Ilídio Barreto

Ilídio Barreto is a Full Professor at CATÓLICA-LISBON School of Business and Economics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa. He has held executive roles including Associate Dean, Director of the Business Administration Undergraduate Program, and founder Director of the Executive Masters in Management. His teaching spans Strategy, Creativity, and Strategic Entrepreneurship across undergraduate, MBA, MSc, and executive programs, with courses consistently ranked among the best by students.

• PhD, MBA, and undergraduate education in Economics and Business Administration
• 2022 Teaching Excellence Award recipient

His research focuses on Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, and Organizational Behavior, with groundbreaking work on dynamic capabilities and idea origination. Key publications appear in top-tier journals like Academy of Management Review and Strategic Management Journal, including the 2017 top-10 cited dynamic capabilities study. Recent work (2023) in Academy of Management Review introduces a revolutionary theory on executive idea generation.

As an editorial leader, he served on the boards of Journal of Management Studies and Academy of Management Journal. Recognized in Stanford University's World's Top Scientists list (2021, 2023, 2024), he has also conceptualized award-winning executive education programs and led consulting projects for major Portuguese firms.