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Dr. Ana Perez-Luno

Associate Professor (Trinity Business School)
ARAS AN PHIARSAIGH
      
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Dr. Ana Perez-Luno

Associate Professor (Trinity Business School)
ARAS AN PHIARSAIGH

 perezlua@tcd.ie

 3531896 2507


Ana Pérez-Luño has been a Full Professor in Management at Pablo de Olavide University (Seville, Spain) and she is an Associate professor in International Management and Entrepreneurship at Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin. She is Doctor Europaeus awarded with an Outstanding Cum Laude qualification and have a degree on Business, another in Marketing and a recent one in Psychology. She has been a visiting pre-doctoral research scholar at Jönköping University (Sweden), a visiting post-doctoral research scholar at Syracuse University (USA), at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA), at King's College London (UK) and at TU Dublin (Ireland). She worked for global management consulting firms such as Deloitte and Arthur Andersen, and she manages a non-profit foundation. She has equally taught graduate and undergraduate courses at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She has been and she is the principal investigator of different national competitive research projects and she has participated in different competitive and international research projects. Among other international projects, she belongs to the INN-LAB Research Centre (https://www.upo.es/inn-lab/en/home/), to ECREABIEN (https://www.upo.es/investiga/ecreabien/en/home/), and is a member of the GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) International Project. As a result, she has published high-impact academic papers (e.g. Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Family Business Review, Human Resource Management, Technovation, British Journal of Management, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, Journal of Business Research, among others), different book chapters, a number of publications and participation in media, and has taken part in over 80 conferences. She has won several awards and Scholarships, has occupied a range of institutional positions, and she has chaired and has participated in the organising committee of several conferences and workshops. Dr. Pérez-Luño's research interests have evolved over time. Her first contributions date back to her doctoral dissertation and address the question of how different contingencies, knowledge, human resources, high-performance work practices, as well as market and entrepreneurial orientation influence innovation generation, innovation adoption, and company success. Over the last years, she has combined her original line of interest with another field: the psychological variables of students, managers and entrepreneurs that lead to creativity, innovation, and business success. Within this latter subject, she has focused on mental health, i.e., mental disorders such as ADHD and stress, and positive mental health behaviours, e.g., wellbeing and Psychological Capital. Ana Pérez-Luño's dedication to the impact of mental health on individuals' behaviours has led her to undertake a degree in Psychology that she has completed at the UNED (Spain"'s Distance University). Along with her academic interests, one of Ana's main hobbies is to travel and get to know different cultures. That is why she has moved to different universities during her life. She has three sons (two teenage girls and a six-year-old boy). She likes them to join her in her adventures. May be because she likes adventures, she is a tireless reader. She also likes to play paddle and loves walking.
Project Title
 Innovation in startups: A contingent analysis of entrepreneurial creativity, the characteristics of the founding team and the participation in acceleration programs
From
01/09/2021
To
01/09/2024
Summary
The key aspects for economic growth and improved productivity lies in the entrepreneurial capacity of an economy (Prodi, 2002). In Spain, the 2.9 million SMEs and the self-employed contribute 65% of GDP and 75% of jobs (MINCOTUR, 2020). Unfortunately, COVID-19 is having serious consequences on business activity of all types of companies, and especially for the entrepreneurial population (GEM, 2020). The entrepreneurial population is a special group at risk due to the fragility with which they face crises. On the one hand, its financial and human resources are limited. On the other, they have a responsibility for their workers and organizations that magnifies the emotional and economic burden suffered in especially complex situations (Wach et al., 2020). Entrepreneurship was important before the crisis, however, now it is essential to guarantee not only survival, but also to operations, working to solve a problem for which there is no obvious solution, with a strong technological component and high growth potential (Michelino et al., 2017). Its small size and youth imply a shortage of financial and technical resources for the development of new technologies and their launch on the market. Therefore, its innovation and success depend on other types of resources. Thus, the General Objective proposed in this proposal is: to contingently analyze how the individual characteristics of the entrepreneur that lead to creativity (having as a antecedents their gender, age and socioeconomic origin; and cognitive and emotional factors such as psychological capital, psychosocial well-being and stress), those of the founding team (intellectual capital and demographic and functional diversity) and participation in acceleration programs influence the innovation and success of startups. This objective is aligned with Challenge 6 of the State Plan, contributing to the understanding and generation of knowledge about a part of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, incorporating the gender perspective, in its role as a generator of innovation and growth. Starting from a wide database of startups and Spanish accelerators (already available by the members of the proposal), the project includes a longitudinal study (including a multi-case study, online surveys and daily short telephone interviews for 10 consecutive days in two moments of time) to support the initial hypothesis and to achieve the general and specific objectives detailed in the proposal. The proposal is novel because: 1) Compared with previous partial studies, it combines individual, organizational and contextual elements to explain the phenomenon of innovation and the success of Startups. 2) It explains that entrepreneurial creativity, one of the determinants of Startup innovation and success, is a changing state that can be increased by influencing the variables that impacts it. 3) It carries out an analysis of the main characteristics of the founding team that favor innovation and success in Startups. 4) It analyzes the differential impact of participation in acceleration programs from the perspective of Startups. 5) It applies the longitudinal methodology to be able to identify modifications in the variables.
Funding Agency
Spainish Ministry of Science
Programme
MCIN /AEI/10.13039/501100011033
Project Type
Research
Person Months
25
Project Title
 Entrepreneurial Creativity as a Key Resource for Innovation and Economic and Psychosocial well-being in Times of Crisis: A Gendered Analysis
From
01/10/2021
To
31/12/2023
Summary
Funding Agency
Financed by Andalusia"s knowledge agency
Programme
FEDER Andalucía 2014-2020 operational program
Project Type
Research
Project Title
 Winemaker's personality, innovation and local-regional articulation as key success factors in wine tourism activities: a multidisciplinary study
From
01/01/2020
To
01/12/2023
Summary
Funding Agency
Financed by FEDER funding
Programme
FEDER Andalucía 2014-2020 operational program

Details Date
President of the committee of Oscar Llopis Promotion to be Associate Professor. Valencia University 14-10-2022
President of the international PhD Thesis Defense: STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION: A KEY LEVER FOR STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT IN UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS" (Author: Juan Carlos Rivera). School of Business Administration, Economics, and Information Systems at the University of Passau and Pablo de Olavide University. 21-12-2023
Guest Editor at Business Research Quarterly: Special Issue on Mental Health, Well-being, and Entrepreneurship (see https://journals.sagepub.com/page/brq/special-issues/mental-health-well-being-entrepreneurship]. 2023-2024
Member of the committee in the international PhD thesis defense: An exploration of tacit knowledge in entrepreneurship (Author: Nils Wuytens). 2023
Member of the Committee in the international Thesis Defense: Strategies of New Firms in the Formative Years of a Developing Economy (Author: Samuel Kamugisha). Jönköping International Business School 16-12-2022
Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
Spanish Fluent Fluent Fluent
Details Date From Date To
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Editorial Board 01/04/2022
Guest Editor and Senior editor for Business Research Quarterly Journal 01/09/2023
ACEDE (Spanish scientific association of economics and business management) 01/01/2005
Academy of Management 01/01/2006
GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) and GUESSS 01/01/2020
InnLab (https://www.upo.es/inn-lab/en/home/) INN-LAB is a Research Center of Pablo de Olavide University created with the mission of contributing, through research and knowledge transfer, to search instruments that enhance the innovative capacity of SMEs and family businesses, and the creation and development of high value-added companies. 01/01/2020
ECREABIEN (https://www.upo.es/investiga/ecreabien/en/home/) International agreement to support entrepreneurs 01/01/2022
Easter Academy of Management 01/01/2012
Iberoamerican Academy of Management 10/01/2006
Sarah Kovoor-Misra, Shanthi Gopalakrishnan, Ana Perez-Luno, Sreevas Sahasranamam, Barbara Larraneta, Grappling with Grand Crises: An Ecosystem Approach, Journal of Management Inquiry, 1, (7), 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Ana Pérez-Luño, Johan Wiklund, Ute Stephan, Daniel Lerner, Building the evidence-base: Methodological advancement in research on entrepreneurship and well-being, Business Research Quarterly, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Pérez-Luño, A., Aguilar-Caro, R. and Muñoz-Doyague, The influence of personality and team-member exchange on creativity: a gendered approach, Gender in Management, 39, (1), 2024, p145 - 164, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Martín-Hidalgo, F., Herrero, I & Pérez-Luño, A, The Lights and Shadows of Family Involvement in Small and Medium Sized Firms, Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 15, (1), 2024, p4137 - 4160, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Martina Brophy, Ana Pérez-Luño, Thomas M Cooney, Competency-based training within the prison system: enhancing the likelihood of entrepreneurial activity upon release, JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND WORK, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
María Carmen García-Cortijo, Juan Sebastián Castillo-Valero, Ana Pérez-Luño, The proactive role played by sustainable wineries at times of economic crisis, British Food Journal, 126, (8), 2024, p3177 - 3196, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Stephan, U., Zbierowski, P., Pérez-Luño, A., Wach, D., Wiklund, J., Alba Cabañas, M., Barki, E., Benzari, A., Bernhard-Oettel, C., Boekhorst, J. A., Dash, A., Efendic, A., Eib, C., Hanard, P.-J., Iakovleva, T., Kawakatsu, S., Khalid, S., Leatherbee, M., Li, J., " Zahid, M. M., Act or Wait-and-See? Adversity, Agility, and Entrepreneur Wellbeing across Countries during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 47, (3), 2023, p682 - 723, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Martínez-del-Río, J., Perez-Luño, A. & Bojica, A.M., In prosperity and adversity? The value of high-performance work practices for SMEs under conditions of environmental hostility and social embeddedness, International Journal Of Manpower, 44, (4), 2023, p618 - 634, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Pérez-Luño A, Díez Piñol M, & Dolan SL, Exploring High vs. Low Burnout amongst Public Sector Educators: COVID-19 Antecedents and Profiles, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, (2), 2022, p780 - p20 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Martín-Hidalgo, F.A. & Pérez-Luño, A., Uncovering hidden human capital in uncertain times by exploring strategic resources in Spanish wineries, International Journal of Wine Business Research, 34, (1), 2022, p69 - 85, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
  

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Award Date
Doctor Europeus with the qualification of Outstanding Cum Laude and awarded with the Extraordinary prize of PhD at Pablo de Olavide university for being the best dissertation that year 22/06/2007
Beneficiary of scholarship for mobility of teachers and senior researchers in foreign education and research centres, including in the Salvador de Madariaga 2019 (January-July 2020; King"s College London) January-July 2020
Best Paper Award: GEM-ACEDE conference: Entrepreneurs' well-being and long working hours: Deos gender and socioeconomic status impact this relationship? September 2024
Best Paper award: AEDEM 2019: Innovation in value creation section. Pradana, M., Pérez-Luño, A. Fuentes-Blasco, M. Innovation as the key to gain performance from Absorptive Capacity and Human Capital. UPO, Sevilla, June 2019. JUNE 2019
Best Paper award: XXIX ACEDE 2019: Martín-Hidalgo, F., Herrero, I & Pérez-Luño, A. Human Capital in Family Firms: Does it lead to higher performance? June 2019.
Best Paper nomination: Yu, W., Wiklund, J. & Pérez-Luño, A. ADHD Symptoms, Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) and Firm Performance. 2018 AM Meeting. Chicago, 2018. August 2018
Best Paper nomination: Tran, M., Wiklund, J., Yu, W., & Perez-Luño, A. ADHD Symptoms, Gender, social support and entrepreneurial wellbeing. XXXII ACEDE. Aliante, 2023. June 2023
As an active researcher involved in several local and international research groups, I am currently collaborating with colleagues from 26 countries worldwide. I have served as Principal Investigator (PI) for the following research projects: 1. PID2020-114751RB-I00: Innovation in Start-ups: A Contingent Analysis of Entrepreneurial Creativity, Founding Team Characteristics, and Participation in Acceleration Programs (INNOSTART). 2. PY20_00856: Entrepreneurial Creativity as a Key Resource for Innovation and Economic and Psychosocial Well-being in Times of Crisis: A Gendered Analysis. 3. UPO-1258353: Winemaker"s Personality, Innovation, and Local-Regional Articulation as Key Success Factors in Wine Tourism Activities: A Multidisciplinary Study. 4. Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund: Lights and Shadows of Social Media on Women Entrepreneurs: Balancing Professional, Personal, and Biological Benefits and Costs. The Buffering Role of Psychological Resources. (Project No. 212929; Award No. 18444; Co-researchers: Wladislaw Rivkin (TBS), Melissa Conroy (School of Medicine), Alina Paula Cosma (School of Psychology); Funded with €2,000; Duration: 06/02/2024"30/09/2026). 5. Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund: Mapping Entrepreneurial and Employee Well-being: Social Aims, Gender Perspectives, and Contextual Factors (MEW-SAGE). (Project No. 212929; Award No. 18977; Co-researchers: Wladislaw Rivkin (TBS), Melissa Conroy (School of Medicine), Alina Paula Cosma (School of Psychology); Funded with €1,000; Duration: 06/02/2024"30/09/2027). These projects share a common focus on understanding individuals (their personality, well-being, and creativity), emphasizing social innovation, and adopting a gender perspective. Their aims align with multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, and 10). Funding from Projects 1 and 2 has supported collaborations with international groups such as Supporting Entrepreneurship during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Study of Entrepreneurs" Resilience and Well-being and ECREABIEN. Longitudinal data collected from these initiatives on social innovation, entrepreneurial creativity, and well-being has been disseminated through academic journals (e.g., Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, International Journal of Manpower), conferences (e.g., Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, Academy of Management Proceedings), and media outlets. Analysis of this data continues, and further findings will be disseminated over the coming years. Additionally, this funding supported the organization of the International Workshop on Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in Post-Crisis Times (2022). Funding from Project 3, along with my participation in the international project SO3/P2/F0917 VINCI (European Commission, SUDOE Programme), enabled an in-depth study of the Spanish wine industry, focusing on social innovation through ethnographic analysis, case studies, interviews, and surveys. At Trinity, I have also secured two grants from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (FAHSS) and one from the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS). These support the Workshops on New Entrepreneurial Trends (May 2024) and a new research line on The Lights and Shadows of Social Media on Diverse Entrepreneurs: The Role of Psychological Resources. Additionally, I have applied for a grant to supervise four PhD theses and am currently working on a European Union funding proposal.