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Mª Julia Prats is Professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship.

Professor Prats’s primary area of interest is the entrepreneurial process, which includes the identification, evaluation, and implementation of opportunities in any context. Central to this work is developing strategies and systems that help established firms achieve profitable growth. Her second work stream focuses on understanding the key factors in building and managing professional service firms. Over the years she has had the opportunity to develop both areas of interest through teaching, research projects and consulting work.

Professor Prats was nominated Kauffman Emerging Scholar for her dissertation work and has published in international journals and congress proceedings, both for practitioners and the academic community. She has also authored teaching materials and contributions to several books on entrepreneurship and strategy related topics.

She holds a DBA in business administration from Harvard University, an MBA from ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, University of Navarra and a degree in industrial engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. She has taught at Wharton Business School, IPADE (México), INALDE (Colombia) and AESE (Portugal).