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 & Regional Development and the European Journal of Family Business. He is co-editor of the Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business and member of the editorial review board of Innovare and the International Small Business Journal.
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
The relevance of narratives in family firms
Invited talk
Hoarding opportunities - social inequality and entrepreneurship
Invited talk
Religion, Entrepreneurship and Family Business
Invited talk
Family business and religion
Invited talk
US Academy of Management (External organisation)
Membership of committee
International Journal of Management Education (Journal)
Editorial activity
National family business research conference UK
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
AIMday workshop on Stewardship & Sustainability
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Family Business Challenges
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Succession and famly businesses
Invited talk
Journal of Family Business Management (Journal)
Editorial activity
European Journal of Family Business (Journal)
Editorial activity
Development and judging of the Family Business Award
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
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)
Sustainability research in Family business
Prize (including medals and awards)
Pilkington Teaching Award
Prize (including medals and awards)
Sharon Johnson Award
Prize (including medals and awards)
Dean’s Awards 2025
Prize (including medals and awards)
Most innovative paper award
Prize (including medals and awards)
Academy for Gender and Social Justice Research in Organisations, 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