Organizational Legitimacy

Emilio Díez de Castro is Full Professor of Management, Ph.D. in Business Management and Economics from the University of Seville. He was appointed Vice Rector for Total Quality Management, member of the Research Foundation of the University of Seville, Director del Departamento de Administración de empresas y Marketing, Coordinator of excellence research group on managing innovation, quality and change. Principal investigator of about thirty knowledge creation and transfer projects with companies and public entities. He has several scientific publications in international journals and book chapters, mostly related to management, quality and organizational legitimacy.

Marta Peris-Ortiz is Full Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain. She received her PhD in Management from the University of Valencia in 2005 and she has an MBA in Banking and Insurance Management. Her current researchis focused on the topics of Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, Innovation, and Education Innovation. She has published articles in journals such as Journal Business Research, Management Decision, Service Industries Journal, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Service Business, European Journal of International Management, Journal of International Change Management, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, International Journal of Manpower, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences and Non Profit Management and Leadership among others, and is also a reviewer.