Entrepreneurship Department

Head: Christoph Zott

Our Entrepreneurship Department performs academic activities (mainly research and teaching) aimed at exploring and cultivating the mindset and capabilities required for designing, launching, and scaling new venture opportunities, both within startups as well as established organizations. We partner with IESE’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center to bring together faculty, students, and alumni. Our activities have inspired countless alumni to create a company at some point in their careers.

We empower aspiring and experienced entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial managers alike to:

  • Conceive, test, and develop breakthrough concepts, innovations and business models – giving them rigorous frameworks and real-world tools.
  • Build and grow new ventures – applying rigorous, state-of-the-art, research-based learning methodologies.
  • Lead innovation and rejuvenation within existing firms.

The Entrepreneurship Department performs a key role for IESE for the development of entrepreneurial mindset and skills to promote innovation, growth and wealth creation.

Coursework includes Fundamentals of Entrepreneurial Management, Creativity and Laboratory of Ideas, Entrepreneurial Finance, Business Model Innovation, Corporate Entrepreneurship, to name a few.

Through their research, the department’s faculty is exploring cutting-edge topics related to entrepreneurship that affect the business community.

Areas of expertise

  • AI-enabled entrepreneurship
  • Business model design and innovation
  • Corporate rejuvenation
  • Entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, and starting new ventures
  • Entrepreneurial leadership
  • Entrepreneurial strategies
  • Family business, governance and venturing
  • Growth management and strategy
  • Managing small businesses and new ventures
  • Innovation management and culture
  • Scaling approaches and strategies
  • Social and sustainable entrepreneurship
  • Technology innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategy
  • Venture capital and private equity

 

Head.

Christoph Zott

Christoph Zott

Professor

Entrepreneurship

Full time.

Albert Fernández

Albert Fernández

Professor

Accounting and Control and Entrepreneurship
Liinus Hietaniemi

Liinus Hietaniemi

Assistant Professor

Entrepreneurship
Thomas Maximilian Klueter

Thomas Maximilian Klueter

Professor

Entrepreneurship and Analysis of Business Problems
Kandarp Mehta

Kandarp Mehta

Senior Lecturer

Entrepreneurship and Negotiation Teaching Unit
Jeroen Neckebrouck

Jeroen Neckebrouck

Associate Professor

Entrepreneurship
Desirée Pacheco

Desirée Pacheco

Professor

Entrepreneurship
Mª Julia Prats

Mª Julia Prats

Professor

Entrepreneurship
Sandra Sieber

Sandra Sieber

Professor

Entrepreneurship
Jan Simon

Jan Simon

Professor of the Practice of Management

Entrepreneurship
Yuliya Snihur

Yuliya Snihur

Associate Professor

Entrepreneurship

Emeritus.

Pedro Nueno

Pedro Nueno

Professor Emeritus

Entrepreneurship
Juan Roure

Juan Roure

Professor Emeritus

Entrepreneurship and Negotiation Teaching Unit

External collaborators.

Mathieu Carenzo

Mathieu Carenzo

Senior Lecturer

Entrepreneurship
José María Casas

José María Casas

Senior Lecturer

Entrepreneurship
Silvia Cunill

Silvia Cunill

Lecturer

Entrepreneurship
David Frodsham

David Frodsham

Lecturer

Entrepreneurship
Javier Hernández

Javier Hernández

Senior Lecturer

Entrepreneurship
José Martín Cabiedes

José Martín Cabiedes

Senior Lecturer

Entrepreneurship
Luis Martín Cabiedes

Luis Martín Cabiedes

Senior Lecturer

Entrepreneurship
Mauricio Prieto

Mauricio Prieto

Lecturer

Entrepreneurship

Former collaborators.

Rob Johnson

Rob Johnson

Former Collaborator

Entrepreneurship
Jan Oosterveld

Jan Oosterveld

Former Collaborator

Entrepreneurship

Publications

Journal Articles (refereed)

SNIHUR, Y., BLUNTZ, C., BOCKEN, N. (2026). The power of consumer solidarity framing in scaling up social impact. Journal of Business Venturing, 41 (3), 106579. doi:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2026.106579. SNIHUR, Y., GARUD, R., PHILLIPS, N., THOMAS, L. D. W., ZIETSMA, C. E. (2026). Hype in entrepreneurial settings. Journal of Business Venturing, 41 (2), Article 106559. doi:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2025.106559. BOCKEN, N., HEIDENREICH, S., SPIETH, P., TUCCI, C., ZOTT, C. (2025). Innovating for impact. Harnessing business model innovation to tackle grand challenges. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. doi:10.1002/sej.70010. (Online first)

Working Papers

ZOTT, C., FRANKENBERGER, K., STAM, W. (2025). Resource management for business model innovation in incumbent firms. Strategic Management Journal. SIOTA, J., CAMACHO, B., PRATS, M. J. (2024). Corporate venturing. Preliminary assessment for startup scouting. Barcelona: IESE. KLUETER, T. M., ROSENKOPF, L., GHOSH, A. (2021). Back to the familiar?. How attention and rare experiences overcome local search in external technology sourcing. Strategic Management Journal.

Proceedings

CECCAGNOLI, M., KLUETER, T. M., MOREIRA, S. (2025). From early to late-stage technologies. Out-licensing and performance outcomes in technology startups. Annual Meeting Proceedings: Copenhagen 2025. Copenhagen: Academy of Management Proceedings. JOSHI, A. M., KLUETER, T. M. (2025). The Dilemma of disparities. Exploring differences in EU regions, high-tech founders, and funding. Annual Meeting Proceedings: Copenhagen 2025. Copenhagen: Academy of Management Proceedings. NECKEBROUCK, J., MEYER-DOYLE, P., COFF, R. (2024). Post-acquisition investment in acquired human capital: is it good to be targeted? 84th Annual Meeting Proceedings. Academy of Management Proceedings.

Books

CARENZO, M. (2025). Hablando en plata. La guía definitiva para emprender sin miedo y convencer a inversores. Barcelona: Gestión 2000. SIMON, J. (2021). Search funds & entrepreneurial acquisitions. The Roadmap for buying a business and leading it to the next level. Victoria, BC: Tellwell Talent. NUENO, P. (2021). Mayores dirigiendo bien. Barcelona: Plataforma Editorial.

Edited books

FITÉ, R. M., NUENO, P., MEHTA, K., VILÀ, J. (2024). Primero las personas. Pensamiento emprendedor para resolver problemas empresariales. Barcelona: Gestión 2000. DÁVILA, A., EPSTEIN, M. J., MANZONI, J.-F. (2012). Performance Measurement and Management Control. Global Issues. Bingley [etc.]: Emerald Group Publishing Limited. EPSTEIN, M. J., DÁVILA, A., MANZONI, J.-F. (2010). Performance Measurement and Management Control. Innovative Concepts and Practices. Bingley [etc.]: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Book Chapters

ZOTT, C., AMIT, R., GIESSEN, E. (2024). Business model innovation capability. A game changer for sustaining a firm's edge. In Aagard, A. (Eds.), Business model innovation - Game changers and contemporary issues. London: Palgrave Macmillan. FITÉ, R. M., NUENO, P., MEHTA, K., VILÀ, J. (2024). Persona artífice. Una nueva perspectiva de la acción emprendedora. En Fité, R. M. ; Nueno, P. ; Mehta, K. and Vilà, J. (Eds.), Primero las personas: pensamiento emprendedor para resolver problemas empresariales (pp. 27-34). Barcelona: Gestión 2000. MEHTA, K. (2024). Personas. El factor clave para desbloquear la innovación. En Fité, R.M.; Nueno, P.; Mehta, K. and Vilà, J. (Eds.), Primero las personas: pensamiento emprendedor para resolver problemas empresariales (pp. 55-60). Barcelona: Gestión 2000.

Non-refereed articles

SNIHUR, Y. (2025). Lessons from Barnes & Noble. Surviving te threat of Amazon. Forbes.com. KLUETER, T. M. (2025). Why companies looking for new technologies don’t manage to innovate. Forbes.com. GARUD, R., SNIHUR, Y., THOMAS, L. D. W., PHILLIPS, N. (2025). How Founders can avoid the deception trap. Harvard Business Review.

Studies

SIMON, J. (2026). Search Funds What does not seem to work and what can be done about it ?. Part I: Vendor Involvement and leadership. IESE. SIMON, J. (2026). Search funds: What does not seem to work and what can be done about it?. Part II: customer concentration, market disruption and governement involvement. IESE. PRATS, M. J., SIOTA, J., CAMACHO, B., DE CASTRO, M. (2026). Open innovation. Corporate venturing squads: challenges and opportunities to achieve collaborative innovation. IESE, Barcelona, Spain.

Cases

BASELGA, A., STEIN, G., ROURE, J. B. A. (2025). Vienna Neubau GmbH (A). Consejero delegado y accionista. IESE, E-264. BASELGA, A., STEIN, G., ROURE, J. B. A. (2025). Vienna Neubau GmbH (B). Candidato a la dirección general. IESE, E-265. SIEBER, S. (2025). Dos latidos, un corazón: el reto de la transformación de Vitalis. IESE, E-258.

Technical Notes

SEGURADO, J. L., ROURE, J. (2025). Venture Boards (I). Consejos de administración en empresas emergentes: particularidades y evolución. IESE, EN-48. SEGURADO, J. L. (2025). Venture boards (II). Consejos de administración en empresas emergentes: implementación y funcionamiento. IESE, EN-49. SIEBER, S. (2025). An executive's guide to generative AI (II). Unleashing Your Creative Potential. IESE, EN-50-E.

Outputs in other media

ZOTT, C. (2024). What business model designers can learn from lean startups — and vice versa. IESE Insight. SNIHUR, Y., THOMAS, L. D. W. (2023). Crossing the line. When entrepreneurial storytelling spirals into outright fraud. IESE Insight. NECKEBROUCK, J. (2023). Mehr Stress oder weniger? Was Forscher schon über die Vier-Tage-Woche wissen. WELT.