Internationalization processes
Earliness, speed, commitment, risk and experiential learning across the evolving international trajectory.
Profile
Researching how firms learn, adapt and internationalize
I am a Full Professor of Strategy and International Business at the University of Vigo. My research examines the internationalization of firms—particularly SMEs and new ventures—with emphasis on the earliness and speed of internationalization, experiential learning, managerial cognition, and the reciprocal relationship between digitalization and international expansion.
I serve as Principal Investigator of the REDE Research Group and coordinate the Interuniversity PhD Programme in Economic Analysis and Business Strategy, involving the universities of Vigo, Santiago de Compostela and A Coruña.
Research orientation. I approach strategy and international business as dynamic, path-dependent processes in which learning, cognition and environmental conditions coevolve.
Research agenda
A forward-looking programme situated at the intersection of international business, strategic management and entrepreneurship.
Managerial cognition
How perception, information processing and internal uncertainty shape strategic action and capability activation.
Digitalization and internationalization
Reciprocal and coevolutionary relationships between digital capability development and international expansion.
Selected distinctions
Best Paper in International Business Award, ACEDE 2024
Jointly with Joana Gomes-Silva, Fabio Duarte and Ana Borges for research on risk and early internationalization.
Best Reviewer Award, ACEDE 2024
Recognition for scholarly reviewing at the ACEDE International Conference.
ACEDE Best Paper Award, 2023
Jointly with Telma Mendes and Carina Silva for research on successful internationalization, profitability and earliness.
Emerald Highly Commended Paper, 2016
For a comparative analysis of strategic management research in the Baltic area.
Doctoral dissertation awards
Special Award for Doctoral Dissertations in Social Sciences, University of Vigo, and the 2011 Research Prize of the Provincial Council of Pontevedra.
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