Entrepreneurship Department

Head: Christoph Zott

With a focus on new venture creation, intrapreneurship and entrepreneurial management within existing organizations, our Entrepreneurship Department fosters the entrepreneurial spirit. It is this spirit that has led a third of our alumni to participate in the creation of a company at some point during their career.

Among its activities, the department leads the core second-year MBA course on entrepreneurship, taught since 1974, in which students develop business plans. The best plans are presented at the annual New Business Forum. The Finaves venture capital fund has been providing seed money for alumni entrepreneurs since it was founded in 2000, and the Business Angels and Family Office Network helps create new high-growth businesses. The department is a key element of IESE’s entrepreneurial ecosystem for the development of new ventures, innovation and growth.

Coursework includes Fundamentals of Entrepreneurial Management, Entrepreneurial Strategies for Social Impact, Entrepreneurial Negotiations and Financing Entrepreneurial Opportunities.

Through their research, the department’s faculty is exploring cutting-edge topics related to entrepreneurship that affect the business community.

Conferences

The Entrepreneurship Department, together with the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center, Finaves and the Business Angels Network, regularly participates in and contributes to conferences and forums to support the entrepreneurial spirit. Some examples are:

  • Investment Forums by the IESE Business Angels
  • The Global Entrepreneurship Week
  • Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Spain
  • European Foundation for Entrepreneurship Research
  • Association of High Growth Entrepreneurs Growth Plus

Areas of expertise

  • Innovation management
  • Entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and starting new ventures
  • Growth management and ownership strategy
  • Growth strategies in turbulent environments
  • Organizational learning and capabilities
  • Growth of start-up companies
  • Family governance and venturing
  • Venture capital and private equity
  • Technology innovation, entrepreneurship and strategy

 

Head.

Christoph Zott

Christoph Zott

Professor

Entrepreneurship

Full time.

Albert Fernández

Albert Fernández

Professor

Accounting and Control and Entrepreneurship
Liinus Hietaniemi

Liinus Hietaniemi

Assistant Professor

Entrepreneurship
Thomas Maximilian Klueter

Thomas Maximilian Klueter

Professor

Entrepreneurship and Analysis of Business Problems
Kandarp Mehta

Kandarp Mehta

Senior Lecturer

Entrepreneurship and Negotiation Teaching Unit
Jeroen Neckebrouck

Jeroen Neckebrouck

Assistant Professor

Entrepreneurship
Desirée Pacheco

Desirée Pacheco

Professor

Entrepreneurship
Mª Julia Prats

Mª Julia Prats

Professor

Entrepreneurship
Sandra Sieber

Sandra Sieber

Professor

Entrepreneurship
Jan Simon

Jan Simon

Professor of the Practice of Management

Entrepreneurship
Yuliya Snihur

Yuliya Snihur

Associate Professor

Entrepreneurship

Emeritus.

Pedro Nueno

Pedro Nueno

Emeritus Professor

Entrepreneurship
Juan Roure

Juan Roure

Emeritus Professor

Entrepreneurship and Negotiation Teaching Unit

External collaborators.

Mathieu Carenzo

Mathieu Carenzo

Senior Lecturer

Entrepreneurship
Jose Maria Casas

Jose Maria Casas

Lecturer

Entrepreneurship
Silvia Cunill

Silvia Cunill

Lecturer

Entrepreneurship
David Frodsham

David Frodsham

Lecturer

Entrepreneurship
Javier Hernández

Javier Hernández

Lecturer

Entrepreneurship
José Martín Cabiedes

José Martín Cabiedes

Senior Lecturer

Entrepreneurship
Luis Martín Cabiedes

Luis Martín Cabiedes

Senior Lecturer

Entrepreneurship
Mauricio Prieto

Mauricio Prieto

Lecturer

Entrepreneurship

Former collaborators.

Rob Johnson

Rob Johnson

Former Collaborator

Entrepreneurship
Jan Oosterveld

Jan Oosterveld

Former Collaborator

Entrepreneurship

Publications

Journal Articles (refereed)

WICKERT, C., POTOČNIK, K., PRASHANTHAM, S., SHI, W., SNIHUR, Y. (2024). Embracing non-Western Contexts in Management Scholarship. Journal of Management Studies, 61 (8), e1-e24. doi:10.1111/joms.13048. ZOTT, C., AMIT, R. (2024). Business Models and Lean Startup. Journal of Management, 50 (8), 3183-3201. doi:10.1177/01492063241228245. NECKEBROUCK, J., KRYSCYNSKI, D. (2024). Empirically exploring the veracity of the new stakeholder perspective in strategy. Documenting workforce rents. Strategic Management Journal, 45 (10), 2159-2188. doi:10.1002/smj.3612. TARZIJAN, J., SNIHUR, Y. (2024). Centralization Decisions in Multisided Platform Portfolios. Academy of Management Perspectives, 38 (3), 304-324. doi:10.5465/amp.2023.0075. KLUETER, T. M., MOREIRA, S., OFOEDU, C. (2024). Understanding the link between post‐acquisition resource reconfiguration and technology out‐licensing. Journal of Management Studies, 61 (5), 2101-2136. doi:10.1111/joms.12968. COLLEWAERT, V., NECKEBROUCK, J., VANACKER, T., T., BOURGOIS, D., MANIGART, S. (2024). Same owner, different impact. How responses to performance feedback differ across a private equity investor's portfolio firms. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 18 (2), 306-334. doi:10.1002/sej.1487. GURSES, K., GIONES, F., YAKIS-DOUGLAS, B., MEHTA, K. (2024). Foul play? The Rise and fall of third-party ownership as a controversial practice in football. Academy of Management Discoveries, 10 (2), 224-249. doi:10.5465/amd.2022.0176. NEUHAUSER, T., SNIHUR, Y. (2024). Towards a theory of informal disruption. R & D Management. doi:10.1111/radm.12676. (Online first) HIETANIEMI, L., SANTAMARIA, S., KACPERCZYK, A. J., PELTONEN, J. (2024). Human resource redeployability and entrepreneurial hiring strategy. Strategic Management Journal, 45 (2), 272-300. doi:10.1002/smj.3547. SNIHUR, Y., MARKMAN, G. (2023). Business model research. Past, present, and future. Journal of Management Studies, 60 (8), e1-e14. doi:10.1111/joms.12928.

Working Papers

SIOTA, J., CAMACHO, B., PRATS, M. J. (2024). Corporate venturing. Preliminary assessment for startup scouting. Barcelona: IESE. KLUETER, T. M., ROSENKOPF, L., GHOSH, A. (2021). Back to the familiar?. How attention and rare experiences overcome local search in external technology sourcing. Strategic Management Journal. MEHTA, K. (2019). Multi-Sensory Creative Thinking: A Synesthetic Technique for Design (WP-1216-E). AGULLES, R., PRATS, M. J. (2012). Change, growth and learning (DI-955-E). AGULLES, R., PRATS, M. J. (2011). Learning in practice: What organizational and management literature can contribute to professional and occupational development (DI-938-E).

Proceedings

HEALES, K., SHANTZ, A., PACHECO, D., BARIN CRUZ, L., ZIETSMA, C. E. (2023). How institutional logics influence growth. A Field experiment with Tunisian women entrepreneurs. Annual Meeting Proceedings: Boston 2023. Academy of Management Proceedings. HEAVEY, C., SIMSEK, Z., FOX, B. C., ADNER, R., ALTMAN, E. J., ALEXY, O. T., BURGERS, H., SNIHUR, Y., NAMBISAN, S., ... ZAHRA, S. A. (2023). Strategic leadership of business ecosystems. Charting a new frontier of research. Annual Meeting Proceedings: Boston 2023. Academy of Management. NECKEBROUCK, J., EDDLESTON, K. A. (2023). Gender, entrepreneurship and the structuring of employee compensation. Annual Meeting Proceedings: Boston 2023. Academy of Management Journal. FLANKOVA, S., NECKEBROUCK, J. (2023). Irresponsible families. Analysis of greenwashing in family firms. Annual Meeting Proceedings: Boston 2023. Academy of Management Journal. KLUETER, T. M., MOREIRA, S., RANGANATHAN, R. (2022). The pressure to go long. Analyst scrutiny and out-licensing decisions in the biopharmaceutical industry. Annual Meeting Proceedings: Seattle 2022. Academy of Management Proceedings.

Articles in other publications

PACHECO, D. (2023). How social movements give renewables a boost. IESE Business School Insight (165), pp. 68-75. PACHECO, D. (2023). Cómo los movimientos sociales impulsan las renovables. IESE Business School Insight (165), pp. 68-75. KOLAROVA, L., KELLY, P., SIMON, J., JOHNSON R., R. (2023). The Big Picture: The search fund wave. IESE Business School Insight (163), pp. 34-35. KOLAROVA, L., KELLY, P., SIMON, J., JOHNSON R., R. (2023). The Big Picture: Oleada de fondos de búsqueda. IESE Business School Insight (163), pp. 34-35. PRATS, M. J. (2022). Adopting a retail phygital experience via open innovation. The Story of WOW. Blog IESE.

Books

SIMON, J. (2021). Search funds & entrepreneurial acquisitions. The Roadmap for buying a business and leading it to the next level. Victoria, BC: Tellwell Talent. NUENO, P. (2021). Mayores dirigiendo bien. Barcelona: Plataforma Editorial. AMIT, R., ZOTT, C. (2020). Business model innovation strategy. Transformational concepts and tools for entrepreneurial leaders. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. NUENO, P. (2020). Dirigiendo con velocidad. Barcelona: Plataforma Editorial. NUENO, P. (2019). Cheating yourself in business. Barcelona: Plataforma Editorial.

Edited books

FITÉ, R. M., NUENO, P., MEHTA, K., VILÀ, J. (2024). Primero las personas. Pensamiento emprendedor para resolver problemas empresariales. Barcelona: Gestión 2000. DÁVILA, A., EPSTEIN, M. J., MANZONI, J.-F. (2012). Performance Measurement and Management Control. Global Issues. Bingley [etc.]: Emerald Group Publishing Limited. EPSTEIN, M. J., DÁVILA, A., MANZONI, J.-F. (2010). Performance Measurement and Management Control. Innovative Concepts and Practices. Bingley [etc.]: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Book Chapters

ZOTT, C., AMIT, R., GIESSEN, E. (2024). Business model innovation capability. A game changer for sustaining a firm's edge. In Aagard, A. (Eds.), Business model innovation - Game changers and contemporary issues. London: Palgrave Macmillan. FITÉ, R. M., NUENO, P., MEHTA, K., VILÀ, J. (2024). Persona artífice. Una nueva perspectiva de la acción emprendedora. En Fité, R. M. ; Nueno, P. ; Mehta, K. and Vilà, J. (Eds.), Primero las personas: pensamiento emprendedor para resolver problemas empresariales (pp. 27-34). Barcelona: Gestión 2000. MEHTA, K. (2024). Personas. El factor clave para desbloquear la innovación. En Fité, R.M.; Nueno, P.; Mehta, K. and Vilà, J. (Eds.), Primero las personas: pensamiento emprendedor para resolver problemas empresariales (pp. 55-60). Barcelona: Gestión 2000. NUENO, P., DE MUELLER, J., FITÉ, R. M. (2024). Innovación sanitaria: médicos creando valor. En Fité, R.M.; Nueno, P. ; Mehta, K. and Vilà, J. (Eds.), Primero las personas: pensamiento emprendedor para resolver problemas empresariales (pp. 136-143). Barcelona: Gestión 2000. FITÉ, R. M., NUENO, P., MEHTA, K., VILÀ, J. (2024). Por una creatividad colaborativa. En Fité, R.M.; Nueno, P.; Mehta, K. and Vilà, J. (Eds.), Primero las personas: pensamiento emprendedor para resolver problemas empresariales (pp. 147-154). Barcelona: Gestión 2000.

Studies

SIMON, J., ROSENTHAL, S. (2024). Search fund transformations: A path to excellence. IESE. KOWALEWSKI, A.-S., KELLY, P., SIMON, J., JOHNSON, R. (2024). International Search Funds - 2024. Selected Observations. IESE. SIOTA, J., KOWSZYK, Y., PRATS, M. J. (2024). European deep-tech scaleups. Go-to-market strategy. IESE, Barcelona, Spain. SIOTA, J., KOWSZYK, Y., PRATS, M. J. (2024). European deep-tech scaleups. Strong board strategy. IESE, Barcelona, Spain. SIOTA, J., KOWSZYK, Y., PRATS, M. J. (2024). European deep-tech scaleups. Investment thesis. IESE, Barcelona, Spain.

Cases

NECKEBROUCK, J., SNIHUR, Y. (2024). Alhoia Capital. IESE, E-253-E. KLUETER, T. M. (2024). BetterKey (B). IESE, E-251-E. KLUETER, T. M. (2024). BetterKey (C). IESE, E-252-E. NECKEBROUCK, J., SASTRE BOQUET, I. (2024). Flywire: Early challenges for a future unicorn (B). IESE. NECKEBROUCK, J., SASTRE BOQUET, I. (2024). Flywire: Early challenges for a future unicorn (A). IESE.

Technical Notes

FRODSHAM, D., CIOBAN, D. (2023). La dilución. IESE, EN-40. FRODSHAM, D., CIOBAN, D. (2023). Dilution. IESE, EN-40-E. SEGURADO, J. L., ROURE, J. (2022). Venture Boards (I). Consejos de administración en empresas emergentes: papel y evolución. IESE, EN-37. SEGURADO, J. L. (2022). Venture Boards (II). Consejos de administración en empresas emergentes: implementación y funcionamiento. IESE, EN-38. SEGURADO, J. L., ROURE, J. (2022). Lograr un puesto como consejero independiente (I). Autodiagnóstico personal y hoja de ruta. IESE, EN-35.