PhD in Entrepreneurship from the University of Zaragoza. Javier is currently Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Zaragoza.
His research is focused on entrepreneurship. He has studied the influence of a country’s institutions on entrepreneurial activity, the different types of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial teams, the entrepreneurial process, and the social status of entrepreneurs.
His work has been presented in important national and international conferences and published in journals such as International Small Business Journal, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Entrepreneurship Research Journal, Business Strategy and the Environment, and BRQ Business Research Quarterly.
Address: Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Gran Vía, 2, 50005 Zaragoza (Spain)
Department: Dirección y Organización de Empresas, Universidad de Zaragoza
Phone: +34 876 554 667
e-mail: montero@unizar.es
Latest publications:
Bernal, P., Dominguez, B. and Montero, J. (2022): “When are entrepreneurs more environmentally oriented? An analysis of stakeholders’ pressures at different stages of evolution of the venture”. Business Strategy and the Environment, 31(3), 828-844 
Pinzón, N., Montero, J. and González-Pernía, J.L. (2022): “The influence of individual characteristics on getting involved in an entrepreneurial team: the contingent role of individualism”. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, in press
Fuentelsaz, L., Maícas, J.P. and Montero, J. (2022): “Do you need to be risk-tolerant to become an entrepreneur? The importance of the reference point”. Entrepreneurship Research Journal, in press
Pinzón, N., González-Pernía, J.L. and Montero, J. (2021): “Differences between entrepreneurial teams and individual entrepreneurs: An international approach”. UCJC Business and Society Review, 18(3), 192-235
Fuentelsaz, L., Maicas, J.P. and Montero, J. (2018): “Entrepreneurs and innovation: the contingent role of institutional factors”. International Small Business Journal, 36(6), 686-711
Fuentelsaz, L., Maícas, J.P. and Montero, J. (2018): “How the culture of a country explains the social status of entrepreneurs”. UCJC Business and Society Review, 59, 76-113
Fuentelsaz, L., González, C., Maicas, J.P. and Montero, J. (2015): “How different formal institutions affect opportunity and necessity entrepreneurship”. BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 18(4), 246-258
Fuentelsaz, L and Montero, J. (2015): “What makes some entrepreneurs more innovative?”. Universia Business Review, 47, 14-31
Other publications:
GEM Aragón Report (4 years: 2019- 2022)
GEM Spain Report (3 years: 2018-2020)
GUESSS Aragón Report (2019, 2021)
PSED Spain Report
Degree in Business and Administration:
- Política de Empresa (Spanish)
- Business Policy (English)
Master in Biophysics and Quantitative Biotechnology:
- The SME-biotech: characteristics, creation, and management