Dr Mariana Estrada-Robles

Profile

I am a researcher in the field of entrepreneurship and family business. I joined the Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies at Leeds University Business School in 2017 from Sheffield University Management School. My research mainly focuses on studying the influence of family dynamics and institutional context on entrepreneurial families. I have also recently expanded my resesarch interests and started researching third age entrepreneurship looking at aging and entrepreneuership. I also investigate knowledge transfer in SMEs as part of the following grant award (Co-I) £10,000 BA Leverhulme Small Research Grant: “Mind the Gap: Investigating the Transfer of Digital Capabilities from the Classroom to the Business in SMEs”.

Reviewer for:

• Journal of Management Studies
• International Small Business Journal
• International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research
• Entrepreneurship Research Journal
• Industry and Higher Education

Affiliated International Researcher at the Institute of Enterprising Families of Mexico and LATAM (IFEM) - Business School at Tecnológico de Monterrey

Visiting Faculty – Audencia Business School

My teaching commitments include designing and delivering modules for postgraduate and undergraduate students in higher education institutions in the UK, Mexico, France and International Summer Schools. I have also worked for 6 years in EGADE Business School for Latin America developing postgraduate programmes in countries like Peru, Ecuador, Panama and Colombia. I have collaboratively taught entrepreneurship courses involving academic trips to New York, New Haven (Yale School of Management), Houston (Texas A&M) in the United States; and Madrid, Spain (BBVA Group Training Centre). I have also assessed start-up projects from MBA students in EGADE Business School.

Research interests

My primary research interest is in the field of family entrepreneurship, specialising in entrepreneurial families and family business. I am also interested in exploring informality, institutions and culture within entrepreneurship.

I have also recently expanded my resesarch interests and started researching third age entrepreneurship and digitalisation in SMEs.

I am interested in supervising PhD students in the following areas:

• Family Business
• Family Entrepreneurship
• Family businesses and entrepreneurship in emerging economies
• Qualitative Studies

Listen to my following podcasts:

Digital Transformation in SMEs: why relationships matter as much as technology.
Podcast from Entrepreneurship and Regional Development: ‘Structural coupling in entrepreneurial families: how business-related resources contribute to enterpriseness’
Podcast from LUBS Research and Innovations Podcasts: 'How family members can support each other’s entrepreneurial activities'

Blogs:

Digital transformation in SMEs: why relationships matter as much as technology

Qualifications

• Fellow (Higher Education Academy)
• PGCAP- University of Leeds
• PhD in Managament- Entrepreneurship, University of Sheffield
• MBA, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico
• BA Marketing, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico

Professional memberships

• Affiliated International Researcher at Institute of Enterprising Families of Mexico and LATAM at Tecnológico de Monterrey
• Editorial Review Board Journal of Family Business Management
• Higher Education Academy

Research groups and institutes

• Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies

Current postgraduate researchers

• Charles Zhuwau