Dr Allan Discua Cruz
Senior LecturerProfile
Dr. Allan Discua Cruz is Senior Lecturer in the area of entrepreneurship. He is the Director of the Centre for Family Business at LUMS. He is also a member of the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). He is associate editor of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development and the European Journal of Family Business, co-editor of the Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business and member of the editorial board of International Small Business Journal and Innovare.
Current Research
Portfolio entrepreneurship, family business groups, entrepreneurial teams, families in business, religion and family business dynamics, sustainability practices of famiy businesses.
Current Teaching
Entrepreneurship and Family Business modules at the undergraduate and graduate level
Professional Role
Member Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business
Equal Opportunities/Disabilities representative
Qualifications
A.S Computer Science (Hocking College, USA), BscEng (UNITEC, Honduras), MBA (UNH, USA), MMM (McGill University, Canada), PgDip (Vaxjo Universitet, Sweden/ UAB, Spain), PhD (Lancaster University, UK)
PhD Supervision Interests
Main topics include entrepreneurial families in business, entrepreneurial teams, habitual and portfolio entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship in developing economies, and family entrepreneuring.
Diasporas and Entrepreneurship
01/01/1900 → …
Research
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business (Journal)
Editorial activity
International Small Business Journal (Journal)
Editorial activity
Universidad Tecnologica Centroamericana Alumni Award
Prize (including medals and awards)
Emerald Literati Award
Prize (including medals and awards)
Pentland Centre
Centre for Family Business, Pentland Centre
Centre for Family Business
- Centre for Family Business
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Latin America Research Cluster
- Pentland Centre