María Teresa García Marco

María Teresa García Marco is a Professor in the Department of Business Management at the Public University of Navarra, where she conducts research through the INARBE Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics. Her academic career spans over two decades since earning her PhD in Economics from Carlos III University of Madrid in 1996.

Her research interests focus on innovation management, with particular expertise in open innovation strategies, corporate social responsibility integration, and organizational dynamics in business contexts. She examines how firms can leverage R&D team diversity, strategic partnerships, and environmental factors to enhance innovation performance across various industries and institutional settings.

Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong trend toward examining the intersection of sustainability practices and innovation performance, with increasing attention to how institutional contexts shape business responses to environmental challenges. Her work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical business applications, particularly in family firms and Latin American markets.

• Finalista Premio General ACEDE 2018
• Premio al mejor poster: Profiting from Open Innovation: an Exploratory Research (2015)
• Best Paper Student Award: Technological innovation efficiency; measurement and effects on firm performance (2011)

As a supervisor, she has guided numerous doctoral students to completion and currently serves as Principal Investigator on multiple research projects including 'Gestionando personas para organizaciones sostenibles e innovadoras' (2021-2026) and 'Factores impulsores de la adopción de la innovación medioambiental' (2022-2025), which together represent significant research funding from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. She actively participates in the INARBE research institute, contributing to its mission of advancing business and economic research with practical applications.