. Government Information Quarterly, 31: 265-277.
- Cuadrado-Ballesteros, B., and Peña-Miguel, N. The Socioeconomic Consequences of Privatization: An Empirical Analysis for Europe. Social Indicators Research. Forthcoming. DOI: 10.1007/s11205-017-1713-2

Álvaro Garrido Morgado
Assistant Professor at the Universidad de Salamanca. His research interests focus on marketing and retailing, especially on commercial stimuli, private label, consumer behavior and corporate social responsibility. He has published his research in journal such us Frontiers in Psychology, Business Research Quarterly or Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. E-mail: Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo..
Publications: Garrido-Morgado, Álvaro; González-Benito, Óscar y Martos Partal, Mercedes. (2016). “Influence of customer quality perception on the effectiveness of commercial stimuli for electronic products”, Frontiers in Psycholgy, 7 (336). Garrido-Morgado, Álvaro y González-Benito, Óscar. (2015). “Merchandising at the point of sale: differential effect of end of aisle and islands”, Business Research Quarterly, 18, 57-67. Melo, Tiago y Garrido-Morgado, Álvaro. (2012). “Corporate reputation: a combination of social responsibility and industry”, Corporate social responsibility and environmental management, 19, 1, pgs. 11-31. Garrido-Morgado, Álvaro; González-Benito, Óscar y Martos Partal, Mercedes. (2016). “Managing In-Store Stimuli for Different Private Label Tiers”, in book: Handbook of Research on Strategic of Private Label Products in a Recovering Economy. Editorial: IGI-Global, USA. Garrido-Morgado, Álvaro; González-Benito, Óscar; Campo, Katia y Martos Partal, Mercedes. (2015). “Improving sales of private labels in store”, in book: Advances in National Brand & Private Label Marketing. Editorial: Springer, Switzerland.
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alvaro_Garrido-Morgado

Belén Lozano García
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Dra. Belén Lozano García. Doctora en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales (Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado) y Profesora Titular de Universidad de Economía Financiera y Contabilidad de la Universidad de Salamanca. Miembro de la Red de Investigación Internacional en Gobierno de la Empresa y del Grupo de Investigación de Excelencia GR144. Profesora en varios Másters y Doctorados reconocidos con Mención de Calidad. Profesora en posgrados en Iberoamérica. Publicaciones en múltiples congresos, libros colectivos y revistas indexadas. Línea de investigación actual referida a las decisiones financieras de la empresa, los mecanismos de control, el gobierno corporativo y la empresa familiar. Conferenciante invitada en la Universidad Presbiteriana Mackenzie (Brasil), Escola Superior de Gestao (Portugal), Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administraçao de Coimbra (Portugal), etc. Actuamente es Directora del Departamento de Administración y Economía de la Empresa.
Algunas Publicaciones recientes
- Fuente, J. A., García, I. y Lozano, M. B. (2017): The Role of the Board of Directors in the Adoption of GRI Guidelines for the Disclosure of CSR Information, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 141, 10 January 2017, Pages 737–750.
- Lozano, M. B. y Durán, R. (2017): Family control and adjustment to the optimal level of cash holding, European Journal of Finance, 23, 3, February 2017, p. 266-295.
- Lozano, M.B., Martínez, B. y Pindado, J. (2016): Corporate governance, ownership and firm value: Drivers of ownership as a good corporate governance mechanism, International Business Review, 25, 6, Pages 1333–1343.
- Durán, R. Lozano, M. B. y Yaman, S. (2016): "Is family control relevant for corporate cash holding policy?" Evidence from western European countries, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting Volume 43, Issue 9-10, Septembre/October, pp. 1325-1360.
- Lozano, M. B. and Caltabiano, S. (2015): “Cross institutional cash and dividend policies: focusing on Brazilian firms”, Applied Economics, Volume 47, Issue 3. pp. 239-254.

Isabel Suárez González
Isabel Suárez-González is Full Professor of Strategy at the University of Salamanca. Her research interests range between competitive and corporate strategies (diversification, internationalization and restructuring decisions). She has published her research in international journals such as Journal of Management, Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of Family Business Strategy, Organization Studies, British Journal of Management, BRQ-Business Research Quarterly, Services Industrial Journal, International Journal of Production Economics or Research Policy.
Current research interests:
- Diversification and restructuring firm decisions
- Strategic alignment or fit (between strategic levels and among functional activities)
- The influence of family ownership in the firm’s growth decisions
- REQUEJO I.; REYES-REINA F.; SÁNCHEZ-BUENO M.J.y SUÁREZ-GONZÁLEZ I. (2018): European Family Firms and Acquisition Propensity: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Legal System’s Role, Journal of Family Business Strategy, forthcoming https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2018.01.003
- GONZÁLEZ-BENITO, J.; AGUINIS, H.; BOYD, B.K.; SUÁREZ-GONZÁLEZ, I. (2012): Coming to consensus on strategic consensus: a mediated moderation model of consensus and performance, Journal of Management, Vol. 38, 3, pp. 1685-1714.
- GONZALEZ-BENITO, J. y SUAREZ GONZALEZ, I. (2010): "A Study of the Role Played by Manufacturing Strategy and Capabilities in Understanding the Relationship between Porter's Generic Strategies and Business Performance", British Journal of Management, Vol. 21, 1027-1043.
- VICENTE J. y SUAREZ, I. (2007): Ownership traits and downsizing behaviour: evidence for the largest Spanish firms, 1990-1998 Organization Studies, Vol. 28, 1613-1638.
- GALENDE DEL CANTO J. y SUÁREZ-GONZÁLEZ I (1999): A resource-based analysis of the factors determining a firm's R&D activities, Research Policy , 28 (8), 891-905

Mercedes Martos Partal
Mercedes Martos Partal is Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Salamanca (Spain) and has a Ph.D. in Business Administration and Quantitative Methods from University Carlos III of Madrid. Her main research area are retailing and consumer behavior. She has published her research in journals such as: Journal of Retailing, Marketing Letters, Journal of Advertising Research, International Journal of Advertising, among others. She was a Visiting Researcher at Leeds School of Business at University of Colorado . E-mail: Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo.
Current research interest: private labels, loyalty, sustainability, merchandising and packaging claims
Selected publications:
- Hidalgo-Baz, M. Martos-Partal, M., Gónzalez-Benito. 0., (2017). Is Advertising Helpful for Organic Businesses? Differential Effects of Packaging Claims, International Journal of Advertising, 36 (4), 542-561.
- Martos-Partal, M., Gónzalez-Benito. 0. and Fustinoni-Venturini, M. (2015). Motivational Profiling of Store Brand Shoppers: Differences Across Quality Tiers, Marketing Letters, 26 (2), 187-200.
- Gónzalez-Benito. 0., Martos-Partal, M. and Fustinoni-Venturini, M. (2014). Retailers’ Price Positioning and the Motivational Profiling of Store Brand Shoppers: The Case of Spain, Psychology & Marketing, 31 (2), 115-125.Lado, Lado, N., Martos-Partal, M and Martínez-Ros, E. (2012). The Power of a Package: Product Claims Drive Purchase Decisions. Journal of Advertising Research, 52, (3), 364-375.
- Gónzalez-Benito. 0. and Martos-Partal, M. (2012). Role of Retailer Positioning and Product Category on the Relationship Between Store Brand Consumption and Store Loyalty. Journal of Retailing, 88 (2), 236-249
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=HnabPkAAAAAJ&hl=es ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mercedes_Martos-Partal URL: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/L-7112-2014

Carmen Gonzalez-Zapatero
Dr. Carmen Gonzalez-Zapatero is an Assistant Professor in Management at the University of Salamanca. Her research interests include innovation, strategic purchasing, environmental issues and supply chain risk management. She was a Visiting Researcher at the University of Nottingham. She has published in journals such as the Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, Industrial Marketing Management and International Journal of Production Economics.
- Actuales intereses de investigación: Supply Chain Risk Management, Functional Integration.
- Cinco publicaciones.
- Gonzalez-Zapatero, C., Gonzalez-Benito, J., & Lannelongue, G. (2017). Understanding how the functional integration of purchasing and marketing accelerates new product development. International Journal of Production Economics, 193, 770-780.
- González-Zapatero, C., Gonzalez-Benito, J., & Lannelongue, G. (2016). Antecedents of functional integration during new product development: The purchasing-marketing link. Industrial Marketing Management, 52, pp.47-59.
- Gonzalez-Benito, J., Lannelongue, G., Ferreira, L.M., & González-Zapatero, C. (2016). The effect of green purchasing on purchasing performance: the moderating role played by long-term relationships and strategic integration. Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, 31 (2), pp. 312-324.
- Lannelongue, G., Gonzalez-Benito, J., González-Benito, O., & González-Zapatero, C. (2015). Time compression diseconomies in environmental management: The effect of assimilation on environmental performance. Journal of Environmental Management, 147, pp. 203-212.
- González-Zapatero, C., & González Benito, J. (2010). Una propuesta explicativa de los efectos competitivos de la integración de la función de compras y comercial de la empresa: Ilustración en el sector Fast Fashion. Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad de Salamanca.
Researcher ID : A-7262-2017

Javier González-Benito
Dr. Javier González-Benito is Professor of Management in the University of Salamanca. His research focuses on operations management and environmental issues and it has been published in journals such as Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Management, Journal of International Business Studies, Ecological Economics, British Journal of Management, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Production Planning & Control, International Journal of Production Economics or International Journal of Production Research.
Research interests:
- Supply chain management
- Environmental management
- Operations and production management
- Quality management
- Purchasing management
Publicaciones: González-Benito, J. (2007): “A Theory of Purchasing’s Contribution to Business Performance”, Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 25, n. 4, pp. 901-917. González-Benito, J., Aguinis, H., Boyd, B.K., y Suárez-González, I. (2012): "Coming to consensus on strategic consensus: A mediated moderation model of consensus and performance”, Journal of Management, Vol. 38, n.6, pp. 1685-1714. Lannelongue, G., González-Benito, J. y González-Benito, O. (2015): "Input, output and environmental management productivity: Effects on firm performance", Business Strategy and the Environment, 24(3), 145-158. González-Zapatero, C., González-Benito, J. y Lannelongue, G. (2016): “Antecedents of functional integration during new product development: The purchasing-marketing link”, Industrial Marketing Management, 52, 47-59. Lannelongue, G., González-Benito, J. y Quiroz, I. (2017): “Environmental management and labour productivity: the moderating role of capital intensity”, Journal of Environmental Management, 190, 158-169.
Código ORCID: 0000-0001-5317-9671 ResearcherID: A-5221-2017

Esther B. Del Brio
Full Professor of Finance in the University of Salamanca (Spain). She got an MPhil in Finance in the University of Cambridge (UK) and a PhD in Financial Economics in the University of Salamanca. Her research is mainly focused on risk management, stock market efficiency, board behavior and other topics of corporate governance. Her research has been published in several top journals, such as the Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, European Financial Management, International Journal of Forecasting, Journal of Business Research, or Quantitative Finance, among others.

Eva Lahuerta-Otero
Eva Lahuerta-Otero works as an assistant professor in the Marketing Department of the University of Salamanca where she teaches topics related to Electronic Commerce, Basics of Marketing, Sectorial marketing and International Marketing. She writes and presents widely on topics related mainly to social media and digital advertising. She has published her research in journals such as Business Horizons, Computers in Human Behavior or Online Information Review. Email: Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo.
Actuales intereses de investigación
- Digital marketing
- Social media marketing
- Tourism marketing strategies
- Culture and environmental countries’ performance
publicaciones relevantes:
- Lahuerta-Otero, E., Cordero-Gutiérrez, R., & De la Prieta-Pintado, F. (2018). Retweet or like? That is the question. Online Information Review, 42(5), 562-578. IMPACT FACTOR 1,675, 5-year impact factor 2.050, rank Q2 31/88 on information, science and library science. Total cites 2017: 1218
- Lahuerta-Otero, Eva and Cordero-Gutiérrez, R. (2016). Looking for the perfect tweet. The use of data mining techniques to find influencers on twitter. Computers in human behavior. Vol: 64, November 2016, pp 575–583. Impacto JCR 3.536, Q1 16/135 en PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY, Q1 8/85 en PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL, Q1. Total cites 2017: 19700 Five-year impact factor: 4,417.
- Lahuerta-Otero, Eva; Muñoz-Gallego, P.A & Pratt, R. (2014). Click-and-Mortar SMEs: attracting customers to your website?, Business Horizons, 57(6), pp. 729-736. Impacto JCR 2.588 (Q2 57/140 in business); SCOPUS 1,93 rank 50/306 (Q1) in Business and international management. Total cites 2015: 1.992. Five-year impact factor : 3.031
- González-Bravo, M. Isabel y Lahuerta-Otero, Eva (2018*). Can National Culture Affect the Implementation of Common Sustainable Policies? A European Response, Cross Cultural Research, 52. Impacto JCR 0,975 rank 56/98 social sciences, interdisciplilnary (Q3) total cites 628, 5-year impat factor 1,592; SCOPUS 1,15 Rank 53/296 (Q1) in anthropology.
- González-Bravo, M. Isabel y Lahuerta-Otero, Eva (2017). What Determines the Implication of Countries in Sustainable Development Actions? A European Approach Based on Risk and Future Uncertainty in Advances in environmental research, Vol. 59, pp. 57-96. Editorial: Nova Science Publisers, inc. New York ISBN: 978-1-53612-702-7
página web: https://es.linkedin.com/in/evalahuerta Researcher ID: F-1744-2016 ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4019-8659 ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eva_Lahuerta-Otero

Gustavo Lannelongue
Dr. Gustavo Lannelongue is Associate Professor in Management at the University of Salamanca. He has been a visiting scholar at universities in UK (Kent Business School) and USA (Kelley School of Business). His research interests include corporate sustainability, green supply chain and strategic management. He has published in international journals such as Academy of Management Perspectives, Ecological Economics, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Production Economics or International Journal of Production Research.
Selected papers:
- 5. Lannelongue, G., González-Benito, J. & Quiroz, I. (2017). Environmental management and labour productivity: The moderating role of capital intensity. Journal of Environmental Management, 190, 158-169. [online]
- 4. González-Zapatero, C, González-Benito, J. & Lannelongue, G. (2016). Antecedents of functional integration during new product development: The purchasing–marketing link. Industrial Marketing Management, 52, 47-59. [online]
- 3. González-Benito, J. & Lannelongue, G. (2014). An Integrated Approach to Explain the Manufacturing Function’s Contribution to Business Performance. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 34 (9), 1126-1152. [online]
- 2. Lannelongue, G. & González-Benito, J. (2012). Opportunism and environmental management systems: Certification as a smokescreen for stakeholders. Ecological Economics, 82, 11-22. [online]
- 1. Aguinis, H., Suárez-González, I., Lannelongue, G. & Joo, H. (2012). Scholarly Impact Revisited. Academy of Management Perspectives, 26 (2), 1-59. [online] · Media
https://diarium.usal.es/lannelongue https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4948-490X

Rosa M. Hernández-Maestro
Rosa M. Hernández-Maestro is Associate Professor in Marketing at the University of Salamanca (Spain). Her research interests include eWOM, perceived quality, business performance, and rural development. She has published her work in journals such as Tourism Management, The Service Industries Journal, Journal of Travel Research, Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, and International Journal of Tourism Research. She is a member of a Research Unit (UIC. 140) and belongs to the IME (USAL).
e-mail: Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. web: http://diarium.usal.es/rosahm/ Researcher ID: H-4888-2011 Orcid number: 0000-0001-6226-6777
5 Publications
- Melo, A.J.D.V.T., Hernández-Maestro, R.M., and Muñoz-Gallego, P.A. (2017): Service quality perceptions, online visibility, and business performance in rural lodging establishments, Journal of Travel Research, 56(2): 250-262.
- Nieto, J., Hernández Maestro, R.M., Muñoz Gallego, P.A. (2014): Marketing decisions, customer reviews and business performance: The use of the Toprural website by Spanish rural lodging establishments, Tourism Management, 45: 115-123.
- Hernández Maestro, R.M., González Benito, O. (2014): Rural lodging establishments as drivers of rural development, Journal of Travel Research, 53: 83-95.
- Hernández Maestro, R.M., Muñoz Gallego, P.A., y Santos Requejo, L. (2009): Small business owners’ knowledge and rural tourism establishment performance in Spain, Journal of Travel Research, 48: 58-77.
- Hernández Maestro, R.M., Muñoz Gallego, P.A., y Santos Requejo, L. (2007): The moderating role of familiarity in rural tourism in Spain, Tourism Management, 28: 951-964.

Jesu?s Galende
RESEN?A BIBLIOGRA?FICA: Jesu?s Galende is Full Professor of Management at the Multidisciplinary Institute of Enterprise (IME) of Salamanca University (Spain). His main research topic focuses on innovation management and its relationships with other business areas, including human resource management. He has published numerous research papers in high impact scientific journals, such as Research Policy, Technovation, International Journal of Production Research or Journal of Business Research. He was visiting researcher at Management School of Lancaster University (UK). Actually, he is Decano at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the Salamanca University. E-mail: Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo..
ACTUALES INTERESES DE INVESTIGACIO?N: Innovation management and its relationships with other business areas, including human resource management.
CINCO PUBLICACIONES:
- Galende, J. y Sua?rez, I. (1999): “A Resource-Based Analysis of the factors determining a firm’s R&D activities”, Research Policy, vol. 28, nu?m. 8, 891-905.
- Galende, J. y de la Fuente, J.M. (2003): “Internal Factors Determining a Firm’s Innovative Behaviour”, Research Policy, vol. 32, nu?m. 5, 715-736.
- Galende, J. (2006): “Analysis of technological innovation from Business Economics and Management”, Technovation, vol. 26, nu?m. 3, 300-311.
- Perdomo, J., Gonza?lez, J. y Galende, J. (2009): “The intervening effect of business innovation capability on the relationship between total quality management and technological innovation” International Journal of Production Research, vol. 47, nu?m. 18, 5087-5107.
- Curado, C., Mun?oz-Pascual, L. y Galende, J. (en prensa): “Antecedents of innovation performance in SMEs: A mixed methods approach”, Journal of Business Research, en prensa.
ENLACES:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesusgalende https://twitter.com/JesusGalende29 Researcher ID: F-3200-2016
- ORCID: 0000-0003-0550-2555

Isabel Gallego-Álvarez
Isabel Gallego-Álvarez is Full Professor at the University of Salamanca (Spain). Her research interests range between accounting and corporate social responsibility. She has published his research in journals such as Business Strategy and the Environment, Online Information Review, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, International Business Review, Management Decision, Spanish Accounting Review. She is associate editor of Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science. She was a Visiting Researcher at the University of Limerick, Management School of the University of Lancaster. E-mail: Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo.
Research areas
- Corporate social responsibility and sustainability
- Social and environmental reporting
Articles in international journals AUTHORS: Gallego Álvarez, Isabel; García Sánchez, Isabel-María y Rodríguez Domínguez, Luis TITLE: Voluntary and Compulsory Information Disclosed Online: Effect of Industry Concentration and other Explanatory Factors JOURNAL: Online Information Review, 2008, Vol.32, No 5, pp . 596-622. JCR Index 1.103, Q2
AUTHORS: Gallego Álvarez, Isabel, Vicente Villardón, José Luis TITLE: Analysis of environmental indicators in international companies by applying the logistic biplot JOURNAL: Ecological Indicators, 2012, Vol. 23, pp. 250-261 JCR index 3.230, Q1
AUTHORS: Gallego Álvarez, Isabel TITLE: Impact of CO2 emissions variation on firm performance JOURNAL : Business Strategy and the Environment, 2012, 21 (7), pp. 435-454 JCR index 2.877, Q1
AUTORS: Ortas Fredes, E, Gallego-Álvarez, Isabel, Álvarez, Igor. TITLE: Financial factors influencing the quality of corporate social responsibility and environmental management disclosures: A quantile regression approach JOURNAL: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Volume 22, Issue 6, pages 362–380, 2015 JCR Index 1.672, Q1
AUTHORS: Gallego-Álvarez, Isabel; Ortas, Eduardo TITLE: Corporate environmental sustainability reporting in the context of national cultures: A quantile regression approach JOURNAL: International Business Review, 2017, 26 (2) 337-353 JCR Index 2.476, Q2
Research ID y/o ORCID ORCID ID 0000-0001-5122-6104 Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Isabel_Gallego-Alvarez Googleacademico:https://scholar.google.es/citations?hl=es&user=zcz44JgAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

Isabel Mª García Sánchez
Isabel Mª García Sánchez is Professor of Accounting at Universidad de Salamanca (Spain). Her research interest range between accounting and corporate social responsibility. She has published academic peer-reviewed articles on corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, ethics, family business, efficiency and public sector in several top journals ranked with a high impact factor in the Journal Citation Report, such as the Long Range Planning, Journal of Banking & Finance, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Journal of Business Research, Business Ethics: A European Review, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, International Business Review, Business Strategy and the Environment, Ecological Indicators, Journal of Cleaner Production, Corporate Social Responsibility & Environmental Management, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Ecological Indicators. She has been Visiting Researcher at the Management School, Universidad de Lancaster. She is associated editor of Spanish Accounting Review, Journal of Management and Strategy. She is member of the editorial board of International Journal of Auditing Technology and Contaduría y Administración.
Email: Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. Researcher ID: F-4271-2016 Código Orcid: 0000-0003-4711-8631 Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Isabel_Sanchez17 Google academic: https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=vyd0OYAAAAAJ&hl=es
She conducts research in all the branches of corporate social responsibility; the following research lines may be mentioned, among others:
- CEO ability, investment, CSR and financial performance.
- Determinants and Impact of CSR disclosures and Integrated report
- Board of directors and CSR
- Gender diversity
Main papers
- García-Meca, E. and García Sánchez, I.M. (forthcoming): Do talented managers invest more efficiently? The moderating role of corporate governance mechanisms. Corporate Governance: An International Review, Índice de calidad: JCR: 3.571 (2016). Q1 Business Q1 Business, finance Q1 Management
- Rodríguez-Ariza, L., Cuadrado-Ballesteros, B., Martínez-Ferrero, J. and García-Sánchez, I.M (2017): The role of female directors in promoting CSR practices: an international comparison between family and non-family businesses. Business Ethics: A European Review, 26: 223-239. Índice de calidad: JCR: 1.906 (2016). Q1 Ethics
- Martínez-Ferrero, J., Banerjee, S., García-Sánchez, I.M. (2016): Corporate social responsibility as a strategic shield against costs of earnings management practices. Journal of Business Ethics, 133 (2): 305-324. JCR: 1.837 (2015). Q1 Ethics Q2 Business
- García-Sánchez, I.M., Cuadrado-Ballesteros, B., and Frías-Aceituno, J.V. (2016): “Impact of the institutional macro context on the voluntary disclosure of CSR information”, Long Range Planning, 49 (1):15-35, 2016. JCR: 3.547 (2016). Q1 Business, Q1 Management, Q1 Planning & Development.
- García-Meca, E., Martínez-Ferrero, J., García Sánchez, I.M. (2015): “Board diversity and its effect on bank performance: an international analysis". Journal of Banking & Finance, 53: 202-214. JCR index: 1.485 (2015) Q1 Economics Q2 Business Finance.

Jennifer Martínez-Ferrero
Jennifer Martínez-Ferrero is Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance at the University of Salamanca (Spain). Both the PhD and her research are related to the private sector, and specifically, with corporate social responsibility (CSR) and earnings management, sustainability reports and assurance, and family business. She has participated in projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain as team member, in several research contracts and as collaborating researcher of the “Cátedra de Empresa Familiar” of the University of Granada. She has supervised several master's degree projects in research and teaching, and has been co-supervisor of two PhD defended at the University of Granada and the University of Salamanca.
As a result of her research, from 2013 she has developed several researches which have resulted in more than 30 publications in the Journal Citation Report, of which more than 50% correspond to the first and second quartiles.
The abovementioned contributions have been presented in numerous national and international congresses (for example, European Accounting Association Annual Congress, Congress of the American Accounting Association, National Congress of AECA, National Congress of ACEDE, EURAM Annual Conference, IFERA Annual Conference, and so on), being awarded on several occasions. She has been visiting researcher in the Management School of the University of Lancaster (United Kingdom), in the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (Portugal) and in the Polytechnic Institute of Guarda (Portugal). She participates as a reviewer in several national and international journals (for example, Management Decision, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Business Ethics, Spanish Accounting Review). In addition, she is also member of the Multidisciplinary Institute of Business (IME) of the University of Salamanca; of the “Unidad de Investigación Consolidad (UIC) USAL 149”; of the “Grupo de Investigación Reconocido (GIR): Economía Financiera y Contabilidad” of the University of Salamanca; and of the “Unidad de Excelencia: Gestión Económica para la Sostenibilidad” of the University of Salamanca. E-mail: Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo.
Líneas de investigación actuales:
- Sustainability assurance: determinants and impacts
- CSR disclosure and corporate governance: board of directors
- Family business: CSR orientation and Investment decisions
- Integrated reporting: determinants and impacts
Cinco publicaciones más relevantes:
- Cuadrado-Ballesteros, B., Rodríguez-Ariza, L., García-Sánchez, I.M and Martínez-Ferrero, J. The mediating effect of ethical codes on the link between family firms and their social performance. Long Range Planning. DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2016.11.007
- Martínez-Ferrero, J., Banerjee, S., García-Sánchez, I.M. (2016). Corporate social responsibility as a strategic shield against costs of earnings management practices. Journal of Business Ethics, 133 (2): 305-324.
- Martínez-Ferrero, J., Rodríguez-Ariza, L. and García-Sánchez, I.M. (2016). Corporate social responsibility as an entrenchment strategy, with a focus on the implications of family ownership. Journal of Cleaner Production 135: 760-770.
- Martínez-Ferrero, J., Frías-Aceituno, J.V. (2015). Relationship between sustainable development and financial performance. An international empirical research. Business Strategy and the Environment, 24 (1): 20–39
- García-Meca, E. Martínez-Ferrero, J., García-Sánchez, I. (2015). Board diversity and its effects on bank performance: an international analysis. Journal of Banking and Finance, 53: 202-214.
Enlaces a ORCID y ResearchGate: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8387-1466 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jennifer_Martinez-Ferrero

José Carlos Rodríguez Alcantud
José Carlos Rodríguez Alcantud currently works at the Department of Economics and Economic History, Universidad de Salamanca. He does research in Mathematical Economics, Social Choice, and Fuzzy set theory. He has published his research in journals such as Journal of Economic Theory, Economic Theory, Social Choice and Welfare, Journal of Mathematical Psychology, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Information Sciences and Information Fusion.
Selected publications:
- A novel algorithm for fuzzy soft set based decision making from multiobserver input parameter data set Information Fusion 29 (2016), 142-148.
- Disapproval voting: a characterization with A. Laruelle. Social Choice and Welfare 43 (2014), 1-10
- Inequality averse criteria for evaluating infinite utility streams: The impossibility of Weak Pareto. Journal of Economic Theory 147 (2012), 353-363
- Decomposition theorems and extension principles for hesitant fuzzy sets, with V. Torra. Information Fusion 41 (2018), 48-56
- On measures of cohesiveness under dichotomous opinions: Some characterizations of approval consensus measures with R. de Andrés and J. M. Cascón. Information Sciences 240 (2013), 45-55
Personal webpage: http://diarium.usal.es/jcr/ ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-3258-2010 Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6602660496 ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4533-9281 Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=ZI_Lq_wAAAAJ&hl=es

Jose Ignacio Galan Zazo
Jose Ignacio Galan Zazo is Full Professor at the Universidad de Salamanca (Spain). His research interests range between Organization, Strategy, CSR and Data Science. He has published his research in journals such as Journal of International Business Studies, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of World Business, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, Business & Society, Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of Economic Surveys, or Journal of Business Ethics. He was a Visiting Researcher at Warwick Business School, Bath Business School and Said Business School at Oxford University. E-mail: Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo.
- Actuales intereses de investigación: RSC, organización, data science, sostenibilidad y diversidad.
Cinco publicaciones (las que cada uno considere más relevantes).
- Assessing the Effect of Public Subsidies on Firm R&D Investment: A Survey, Journal of Economic Surveys, with Zúñiga-Vicente, J.A.; Alonso-Borrego, C. and Forcadell, F. J. 28(1): 36-67, 2014.
- The Effect of R&D Intensity on Corporate Social Responsibility. Journal of Business Ethics, with Padgett, R. C. 93 (3): 407-418.
- The Continuing Validity of the Strategy-Structure Nexus: New Findings, 1993-2003, Strategic Management Journal, with Sánchez-Bueno, M. J. 30:1234-1243, 2009.
- Factors Determining the Location Decisions of Spanish MNEs: An Analysis based on the Investment Development Path. Journal of International Business Studies, with González-Benito, J y Zúñiga-Vicente, J. A. 38: 975- 997, 2007.
- Influence of Industry R&D Intensity on Corporate Product Diversification: Interaction Effect of Free Cash Flow. Industrial and Corporate Change, with Sánchez-Bueno, M. J. 15 (3): 531-547, 2006.
Enlace a web personal y/o a Research ID y/o ORCID: https://diarium.usal.es/jigalan/

Julio Pindado
Julio Pindado is Professor of Accounting and Finance at Universidad de Salamanca and Professorial Research Fellow at Leeds University Business School (University of Leeds). Professor Pindado has been Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Finance and Accounting in the London Business School and Visiting Professor at Strathclyde Business School. He is also the Director of the Multidisciplinary Institute of Enterprise, Director of the Family Business Centre at the Universidad de Salamanca. E-mail: Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. Professor Pindado research interests are corporate finance, corporate governance, trade credit, and family business.
Five selected articles by Professor Julio Pindado
- Hillier, D., Martinez, B.; Patel, P.; Pindado, J. and Requejo, I., “Pound of Flesh? Debt Contract Strictness in Family Firms”. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2018, 42, 2, 259-282.
- Keasey, K., Martinez, B. and J. Pindado “Young family firms: Financing decisions and the willingness to dilute control”, Journal of Corporate Finance, 2015, 34, 47- 63.
- Pindado, J., Requejo, I. and de la Torre, C., “Does Family Control Shape Corporate Capital Structure? An Empirical Analysis of Eurozone Firms”. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 2015, 42 (7-8), 965-1006.
- Keasey, K., Pindado, J. and Rodrigues, L. “The Determinants of the Costs of SME’s Financial Distress across Europe”. (With K. Keasey and L. Rodrigues). International Small Business Journal, 2015, 33, 862-881.
- Hillier, D., Pindado, J., de Queiroz, V. and de la Torre, C., “The Impact of Country-level Corporate Governance on Research and Development”, Journal of International Business Studies, 2011, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 76-98.
Enlace a web personal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliopindado/ Researcher ID: N-8035-2013 Orcid code: 0000-0002-9638-9262

Luis Rodríguez Domínguez
Dr. Luis Rodríguez Domínguez es actualmente Profesor Titular del área de Economía Financiera y Contabilidad en la Universidad de Salamanca (España) y Subdirector de la Fundación General de la Universidad de Salamanca. Es Economista registrado en el Colegio de Economistas de Madrid. Ha sido Investigador Visitante en la Universidad Mackenzie (Sao Paulo, Brasil) y en la London Metropolitan University (Londres, Reino Unido) Sus principales líneas de investigación se centran en la Revelación de Información Corporativa, Intangibles y Ética Empresarial. Sus trabajos han sido publicados en revistas de referencia internacional como Online Information Review, Government Information Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, Management Decision, International Journal of Auditing y European Journal of Law and Economics y han sido expuestos en diversos congresos y foros a nivel español y europeo.
Luis Rodriguez-Dominguez, Ph.D., received his Ph.D. degree with honors in the University of Salamanca (Spain). Currently he is an Associate Professor at the University of Salamanca. He has been Visiting Researcher at Mackenzie University (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and London Metropolitan University (London, UK). His main lines of research are focused on Intangibles, Corporate disclosure, and Business Ethics. His studies have been published in the Online Information Review, Government Information Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, Management Decision, International Journal of Auditing y European Journal of Law and Economics and have been exposed in some of the most relevant European and Spanish congresses.
Intereses de investigación: - Revelación corporative - Ética empresarial - Intangibles
Publicaciones (5 seleccionadas)
- "Board of directors and ethics codes in different corporate governance systems", Journal of Business Ethics, 2015, Vol. 131, Nº 3, pp. 681-698 (con I.M. García Sánchez y José Valeriano Frías Aceituno)
- "The Ethical Commitment of Independent Directors in Different Contexts of Investor Protection", BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 2015, Vol. 18, Nº 2, pp. 81-94 (con I.M. García Sánchez y José Valeriano Frías Aceituno)
- “Evaluation of the Efficacy and Effectiveness of the Spanish Security Forces”, European Journal of Law and Economics, 2012, Vol. 36, Nº 1, pp. 57-75 (con J. Parra Domínguez e I.M. García Sánchez)
- “CEO Qualities and Codes of Ethics”, European Journal of Law and Economics, 2013, Vol. 35, Nº 2, pp. 295-312 (con Isabel Gallego Álvarez e Isabel María García Sánchez)
- “Determinants of social corporate disclosure in Spanish local governments”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2013, Vol. 39, pp. 60-72 (con I.M. García Sánchez y José Valeriano Frías Aceituno)
ORCID: 0000-0001-9607-5274 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9607-5274 ResearcherID: A-7539-2017

Luis Vázquez Suárez
Luis Vazquez is Assistant Professor at the Universidad of Salamanca (Spain). His research lies at the intersection between organization, law and economics. He has published his research in journals such as Managerial and Decision Economics, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Review of Industrial Organization, the Service Industries Journal, Review of Law and Economics, and Economics Letters. E-mail: Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo.
Actuales intereses de investigación
- His main current interests are mostly concerned with the application of advances in contract theory and vertical relationships to the analysis of franchising contracts, and with the effect of contracting practices on firm performance.
Cinco publicaciones (las que cada uno considere más relevantes)
- ARRUÑADA, Benito, Luis GARICANO y Luis VÁZQUEZ, “Contractual Allocation of Decision Rights and Incentives: The Case of Automobile Distribution”, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, vol. 17, núm. 1, primavera, 2001, 256-283.
- ARRUÑADA, Benito, Luis GARICANO y Luis VÁZQUEZ, “Completing Contracts Ex-post: How Car Manufacturers Manage Car Dealers”, Review of Law & Economics, vol. 1, núm. 1, 2005, 149-173.
- ARRUÑADA, Benito, Luis VÁZQUEZ y Giorgio ZANARONE, “Institutional Constaints on Organizations: The Case of Spanish Car Dealerships”, Managerial and Decision Economics, 2009, vol. 30, núm. 1, 15-26.
- SÁNCHEZ, Roberto; SUÁREZ, Isabel y VÁZQUEZ, Luis, “Multi-unit versus single-unit franchising: Assessing why franchisors use different ownership strategies”, The Service Industries Journal, marzo, 2010, vol. 30, 463-476.
- VÁZQUEZ, Luis, “Up-front franchise fees and ongoing variable payments as substitutes: An agency perspective”, Review of Industrial Organization, 2005, vol. 26, 445-460. A
Enlace a web personal y/o a Research ID y/o ORCID Research ID: A-6860-2017

Oscar Gonzalez-Benito
Oscar Gonzalez-Benito Full Professor of Marketing at the University of Salamanca. His research interests include modelling of market response, retailing, brand management, digital marketing, and competitiveness. He has published articles in international journals such as Journal of Retailing, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Market Research, British Journal of Management, Marketing Letters, Psychology and Marketing, OMEGA and European Marketing Journal. Email: Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo.
HIDALGO-BAZ, M.; MARTOS-PARTAL, M. y GONZÁLEZ-BENITO, O. (2017): “Is Advertising Helpful for Organic Businesses? Differential Effects of Packaging Claims”, International Journal of Advertising, 36 (4), 542-561. NIETO-GARCÍA, M.; MUÑOZ-GALLEGO, P.A. y GONZÁLEZ-BENITO, O. (2017): “Tourists’ Willingness to Pay for an Accommodation: the Effect of eWOM and Internal Reference Price”, International Journal of Hospitality Management, 62, 67-77. MARTOS-PARTAL, M.; GONZÁLEZ-BENITO, O. and FUSTINONI-VENTURINI, M. (2015): “Motivational Profiling of Store Brand Shoppers: Differences across Quality Tiers”, Marketing Letters, 26 (2), 187-200. GONZALEZ-BENITO, O.; MARTOS-PARTAL, M. and FUSTINONI-VENTURINI, M. (2014): "Retailers' Price Positioning and the Motivational Profiling of Store Brand Shoppers: The Case of Spain", Psychology and Marketing, 31 (2), 115-125. GONZÁLEZ BENITO, O. y MARTOS PARTAL, M.M. (2012): “Role of Retailer Positioning and Product Category on the Relationship between Store Brand Consumption and Store Loyalty”, Journal of Retailing, 88 (2), 236-249.
RESEARCH ID K-4673-2014

Pablo Antonio Muñoz Gallego
Pablo Antonio Muñoz Gallego Doctor en CC. Económicas y Empresariales por la Universidad de Oviedo. Catedrático de Universidad en el área de Comercialización e Investigación de Mercados en la Universidad de Salamanca. Ha sido Decano de la Facultad de Economía y Empresa de la Universidad de Salamanca (USAL), director del departamento de Administración y Economía de la Empresa y director del Programa de Doctorado y del Máster en Investigación en Economía de la Empresa en esa misma universidad. Desempeñó el cargo de Presidente del Consejo Económico y Social de Castilla y León entre los años 1996 y 2000. Sus líneas de investigación y publicaciones están centradas en el marketing electrónico, distribución comercial e innovación y emprendimiento. Ha publicado en revistas internacionales como Tourism Management, Journal of Travel Research, Journal of Retailing, Food Quality and Preference, Meat Science, Journal of Small Business Management, entre otras. Habitualmente realiza actividades de consultoría para empresas en sectores como turismo y promoción de nuevas empresas. Actualmente dirige el master in International Business título conjunto de la USAL y la escuela de negocios NEXT.
Dirección de contacto: Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. Researcher ID: L-4904-2014 Código Orcid: 0000-0003-4531-2051
Cinco publicaciones más recientes:
- Nieto-García, Marta; Muñoz-Gallego, Pablo A. and González-Benito, Oscar (2017): Tourists’ willingness to pay for an accommodation: the effect of ewom and internal reference Price. International Journal of Hospitality Management 62, 67-77. JCR(2015): 2.061, Hospitality, leisure, sport & tourism Q1, JCR 5 años (2015): 2.854;
- González-Benito, Oscar; Muñoz-Gallego, Pablo A. and García-Zamora, Evelyn (2016): Role of collaboration in innovation success: differences for large and small businesses. Journal of Business Economics and Management 17 (4) 645-662 JCR: 0.968 Ranking: 100/121 (Business Q4); 165/347 (Economics Q2). 5-Year Impact Factor: 1,045
- Melo, Antonio; Hernández-Maestro, Rosa and Muñoz-Gallego, Pablo Antonio (2017): “Service Quality Perceptions, Online Visibility, and Business Performance in Rural Lodging Establishments”. Journal of Travel Research 56 (2) Páginas: 250-262 2016 Impact Factor: 4,564; 2016 Ranking: 2/45 in Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Q1; 5-Year Impact Factor: 5,772
- Cotes-Torres, Alejandro; Muñoz Gallego, Pablo Antonio and Cotes-Torres, J.M. (2016): “Technological complexity: a tool for understanding the behaviour of consumers of high value-added foodstuffs”. Journal of Business Economics and Management 17 (3), 444–457 JCR: 0.968; JCR 5 años: 1,045; ECONOMICS 165/347 Q2, BUSINESS 100/121 Q4.
- Nieto, Jannine; Hernandez-Maestro, Rosa María y Muñoz-Gallego, Pablo Antonio (2014): Marketing decisions, customer reviews, and business performance: The use of the Toprural website by Spanish rural lodging establishments. Tourism Management Volume 45, pp. 115–123. JCR (Management): 2,554 (Q1)

Ignacio Requejo
Ignacio Requejo is Assistant Professor of Finance at Universidad de Salamanca (Spain). His research interests are in the fields of corpora finance, governance and strategy. His work has been published in top finance and management journals, including Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. He was a Visiting Researcher at Saïd Business School, London Business School and Strathclyde Business School. E-mail: Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo.
Actuales intereses de investigación
- Link between corporate ownership structure and firm financial policies
- Financial and strategic decisions of family firms
- Interactions between internal and external corporate governance mechanisms
- Influence of formal and informal institutional factors on firm decision making
- Corporate capital structure and panel data methodology
- Importance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for economic growth
Cinco publicaciones seleccionadas
- Munjal, S., Requejo, I. and Kundu, S.K. (2018): “Offshore outsourcing and firm performance: Moderating effects of size, growth and slack resources”, Journal of Business Research, forthcoming.
- Hillier, D., Martínez, B., Patel, P.C., Pindado, J. and Requejo, I. (2018): “Pound of flesh? Debt contract strictness and family firms”, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, forthcoming.
- Pindado, J., Requejo, I. and Rivera, J.C. (2017): “Economic forecast and corporate leverage choices: The role of the institutional environment”, International Review of Economics and Finance, 51, 121-144.
- Pindado, J. and Requejo, I. (2015): “Family business performance from a governance perspective: A review of empirical research”, International Journal of Management Reviews, 17(3), 279-311.
- Pindado, J., Requejo, I. and de la Torre, C. (2011): “Family control and investment–cash flow sensitivity: Empirical evidence from the Euro zone”, Journal of Corporate Finance, 17(5), 1389-1409.
Enlace a web personal y/o a Research ID y/o ORCID Web personal: http://diarium.usal.es/irequejo/ ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/F-4553-2016 ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4071-2489