María Jesús Nieto is an Associate Professor at the Entrepreneurship and Strategy Division, University Carlos III of Madrid (Spain). She holds a PhD in Economic from this University. She is the Director of Master in Entrepreneurship and Deputy Director of Entrepreneurship and Family Firms Institute in University Carlos III. Her current research interests include innovation management, internationalization, collaboration strategies, with special emphasis in family firms and small firms. Her research has been published in journals as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Research Policy, Technovation, Journal of World Business, Journal of Small Business Management, Family Business Review, among many others.