Short View of the Participants

Dr. Joaquín Alegre

Joaquin Alegre is Professor of Organisation and Management at University of Valencia. He has been a lecturer at University Jaume I and a visiting researcher at INSEAD, BI Norwegian School of Management and University of Sussex. His research and his teaching focus on organisational learning and decision-making for innovation. He has published his research findings at top academic journals such as Research Policy, Technovation, Journal of Product Innovation Management or Industrial Marketing Management. At present, he is Associate Editor for International Journal of Management Reviews and he is leading a research project funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities that connects innovation and organisational learning with the firm’s top management team.

Dr. Sasa Batistic

Saša Batistič, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, Department of Human Resource Studies. His current research interests include relational human resource management, social networks, work relationships, socialization of organizational newcomers, employability, and advanced research methods such as bibliometrics. His work has been published in distinguished academic journals such as The Leadership Quarterly, Human Resource Management Review, British Journal of Management, International Journal of Project Management, and Journal of Knowledge Management, among others. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Organizational Behavior.

Dr. Matej Černe

Matej Černe, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Management at the School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His research interests include non-technological innovations, creativity, human resource management, leadership, bibliometrics, and digital work. His research was published in top management journals, including the Academy of Management Journal. He serves as editor-in-chief of the Dynamics Relationships Management Journal, associate editor of Economic and Business Review, and an editorial board member at The Leadership Quarterly, Human Resource Management Review, Human Resource Management Journal, Frontiers of Psychology and Frontiers of Communication. He is currently managing a virtual platform for research dissemination #HumanizingDigitalWork.

Dr. Vicenc Fernandez

Vicenc Fernandez is Associate Professor in Management and Business Analytics in the Department of Management at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC). Co-founder of the TechTalent-Lab, and Director of the UNESCO Chair in Higher Education Management. His research interest cover a broad range of facets of the use of technology in the HR management. Currently, he is focusing on Workforce Analytics. His current teaching covers three topics: Business Analytics, People Management, and Project Management.

Dr. Eva Gallardo-Gallardo

Eva Gallardo-Gallardo, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya·BarcelonaTech (UPC). She previously held academic appointments at five Catalan universities, and visiting appointments at Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch universities. She is the coordinator and co-founder of the TechTalent-Lab at the UPC. Her research focuses on talent management (TM), with a particular interest in understanding the formation and evolution of the field, its dynamics, and conceptual boundaries. Her work is published in leading international outlets, and it has been influential attracting high citations. She has received international recognition for her scholarly work including: 5-year Scholarly Impact Award (2018) from the Human Resource Management Review, and Emerald Literati Awards for Citations of Excellence (2016). She has (co-)authored several book chapters and a book on TM. She has served on the editorial board of the International Journal of Human Resource Management (2016-2018) and is a member the editorial board of the Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance.

Dr. Esteban Lafuente

Esteban Lafuente, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Management at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya·BarcelonaTech (UPC). He is Editor of Small Business Economics journal. He also served as Senior Researcher in the Catalan entrepreneurship observatory, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM-Catalunya) between 2009 and 2013. During this period he co-organized, with Prof. Yancy Vaillant (TBS), the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Research Conference on Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Barcelona (June 2013). His research work is mostly devoted to the economic analysis of organizations, with special emphasis on models of managerial economics and topics in applied econometrics. Additionally, he is interested in the problems and possibilities of entrepreneurial activities and business creation, and their economic benefits from a territorial perspective. Esteban’s research has been published in a variety of journals, including among others: International Journal of Production Economics, Applied Psychology: An International Review, Small Business Economics, Regional Studies, Safety Science, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Journal of Technology Transfer, British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Research, Technovation, and Entrepreneurship & Regional Development.

Dr. Juan A. Marin-Garcia

Juan A. Marin-Garcia, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor, member of the Departamento de Organización de Empresas at the Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain). He has been Lecturer in Management, Teamwork and Human Resources Management since 1994, in the Degrees of Industrial Engineering and Business Management. Moreover, he is also Lecturer and Coordinator in Master courses and PhD programs. He is involved in the training of university lecturers and staff. Concerning these areas, he has also worked as a consultant for some companies in Spain and El Salvador (Central America). He is founder member of the Research Groups ROGLE and i-GRHUP where he develops research tasks in different projects. He is also founder member and designer and developer of pedagogical activities at IEMA (Innovation Group for Assessment and Active Methodologies). Juan’s main research areas are Participative Management, Continuous Improvement, Lean Manufacturing Systems, TQM, TPM, Performance Evaluation and Active Learning in Higher Education. He is Chief Editor of two academic journals: Working Papers on Operations Management, and Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management. He is also Associate Editor in REDU-Revista de Docencia Universitaria.

Dr. Imma Ribas-Vila

Imma Ribas Vila, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at the Department of Management at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya·BarcelonaTech (UPC) and member of the TechTalent-Lab. She received the Industrial Engineering Degree in 1996 from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and the Ph.D. degree in 2007 from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV). She is the coordinator of the Master’s Degree in Supply Chain, Transport and Mobility Management at the UPC. Her research interests are on Urban Mobility services, Urban Logistics, Scheduling and Supply Chain Management and Design, in which she has published several papers, participated in research projects and conferences. Her work has received around 798 citations (according to Scopus). She is Associate Editor of the international journals Expert Systems with Applications and Urban Mobility.

Dr. Jose M Sallan

Jose M Sallan, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at the Department of Management of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya·BarcelonaTech (UPC). He has a PhD and a degree in Industrial Engineering. His research experience and interests cover a broad range of subjects related with industrial organization: organizational and consumer behavior, air transport management and analysis of transportation networks. He is member of the Advisory Board of Management Decision, and editor of the Journal of Airport Management. He is coordinator of the inter-university doctoral programme in Business and Management (UPC-UOC-UPCT-UPM).

Dr. Mónica Santana

Mónica Santana is an assistant professor (Pablo de Olavide University). She teaches mainly in subjects related to Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Strategic Management in degrees, double degrees, Masters and at the International University Center of the Pablo de Olavide University. Her research focuses on the SHRM in crisis times, the Future of Work or the Sustainable Human Resource Management fields. She has published her research in relevant journals such as European Management Journal, Business Research Quarterly, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Economic & Industrial Democracy or European Management Review. In addition, she is used to work with the SciMAT bibliometric software.

Dr. Jordi Trullen

Jordi Trullen is an Associate Professor in the Department of People Management and Organization at ESADE Business School, where he teaches courses in organizational behavior and human resource management. Before joining ESADE, Jordi pursued a PhD in Organization Studies at Boston College. Jordi’s research focuses broadly on the area of HRM implementation, both conceptually and empirically, by investigating the role played by different actors in the adoption of HRM policies and practices. His research also looks at the role of national context in HRM, with a focus on Latin America and Latin Europe. Jordi’s research has appeared in a variety of journal outlets, such as International Journal of Management Reviews, Human Resource Management Journal, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science and Journal of Business Research. Jordi is currently serving as associate editor for HRM/OB topics at Business Research Quarterly (Sage).