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Parada Balderrama, Maria Jose
Associate Professor, Department of Strategy and General Management at Esade
URL Associate Professor
Directora, 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.
Selected publications
- Rautiainen, M., Akhter, N., Parada, M., Pihkala, T. & Cruz, A. D. (2024, June). Exit, Voice, and Loyalty Concept: Individual Perspective in Family Business [Paper presentation]. IFERA 2024, Lisbon.
- De Lima, L., Parada, M. & Vögtlin, C. (2024, June). Family Owner Social Political Activism: An Embeddedness Model [Paper presentation]. IFERA 2024, Lisbon.
- Basco, R., Parada, M., Samara, G. & Hamdan, R. (2024, May). Family successor intention. Microfoundations of institutional logics perspective [Paper presentation]. Global Family Business Summit, Amalfi Coast.
- Parada, M. (2024). Values. Elgar Encyclopedia of Family Business (pp. 451-453). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc..
- Parada, M., Gimeno Sandig, A. & Eze, L. (2024). Professional Associations. Elgar Encyclopedia of Family Business (pp. 348-350). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc..
- Parada, M., Cerón de la Torre, S., Cruz, C. & Ceron, J. P. (2023, October). Ambidexterity in Family Business Groups [Paper presentation]. 2023 FFI Global Conference, New York.
- Parada, M. (2023, July). CEO Sociopolitical Activism of Family Business Leaders: developing sustainable regions via entrepreneurial endeavors [Paper presentation]. 39th EGOS Colloquium, Cagliari.
- Samara, G., Parada, M. & Fathallah, R. (2023). The workplace social performance of family firms: a configurational approach. Management Research Review, 46 (2), pp. 268-291. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-10-2021-0740.
- Bermejo, M., De Diego, E., Elvira, M. M., García De Castro, A., Garrido, E., Gimeno Sandig, A., Parada, M. & Tàpies, J. (2022). Sumando ideas: Gestión y liderazgo de empresas familiares.
- Sorvisto, J., Rautiainen, M., Pihkala, T. & Parada, M. (2022). Ownership Strategies in Family Businesses. The Palgrave Handbook of Managing Family Business Groups (pp. 223-240). Springer International Publishing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13206-3_9.
- Gimeno Sandig, A. & Parada, M. (2022). Nobility of Spirit in Family Business I: Its relevance: Su importancia. Harvard Deusto Business Review, (326), pp. 44-46.
- Rautiainen, M., Parada, M., Pihkala, T., Akhter, N., Cruz, A. D. & Mukherjee, K. (2022). The Palgrave Handbook of Managing Family Business Groups. Springer International Publishing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13206-3.
- Mendoza Mayordomo, F., Infantes, P. M., Parada, M., Rautiainen, M. & Hohberger, J. (2022). Corporate Strategy in Family Business Groups in Developed Economies. The Palgrave Handbook of Managing Family Business Groups (pp. 81-124). Springer International Publishing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13206-3_5.
- Akhter, N., Cruz, A. D., Mukherjee, K., Parada, M., Pihkala, T. & Rautiainen, M. (2022). Understanding the Dynamics of FBGs. The Palgrave Handbook of Managing Family Business Groups (pp. 619-630). Springer International Publishing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13206-3_23.
- Cerón de la Torre, S., Cruz, C. & Parada, M. (2022). Ambidexterity in Family Business Groups. The Palgrave Handbook of Managing Family Business Groups (pp. 15-48). Springer International Publishing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13206-3_2.
- Widz, M. & Parada, M. (2022). From Founder Identity to Family Business Group FBG Meta-Identity. The Palgrave Handbook of Managing Family Business Groups (pp. 587-615). Springer International Publishing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13206-3_22.
- Akhter, N., Cruz, A. D., Mukherjee, K., Parada, M., Pihkala, T. & Rautiainen, M. (2022). Growing, Developing, and Performing Family Business Groups. The Palgrave Handbook of Managing Family Business Groups (pp. 1-12). Springer International Publishing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13206-3_1.
- Sándoval‐Arzaga, F., Fonseca, M. F. & Parada, M. (2022). Intergenerational Flourishing. The Palgrave Handbook of Managing Family Business Groups (pp. 517-547). Springer International Publishing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13206-3_20.
- Eze, N. L., Nordqvist, M., Samara, G. & Parada, M. (2021). Different Strokes for Different Folks: The Roles of Religion and Tradition for Transgenerational Entrepreneurship in Family Businesses. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 45 (4), pp. 792-837. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258720964428.
- Eze, N. L. & Parada, M. (2021). Different strokes for different folks: The roles of religion and tradition for transgenerational entrepreneurship in family businesses. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 45, pp. 792-837. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258720964428.
- Kandade, K., Samara, G., Parada, M. & Dawson, A. (2021). From family successors to successful business leaders: A qualitative study of how high-quality relationships develop in family businesses. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 12 (2), 100334. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2019.100334.
- Anguera, M. T. & Parada, M. (2021). Unravelling the role of shared vision and trust in constructive conflict management of family firms. An empirical study from a mixed-methods approach. Frontiers in Psychology, (629730). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.629730.
- Samara, G., Jamali, D. & Parada, M. (2021). Antecedents and outcomes of bifurcated compensation in family firms: A multilevel view. Human Resource Management Review, 31 (1), 100728. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2019.100728.
- Parada, M. (2021). Biofilter: A Hungarian champion for the circular economy and stakeholder capitalism. Pioneering family firms' sustainable development strategies (pp. 99-123).
- Seow, C. & Parada, M. (2021). Biofilter. Pioneering Family Firms' Sustainable Development Strategies (pp. 99-123). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd..
- Parada, M. (2020, October). From family in business to business family: The blind spot of family identity. [Paper presentation]. 2020 FFI Conference, New York Mills.
- Parada, M. (2020, August). More than meets the eye: managing complex dynamics in family business groups [Paper presentation]. 2020 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver.
- Parada, M., Samara, G., Dawson, A. & Bonet, E. (2020). Prosperity over time and across generations: the role of values and virtues in family businesses. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 33 (4), pp. 639-654. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-11-2018-0341.
- Alvarado-Alvarez, C., Armadans, I. & Parada, M. (2020). Tracing the Roots of Constructive Conflict Management in Family Firms. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 13 (2), pp. 105-126. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ncmr.12164.
- Dawson, A., Gimeno Sandig, A. & Parada, M. (2020). Growth through Innovation and Internationalization: Exploring the role of family business identity through narrative analysis. Handbook of qualitative research methods for family business (pp. 270-283).
- Parada, M., Gimeno Sandig, A., Samara, G. & Saris, W. (E-pub ahead of print). (2020). The adoption of governance mechanisms in family businesses: an institutional lens. Journal of Family Business Management. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JFBM-07-2019-0054.
- Eze, N. L. & Parada, M. (2019, August). Hakuna matata! Cross-regional differences in the entrepreneurial capital of family firms [Paper presentation]. 2019 Academy of Management Annual Meeting.
- Parada, M. (2019, June). Enterprising business families: Developing a business group [Paper presentation]. International Family Enterprise Research Academy IFERA 2019.
- Parada, M. (2019, June). Learning through interactions with outside directors in familybusiness boards of directors: a dynamic capabilities perspective [Paper presentation]. International Family Enterprise Research Academy IFERA 2019.
- Parada, M. (2019, May). Family firms in uncertain environments: The role of values in the development of resilience [Paper presentation]. 15th Annual Family Enterprise Research Conference FERC 2019.
- Parada, M. (2019, May). Exploring the role of collaborative familiness and constructive conflict management in the innovation of family firms [Paper presentation]. 15th EIASM Workshop on Family Firm Management Research 2019.
- De Lima, L. & Parada, M. (2019, May). Social identity and familyowned banks: exploring the role of identity in family philantropy [Paper presentation]. 15th EIASM Workshop on Family Firm Management Research 2019.
- Eze, N. L. & Parada, M. (2019, April). Hakuna matata! Cross-regional differences in the entrepreneurial capital of family firms [Paper presentation]. 4th International Family Business Research Forum IFBRF 2019.
- Barredy, C., Batac, J. & Parada, M. (2019). El Consejo de Administración en pymes familiares como espacio de aprendizaje.
- Basco, R., Discua Cruz, A., Malfense Fierro, A. & Parada, M. (2018). Resilience and family business groups in unstable economies. The family business group phenomenon: Emergence and complexities (pp. 315-352).
- Parada, M. (2018). Introduction: Presenting the case for studying the emergence and development of family business groups. The family business group phenomenon emergence and complexities (pp. 1-13).
- Akther, N., Discua Cruz, A., Fitz Koch, S. & Parada, M. (2018). Understanding the dynamics of business group development: A transgenerational perspective. The family business group phenomenon: Emergence and complexities (pp. 201-222).
- Discua Cruz, A., Parada Balderrama, M. J. & Pihkala, T., Rosa, P. (Eds.), (2018). The family business group phenomenon: Emergence and complexities.
- Discua Cruz, A. & Parada, M. (2018). Conclusions: Researching family business groups: Lessons learned and avenues for further research. The family business group phenomenon: Emergence and complexities (pp. 387-395).
- Alvarado-Alvarez, C. & Parada, M. (2018). The Pérez Díaz family business group: At a crossroad in Venezuela. Family firms in latinamerica (pp. 198-212).
- Parada, M. (2018). Corporate governance in family businesses across generations: Exploring intergenerational issues. The Palgrave handbook of heterogeneity among family firms (pp. 115-140).
- Parada, M. (2018, June). Growth through innovation and internationalization: Exploring family business identity through narrative analysis [Paper presentation]. Exploring the Relationships between Innovation and Internationalization of Family Firms across Europe.
- Gimeno Sandig, A. & Parada, M. (2018, May). Institutional work in family businesses [Paper presentation]. 14th EIASM Workshop on Family Firm Management Research.
- Eze, N. L., Parada, M. & Samara, G. (2018, May). Regional cultural background of business families in Nigeria and their entrepreneurial capital: An exploratory study [Paper presentation]. 14th EIASM Workshop on Family Firm Management Research.
- Parada, M. & Samara, G. (2018, March). Values and virtues in family firms [Paper presentation]. 7th Conference on Rhetoric and Management Research.
- Samara, G., Jamali, D., Sierra, V. & Parada, M. (2018). Who are the best performers? The environmental social performance of family firms. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 9 (1), pp. 33-43. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2017.11.004.
- Alvarado, C. & Parada, M. (2018). Innovation and internationalization. Family Firms in Latin America (pp. 198-212). Taylor and Francis Ltd.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315098630-25.
- Dawson, A. & Parada, M. (2018). Corporate governance in family businesses across generations. The Palgrave Handbook of Heterogeneity among Family Firms (pp. 115-139). Palgrave MacMillan. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77676-7_6.
- Parada, M. (2017). Estructuras de gobierno en la empresa familiar: de la formalidad a la realidad.
- Alvarado-Alvarez, C., Armandans, I. & Parada, M. (2017, September). The role of socioemotional wealth and constructive conflict management in innovation activities of FFs [Paper presentation]. 3rd International Family Business Research Forum IFBRF.
- Gimeno Sandig, A. & Parada, M. (2017, May). Understanding the dynamics of familiness: An asset or a liability? [Paper presentation]. 13th EIASM Workshop on Family Firm Management Research.
- Parada, M. & Dawson, A. (2017). Exploring institutional entrepreneurship in developing countries-copreneurs in the tourism industry. Contextualizing Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies and Developing Countries (pp. 194-210). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785367533.
- Dawson, A. & Parada, M. (2017). Exploring institutional entrepreneurship in developing countries-Copreneurs in the tourism industry: A Bolivian case. Contextualizing entrepreneurship in emerging economies and developing countries (pp. 194-210).
- Parada, M. & Urriolagoitia Doria Medina, L. (2017, February). Kerajet [Case study].
- Parada, M. & Dawson, A. (2017). Building family business identity through transgenerational narratives. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 30 (3), pp. 344-356. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-10-2016-0200.
- Gimeno Sandig, A. & Parada, M. (2016). Understanding characteristics of long-term value creating family business.
- Parada, M. (2016, October). Institutional work in family businesses [Paper presentation]. STEP Global Academic Conference.
- Parada, M. (2016, July). Sobre 'Las 5 claves de Peter Drucker' [Online forum post].
- Casado Navarro-Rubio, J., Gimeno Sandig, A. & Parada, M. (2016, June). The impact of professional associations on the education, learning and action of policymakers with regard to family enterprises [Paper presentation]. The International Family Enterprise Research Academy Annual Conference 2016 IFERA, Bogotá, Colombia.
- Gimeno Sandig, A. & Parada, M. (2016, May). Institutionalizing governance structures in family businesses [Paper presentation]. 12th EIASM Workshop on Family Firm Management Research.
- Parada, M. (2016, March). Building family businesses identity through transgenerational narratives of business families [Paper presentation]. 6th Conference on Rhetoric and Narratives in Management Research.
- Parada, M., Müller, C. & Gimeno Sandig, A. (2016). Family firms in Ibero-America: [{"locale":"es_ES","text":"una introducción. Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administracion, 29 (3), pp. 219-230. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/ARLA-05-2016-0128.
- Auletta, N., Dewitt, R. L. & Parada Balderrama, M. J., Sharma, P., Yusof, M. (Eds.), (2015). Developing next generation leaders for transgenerational entrepreneurial family enterprises.
- Auletta, N., Dewitt, R. L., Parada, M., Sharma, P. & Yusof, M. (2015). Developing next generation leaders. Developing next generation leaders for transgenerational entrepreneurial family enterprises (pp. 1-18).
- Parada, M. (2015, October). Family business role models: Understanding role complexity [Online forum post].
- Parada, M. (2015). Developing governance structures in family firms: from adoption to institutionalization.
- Sharma, P., Auletta, N., Dewitt, R. L., Parada, M. & Yusof, M. (2015). Developing next generation leaders for transgenerational entrepreneurial family enterprises. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784717872.
- Dewitt, R. L., Auletta, N., Parada, M., Yusof, M. & Sharma, P. (2015). Developing next generation leaders. Developing Next Generation Leaders for Transgenerational Entrepreneurial Family Enterprises (pp. 1-18). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784717872.00007.
- Gimeno Sandig, A. & Parada, M. (2015). Parenting and next gen development. Developing Next Generation Leaders for Transgenerational Entrepreneurial Family Enterprises (pp. 212-237). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784717872.00019.
- Auletta, N., Dewitt, R. L. & Parada Balderrama, M. J., Sharma, P., Yusof, M. (Eds.), (2014). The global STEP Booklet: Volume 2: Sustaining entrepreneurial family businesses: developing the core, expanding the boundaries.
- Auletta, N., Dewitt, R. L., Parada, M., Sharma, P. & Yusof, M. (2014). How are entrepreneurial family businesses sustained over time?. Sustaining entrepreneurial family businesses: Developing the core, expanding the boundaries (pp. 3-11).
- Gimeno Sandig, A. & Parada, M. (2013). Professionalization of the family business. Exploring Transgenerational Entrepreneurship (pp. 42-61). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781003626.00009.
- Parada, M. (2013). Comment on 'territory's absorptive capacity'. Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 3, pp. 141-146. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/erj-2012-0026.
- Parada, M., Nordqvist, M. & Gimeno Sandig, A. (2010). Institutionalizing the family business: The role of professional associations in fostering a change of values. Family Business Review, 23 (4), pp. 355-372. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0894486510381756.
- Gimeno Sandig, A., Maratchi Legrain, A. & Parada, M. (2010, November). Caso Natura Bissé [Case study].
- Dolan, S. L. & Parada, M. (2010). Gestión de recursos humanos y políticas de provisión de cargos directivos en la multinacional española. La multinacional española ante un nuevo escenario internacional. Segundo informe anual del Observatorio de la Empresa Multinacional Española OEME (pp. 191-211).
- Dolan, S. L., Mendoza Mayordomo, F., Parada, M., PUIG BASTARD, P., SABAL CÁRDENAS, J. & Vives, L. (2010). La multinacional española ante un nuevo escenario internacional. Segundo informe anual del Observatorio de la Empresa Multinacional Española OEME.
- Colet Petit, E., Fontcuberta Llanes, J., Garcia Gay, R., García Lancha, O., Iglesias, O., Mària Serrano, J., Parada, M., Platikanova, P., Rodón Mòdol, J., Roig Navarro, C., Royo Morón, C., Sayeras Maspera, J., SUÁREZ BARRAZA, M. F., Vinaixa Serra, J., Vives, L., Wareham, J., Alfaro Faus, M., Batllori Lloveras, G., Gimbert Ràfols, X., HERAS FORCADA, M. Á. & Sesé Muniategui, F. (2010). El MBA de ESADE: todos los conocimientos para alcanzar el éxito profesional.
- Gimeno Sandig, A., Melin, L. & Parada, M. (2010, July). Familiness: An asset or a liability? [Paper presentation]. 10th Annual IFERA World Family Business Research Conference, Lancaster 2010.
- Bieto Caubet, E., Gimeno Sandig, A. & Parada, M. (2010). Dealing with increasing family complexity to achieve transgenerational potential in family firms. Transgenerational entrepreneurship: Exploring growth and performance in the family firms across generations (pp. 167-194).
- Joseph, A. & Parada, M. (2010, April). Sustaining competitive advantage in a world of giants: The case of family firms in the pharmaceutical industry [Paper presentation]. 2010 Family Enterprise Research Conference FERC.
- Gimeno Sandig, A. & Parada, M. (2010, April). 'Familiness': An asset or a liability? [Paper presentation]. 2010 Family Enterprise Research Conference FERC.
- Parada, M. & Viladás, H. (2010). Narratives: A powerful device for values transmission in family businesses. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 23 (2), pp. 166-172. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/09534811011031346.
- Bieto, E., Gimeno Sandig, A. & Parada, M. (2010). Dealing with increasing family complexity to achieve transgenerational potential in family firms. Transgenerational Entrepreneurship (pp. 167-194). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd..
- Alemany, L., Gimeno Sandig, A. & Parada, M. (2009). Capital riesgo y empresa familiar: ¿es posible la sinergia?.
- Parada, M. & Viladas Ollé, H. (2009, March). Narratives: A powerful device for values transmission in family businesses [Paper presentation]. 3rd International Conference on Rethoric and Narratives in Management Research RNMR 2011.
- Alemany, L., Gimeno Sandig, A. & Parada, M. (2008, October). How can private equity contribute to global development and increased competitiveness of family firms? [Paper presentation]. Thriving in a competitive world: Leveraging financial, social and human capital in family enterprises, London 2008.
- Gimeno Sandig, A. & Parada, M. (2008, June). The transformation of values in family businesses: an institutional approach [Paper presentation]. 4th EIASM Workshop on Family Firms Management Research 2008.
- Bieto Caubet, E., Gimeno Sandig, A. & Parada, M. (2008). La importancia de la transformación de los valores en el comportamiento emprendedor. Transformarse o desaparecer: estrategias de la empresa familiar para competir en el siglo XXI (pp. 69-80).
- Batista-Foguet, J., Baulenas Ruvireta, G., Coma-Cros Raventós, J., Gimeno Sandig, A., Guilló Lledó, L., Parada, M. & Saris, W. E. (2006). Radiografía de la empresa familiar española: fortalezas y riesgos.
- Bel Antaki, J., Iglesias Almagro, M., Obeso Abalde, C., Parada, M. & Sánchez Torres, E. (2005). V Informe Randstad: Tiempo de trabajo: calidad del trabajo en la Europa de los quince.