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INFOSECUNDARIADr. Pedro Soto Acosta
Education and Background
Pedro Soto-Acosta is a Full Professor (Catedrático) at the University of Murcia, where he holds a PhD in Business Economics (recipient of the Extraordinary Doctoral Award) and a Master’s in Technology Management. He also completed Postgraduate Courses in Management at Harvard University and holds dual Bachelor’s degrees— a BA (Hons) in Business Administration & Management from the University of Murcia and a BA (Hons) in Accounting & Finance from Manchester Metropolitan University. He serves as Associate Editor, Senior Editor and Editorial Board Member for several mainstream journals including Computational Economics, Electronic Markets, Journal of Knowledge Management, Information Systems Management, and Technological and Economic Development of Economy. With approximately 100 Impact Factor Papers to his name, he is widely recognized for his contributions to the fields of IT/IS management and business management. Pedro has held visiting professorships at several universities across Europe, Asia, and America and has received numerous distinctions for his research, including the ABG Award to Research and Business Spirit, the Best Research Paper Award at ISoneWorld 2007 (Las Vegas, USA), and the Best Conference Paper Award at BITMED 2009 (Beijing, China). Since 2020, he has been included annually in Stanford University's list of the world’s most influential researchers, based on both annual research output and his entire scientific career. In 2020, he was also named one of the top 50 researchers in the Region of Murcia, according to the Spanish Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). His scholarly impact is further underscored by his h-index of 58 and i-10 index of 111.
Selected Management appointments
- Technology Transfer, Entrepreneurship and Employment Vice-Chancellor Coordinator - University of Murcia (Feb 2015 - May 2018)
- Head of the School of Economics - Region of Murcia Association of Economists (July 2016 - June 2020)
- Chief Budget and European Funds Officer - Region of Murcia (June 2020 - February 2022)
Selected Research appointments
- Associate Editor, Journal of Knowledge Management (IF: 6.6; Q1-Management)
- Editorial Board Member, Technological and Economic Development of Economy (IF: 4.8; Q1-Economics)
- Editorial Board Member, Electronic Markets (IF: 7.1; Q1-Management)
- Senior Editor, Information Systems Management (IF: 6.2; Q1-Information Systems)
- Information Technology Area Editor, Systems Research and Behavioral Science (IF: 2.7; Q2-Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary)
- Editorial Board Member, Management Decision (IF: 4.6; Q3-Management)
- Editorial Board Member, Baltic Journal of Management (IF: 3.1; Q3-Management)
- Associate Editor, Computational Economics (IF: 2.0; Q3-Economics)
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Organizational Change Management (IF: 2.8; Q4-Management)
- Conference Chair: IASK E-Activity and Leading Technologies (2009, 2010); and IASK Global Management (2009)
Research Interests
Digital Transformation - Business value of IT- eBusiness - Information/Knowledge Management - IT Implementation and Diffusion - Management of Technology and Innovation - E-entrepreneurship - Web Knowledge Sharing - Learning Networks - Information Systems Management