Maribel Guerrero

Associate Professor,

School of Public Affairs (SPA)

Maribel.Guerrero@asu.edu

Mail code: 3720

Campus: Dtphx
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Long Bio

Maribel Guerrero is an Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management at the School of Public Affairs and Global Center for Technology Transfer at ASU.

Dr. Guerrero is an Editor of the Small Business Economics Journal and Regional Studies Journal, an Associate Editor of the Journal of Technology Transfer and the Journal of Small Business Management, and a member of the Advisory Board of Research Policy.

Dr. Guerrero holds master and doctoral degrees in Business Economics from the Department of Business of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain). Her doctoral dissertation focused on how universities could become more entrepreneurial for impacting regional development. Her main research interests are the managerial and public policy implications of entrepreneurship, technology transfer, innovation, and entrepreneurial ecosystems.

Dr. Guerrero is an active research fellow involved in outstanding global projects that measure entrepreneurship, innovation, and ecosystems: Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM- Spain, Chile, and Belarus), Panel Studies of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (PSED- Spain), Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students' Survey (GUESSS- Belarus), and Family Enterprising (STEP-Chile and Mexico).

Dr. Guerrero is the director of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM-Chile, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile), an affiliated member of the CIRCLE – Centre for Innovation Research (Lund University, Sweden), and research visiting at EGADE Business School – Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico), and Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara (Mexico). Previously, she was a professor of entrepreneurship at the School of Business and Economics (Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile), an associate professor of entrepreneurship at Newcastle Business School (Northumbria University, UK), an associate professor at the Deusto Business School (Deusto, Spain), and researcher at the Basque Institute of Competitiveness (Spain).

Dr. Guerrero is the founding director of the Spanish Observatory of University Entrepreneurship (CRUE, 2016) and a founding member of the Northumbria Centre for Innovation, Regional Transformation, and Entrepreneurship (iNCITE, 2018). Dr. Guerrero had participated/led international research projects securing the income sponsored by Santander Bank (MetaRedx), Global Entrepreneurship Research Association (GERA), Spanish Ministries (Education, Economy, and Industry), Regional Spanish Governments (Catalonia and Basque Country), the Mexican Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), the Chilean Research Council (CONICYT), the IFC World Bank Development (Belarus), the HEInnovate platform sponsored by the OCDE/European Commission, the Misum Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden), and the AACSB (USA). Dr. Guerrero has been accredited by the Mexican Council of Science and Technology (Abroad Mexican Researcher SNI-III, CONACYT), the UK Higher Education Association fellowship, and the Basque Country Accreditation Agency.

Moreover, she serves on the AoM Entrepreneurship Division Executive Committee (re-elected treasurer 2018-2024), a board member of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Association (GERA 2021-2023), jury of the Cartier Women's Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean (2022-2023), Technology Transfer Society (President), and others.

Education

Ph.D. Business Economics, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain)
M.Phil. Business Economics, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain)

Research Website URL

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=23469313300

Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tbhzn2wAAAAJ&hl=en

Experts.asu.edu URL

https://asu.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/maribel-guerrero

ORCID Profile ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7387-1999

Research Interests

Her main research interests are the public policy and managerial implications of entrepreneurship, technology transfer, innovation, and entrepreneurial ecosystems.

Research Group

Global Center for Technology Transfer

Publications

Selected Academic Publications (2021-date):

2024

Guerrero, M., & Siegel, D. S. (2024). Prosocial Technology Transfer and Academic Entrepreneurship: Lessons Learned and New Directions. Academy of Management Perspectives, (ja), amp-2024
Estrin, S., Guerrero, M., & Mickiewicz, T. (2024). A framework for investigating new firm entry: The (limited) overlap between informal-formal and necessity-opportunity entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Venturing, 39(4), 106404.
Guerrero, M., & Siegel, D. S. (2024). Schumpeter meets Teece: Proposed metrics for assessing entrepreneurial innovation and dynamic capabilities in entrepreneurial ecosystems in an emerging economy. Research Policy, 53(5), 104984.
Guerrero, M., Mickiewicz, T., & Qin, F. (2024). Entrepreneurial growth aspirations during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of ICT infrastructure quality versus policy response. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 36 (1-2), 55-75.
Guerrero, M., Fayolle, A., Di Guardo, M. C., Lamine, W., & Mian, S. (2024). Re-viewing the entrepreneurial university: strategic challenges and theory building opportunities. Small Business Economics, 63 (2), 527-548.

2023

Audretsch, D. B., Belitski, M., & Guerrero, M. (2023). Sustainable orientation management and institutional quality: looking into European entrepreneurial innovation ecosystems. Technovation, 124, 102742
Audretsch, D. B., & Guerrero, M. (2023). Is ambidexterity the missing link between entrepreneurship, management, and innovation? The Journal of Technology Transfer, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-023-10037-7.
Akulava, M., & Guerrero, M. (2023). Entrepreneurial gendered ambidexterity in Belarusian SMEs. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 48 (6), 1919-1944
Guerrero, M., Link, A. N., & van Hasselt, M. (2023). The transfer of federally funded technology: A study of small, entrepreneurial, and ambidextrous firms. Small Business Economics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-023-00794-y 
Guerrero, M., & Lira, M. (2023). Entrepreneurial university ecosystem’s engagement with SDGs: looking into a Latin-American University. Community Development, 54(3), 337-352
Yáñez-Valdés, C., & Guerrero, M. (2023). Assessing the organizational and ecosystem factors driving the impact of transformative FinTech platforms in emerging economies. International Journal of Information Management, 73, 102689.
Yáñez-Valdés, C., Guerrero, M., Barros-Celume, S., & Ibáñez, M. J. (2023). Winds of change due to global lockdowns: Refreshing digital social entrepreneurship research paradigm. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 190, 122454

2022

Audretsch, D. B., Belitski, M., Guerrero, M., & Siegel, D. S. (2022). Assessing the impact of the UK’s Research Excellence Framework on the relationship between university scholarly output and education and regional economic growth. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 21(3), 394-421.
Audretsch, D. B., Belitski, M., & Guerrero, M. (2022). The dynamic contribution of innovation ecosystems to Schumpeterian firms: A multi-level analysis. Journal of Business Research, 144, 975-986.
Guerrero, M., & Link, A. N. (2022). Public support of innovative activity in small and large firms in Mexico. Small Business Economics, 59(1), 413-422.
Guerrero, M., & Pugh, R. (2022). Entrepreneurial universities’ metamorphosis: Encountering technological and emotional disruptions in the COVID-19 ERA. Technovation, 118, 102584.
Fischer, B., Meissner, D., Vonortas, N., & Guerrero, M. (2022). Spatial features of entrepreneurial ecosystems. Journal of Business Research, 147, 27-36.
Roncancio-Marin, J. J., Dentchev, N. A., Guerrero, M., & Diaz-Gonzalez, A. A. (2022). Shaping the social orientation of academic entrepreneurship: an exploratory study. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 28(7), 1679-1701.

2021

Siegel, D. S., & Guerrero, M. (2021). The impact of quarantines, lockdowns, and ‘reopenings’ on the commercialization of science: micro and macro issues. Journal of Management Studies, 58(5), 1389-1394.
Guerrero, M. (2021). Ambidexterity and entrepreneurship studies: A literature review and research agenda. Foundations and Trends® in Entrepreneurship, 17(5–6), 436-650.
Guerrero, M., Heaton, S., & Urbano, D. (2021). Building universities’ intrapreneurial capabilities in the digital era: The role and impacts of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Technovation, 99, 102139
Fischer, B., Guerrero, M., Guimón, J., & Schaeffer, P. R. (2021). Knowledge transfer for frugal innovation: where do entrepreneurial universities stand? Journal of Knowledge Management, 25(2), 360-379.

Books:

Neergaard, H., Guerrero, M. & Kenny, B. (2024). De Gruyter Handbook of Women Entrepreneurs in Emerging Economies: Theory and Practice, De Gruyter. eBook ISBN (online): 9783110747669. Hardcover ISBN: 9783110747515
Guerrero, M., & Dabić, M. (2023). Re-building university capabilities: Public policy and managerial implications to innovation and technology. Springer Nature. eBook ISBN: 9783031316678. Softcover ISBN: 9783031316692. Hardcover ISBN: 9783031316661.
Guerrero, M., & Urbano, D. (2021). Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurial Innovations: Policies across continents. Springer International Publishing. eBook ISBN: 9783030700225. Softcover ISBN: 9783030700249. Hardcover ISBN: 9783030700218.

Reports:

Research Activity

Special Issues (2021-date):

Open calls for papers

Journal of Business Venturing (with D. Siegel, M. Kenney, C. Navis, T. Wry, T.L. Waldron)

In editorial process

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal (with D. Siegel, P. Phan, M. Erez, M. Knockaert)
Academy of Management Perspectives (with D. Siegel, M. Feldman, A. Lockett. S. Terjesen)
International Journal of Management Reviews (with D. Siegel, S. Bacq, J. Pinto)
Small Business Economics (with B. Fischer, H. Mayer, D. Meisser, S. Schäfer, C. Theodoraki)
Journal of Technology Transfer (with M. Del Giudice, E. Carayaniss, E. Grigoroudis, M. Romano)
Journal of Family Business Strategy (with R. Basco, I. Alon)

Published

2024 Technovation (with M. Klosften, A. Brem, D. Urbano)
2023 Small Business Economics (with A. Fayolle, M. Di Guardo, W. Lamine, M. Sarfraz)
2023 Journal of Technology Transfer (with D. Audretsch)
2022 Journal of Business Research (with B. Fischer, N. Vonortas, D. Meisser)
2021 Journal of Family Business Management (with A. James, E. Hadjielias, A. Discua, R. Basco).

Courses

2025 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
PAF 501	Public Service Research I

2024 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
PAF 501	Public Service Research I
PAF 525	Public Entrepreneurship

2024 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
PAF 400	Senior Capstone Project
PAF 501	Public Service Research I

2023 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
PAF 501	Public Service Research I
PAF 501	Public Service Research I

2023 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
PAF 501	Public Service Research I
PAF 501	Public Service Research I

Honors / Awards

2024

2023 Best Paper - Diana International Research Conference

2020-date World's Top 2% Scientists in Business & Management

2020-date AD Scientific Index in Business & Management

Editorships

Dr. Guerrero serves on the following editorial boards

Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship (Editor),
Small Business Economics Journal (Editor),
Regional Studies (Editor),
Journal of Technology Transfer (Associate Editor),
Journal of Small Business Management (Associate Editor),
Research Policy (Advisory Board)
Technology Forecasting and Social Change (Advisory Board),
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (Reviewer Board),
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development (Reviewer Board),

Professional Associations

Dr. Guerrero serves on the AoM Entrepreneurship Division Executive Committee (re-elected treasurer 2018-2024), a board member of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Association (GERA 2021-2023), jury of the Cartier Women's Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean (2022-2023), Technology Transfer Society (President from 2023-), and others.

Graduate Faculties / Mentoring History

Mentoring

Entrepreneurship Division – ENT Mentor Match
ECSB Career Mentoring

Service

Diversity Committee (2022-date)
Master Committee (2023-date)

Expertise Areas

Technological Entrepreneurship and Management

Technology and Society

Technology Law