Prof. Dr.
J. Alberto Aragon-Correa
Born
Spain
EducationPhD Economics and Buisness
Occupation(s)Business data scientist, Director of the Talent Incubator, and Professor of Management
EmployerUniversity of Granada
Known forEnvironmental Strategy, Corporate Innovation, Sustainability
AwardsAcademy of Management «ONE Distinguished Scholar Award»

J. Alberto Aragon-Correa is a business data scientist ranked among the top two percent of the worlds’ most cited experts in the field of Management.[1] [2] He is the Professor of Management [3] and Director of the Talent Incubator at the University of Granada.[4]

Alberto has developed different industry-university collaborative initiatives in the field of talent management with multinational firms, such as the Alight Talent & Leadership Chair,[5] [6] the T-Systems Chair of Sustainable Digital Innovation,[7] [8] and the AWS – UGR re Start Cloud Computing Training.[9] [10]

Previously to his current position, Alberto was an Honorary Professor of Management and Professor of International Business at the University of Surrey (United Kingdom).[11] He was also a guest visiting scholar at University of California, Los Angeles (USA), University of California, Berkeley (USA), and ETH Zurich (Switzerland).[12]

Awards and Distinctions

Alberto has received the Academy of Management «ONE Distinguished Scholar Award». This award seeks “to acknowledge scholars who have taken a leadership role in the field” .[13]

Alberto’s work has been ranked in the “List of Top Two Percent Scientists in the World” published by Prof. Ioannidis (Stanford University) and colleagues.[14] He has also received the Academy of Management “ONE Services Award” after finishing his service as Chair of the Organizations and Natural Environment Division in the Academy of Management.[13]

Publications

Alberto’s research has been published in multiple journals in the fields of “business” and “management”. Some of his most-cited publications include:

Aragón-Correa, J.A. Sharma, S. (2003): A contingent resource-based view of proactive corporate Environmental strategy, ``Academy of Management Review]], vol. 28, 1, pp. 71-88. A Contingent Resource-Based View of Proactive Corporate Environmental Strategy.

Aragón-Correa, J.A. (1998): Strategic proactivity and firm approach to the natural environment, Academy of Management Journal, vol. 41, 5, pp. 556-567. Strategic Proactivity and Firm Approach to the Natural Environment.

Aragón-Correa, J.A., García-Morales, V.J., Cordón-Pozo, E. (2007): Leadership and organizational learning's role on innovation and performance, Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 36, 3, pp. 349-359. Leadership and organizational learning's role on innovation and performance: Lessons from Spain.

Aragón-Correa, J.A., Hurtado-Torres, N.E., Sharma, S., García-Morales, V.J. (2008): Environmental strategy and performance in small firms: A Resource-Based Perspective, Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 86, 1, pp. 88-103. Environmental strategy and performance in small firms: A resource-based perspective.

Aragón-Correa, J. A., Marcus, A., & Hurtado-Torres, N. (2016). The natural environmental strategies of international firms: Controversies and new evidence on performance and disclosure. Academy of Management Perspectives, 30 (1), 24-39. The Natural Environmental Strategies of International Firms: Old Controversies and New Evidence on Performance and Disclosure.

Aragon-Correa, J.A., Marcus, A., Rivera, J., Kenworthy, A. (2017): Sustainability management teaching resources and the challenge of balancing planet, people, and profits, Academy of Management Learning & Education, 16 (3), 469-483. Sustainability Management Teaching Resources and the Challenge of Balancing Planet, People, and Profits.

Leyva-de la Hiz, D. I., Ferron-Vilchez, V., & Aragon-Correa, J. A. (2019). Do firms’ slack resources influence the relationship between focused environmental innovations and financial performance? More is not always better. Journal of Business Ethics, 159 (4), 1215-1227. Do Firms’ Slack Resources Influence the Relationship Between Focused Environmental Innovations and Financial Performance? More is Not Always Better.

Aragon-Correa, J.A., Marcus, A., & Vogel, D. (2020). The Institutional Challenges of Regulation: The Heterogeneous Effects of Mandatory and Self-Regulatory Pressures on Firm’s Environmental Strategies. Academy of Management Annals, 14 (1), 339-365. The Effects of Mandatory and Voluntary Regulatory Pressures on Firms’ Environmental Strategies: A Review and Recommendations for Future Research.

Aguilera, R., Aragon-Correa, J.A., Marano, V. (2021): The corporate governance of environmental sustainability. Journal of Management, 47 (6), 1468-1497. The Corporate Governance of Environmental Sustainability: A Review and Proposal for More Integrated Research.

Ellimäki, P., Aguilera, R. V., Hurtado-Torres, N. E., & Aragón-Correa, J. A. (2023). The link between foreign institutional owners and multinational enterprises’ environmental outcomes. Journal of International Business Studies, 1-18. The link between foreign institutional owners and multinational enterprises’ environmental outcomes

Research Experience

Alberto’s research examines firms’ business strategies, especially those related to the connections between innovation, governance, and sustainability in both multinational and small domestic firms. Most of his publications have used samples of business data and multivariable analytic methodologies.

Additional Experience

Alberto has been the executive head of multiple academic international and local initiatives. He was the founding president of the Group of Research on Organizations and the Natural Environment (GRONEN),[15] which fosters high-quality research on corporate sustainability and builds collaborations among international scholars engaged in these topics.[16] Additionally, he served on the steering committee of the Organizations and Natural Environment’s (ONE) Division in the Academy of Management (five years) and was the Chair of this Division.

Alberto also has plenty of editorial experience. He is the current Editor of a Cambridge University Press book series, ″Organizations and the Natural Environment″ (in collaboration with Professor Jorge Rivera).[17] He is also a Consulting Editor of Organization & Environment, a journal about sustainability and management published by SAGE Publishing.[18] Previously, he served as editor-in-chief of Organization & Environment (with Professor Mark Starik) from 2013 to 2016.[19]

References

  1. ^ John P. A. Ioannidis, Kevin W. Boyack, Jeroen Baas (2020): Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators. PLoS Biol 18(10): e3000918. (https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918). Updated versions in Elsevier Data Repository (https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/5).
  2. ^ John P. A. Ioannidis, Jeroen Baas, Richard Klavans, Kevin W. Boyack (2019): “A standardized citation metrics author database annotated for scientific field”, PLoS Biol 17(8): e3000384. (https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000384)
  3. ^ "Juan Alberto Aragón Correa". Departamento de Organización de Empresas II.
  4. ^ Hoy, Granada (December 12, 2017). "La UGR 'pesca' entre sus mejores alumnos para crear líderes". Granada Hoy.
  5. ^ "La Cátedra de Talento y Liderazgo UGR-Alight presenta la séptima edición de su programa en habilidades para una selección de veinte estudiantes con las mejores calificaciones en sus titulaciones". Canal UGR.
  6. ^ "La Universidad de Granada apoya y promueve el talento de sus aulas". Ideal. January 24, 2020.
  7. ^ Independiente, El (February 23, 2022). "T-Systems se alía con la Universidad de Granada y crea la cátedra de Innovación en Sostenibilidad Digital". El Independiente.
  8. ^ "T-Systems y la Universidad de Granada crean la cátedra de Innovación en Sostenibilidad Digital". Crónica Global. February 23, 2022.
  9. ^ Pedrosa, Guillermo (October 14, 2021). "La UGR y Amazon Web Services ponen en marcha un programa de formación sobre tecnología en la nube".
  10. ^ Press, Europa (October 14, 2021). "AWS re/Start, el programa de formación en 'cloud computing' de Amazon Web Services, llega a la Universidad de Granada". www.europapress.es.
  11. ^ "Prof J. Alberto Aragon-Correa | University of Surrey". www.surrey.ac.uk.
  12. ^ His research visits were sponsored by Prof Magali Delmas (UCLA), Prof. David Vogel (Berkeley University), and Prof Volker Hoffman (ETH), respectively.
  13. ^ a b "Past ONE Award Winners - Organizations and the Natural Environment Division". one.aom.org.
  14. ^ John P. A. Ioannidis, Kevin W. Boyack, Jeroen Baas (2020): Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators. PLoS Biol 18(10): e3000918. (https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918). Updated versions in Elsevier Data Repository (https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/5)
  15. ^ "GRONEN's History".
  16. ^ "About GRONEN".
  17. ^ "Organizations and the Natural Environment". Cambridge Core.
  18. ^ "Editorial Board: Organization & Environment: Sage Journals".
  19. ^ Aragon-Correa, J. Alberto (December 22, 2013). "Opportunities for Research and Future Publications in Organization & Environment". Organization & Environment. 26 (4): 363–364. doi:10.1177/1086026613512128. S2CID 145781808 – via CrossRef.
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