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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Department of Business

CV of the Director of the Department of Business

Sebastián Aparicio

Dr. Sebastián Aparicio

Director of the Departament of Business

Short CV

Teaching

  • Entrepreneurship (ADE and Economics)
  • Business Organization (Labor Relations)
  • Master in Applied Research in Economics and Business (MAREB)

Research

  • Main research lines: Institutions, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development.
  • More than 40 academic articles published in national and international outlets, and 2 supervised Ph.D. theses.
  • Since 2014, Member of research group with projects funded through R&D Ministry.
  • Since 2021, member of the research group “Entrepreneurship, Management and Performance Group,” recognized as SGR by the Generalitat de Catalunya.

Selected recent publications

Aparicio, S., Martinez-Moya, D., Muñoz-Mora, J. C., & Urbano, D. (2026). Managing destructive entrepreneurship in place: formal and informal institutions for the achievement of regional economic growth. Small Business Economics, 66, 565–588.

Sewaid, A., Zahra, S. A., & Aparicio, S. (2026). From novice to serial entrepreneur: How institutions influence relaunching decisions on international crowdfunding platforms. Technovation, 149, 103355.

Perez, J. P., Martins, I., Aparicio, S., Lopez, T., & Urbano, D. (2026). Individual entrepreneurial orientation from an economic lens: The U-shaped relationship with economic development and income inequality. World Development, 202, 107346.

Urbano, D., Aparicio, S., Muñoz-Mora, J. C., & Martinez-Moya, D. (2025). The spatial interplay between productive and destructive entrepreneurship: Do institutions meet expectations in rural areas? Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 37(3-4), 350-374.

Epure, M., Martin-Sanchez, V., Aparicio, S., & Urbano, D. (2024). Human Capital, Institutions, and Ambitious Entrepreneurship During Good Times and Two Crises. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 18(2), 414-447.

Administrative positions at the university

  • Head Departament of Businesss since January 2026
  • Coordinator Seminars Department of Business since September 2022
  • Deputy Coordinator MAREB (2024-2025)

Other positions

  • Editorial Review member for Small Business Economics (since 2024), Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (since 2021), Entrepreneurship Research Journal (since 2020).
  • Constant reviewer for international journals.
  • Country Vice-president of Spain for the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB), since October 2024
  • Secretary of the Entrepreneurship Division at the Spanish Academy of Management (Asociación Científica de Economía y Dirección de Empresas —ACEDE) (2021-2022)
  • Administrative Director at the Centro de Estudios en Economía Sistémica (ECSIM) (2011-2013)