Marcela CONTRERAS CRUZ

Présentation

PhD candidate in the laboratory Montpellier Research in Management – MRM, University of Montpellier (FRANCE)

*2017 – Now*

PhD in management sciences / Entrepreneurship

Thesis title: &quot;Collective pursuit of international entrepreneurial opportunities of green SMEs”

EDUCATION

*2014 – 2015*

Master Management, Innovation and Technology. Specialty : Industrial Engineering

Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INP). Mention Bien

*2007-2012*

Industrial Engineering (BAC + 5). Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)

Mention CUM LAUDE (GPA 4.48/5.0)

*2006*

High school diploma. Colegio Integrado Jorge Isaac. Specialty: Accounting management

ICFES Best Score of the promotion (National standardized test)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

July – August 2016

Research Professional. Universidad Industrial de Santander – UIS

üPerform style revisions of English-written texts and translations of scientific documents to document research activities conducted by the Creative Intelligence Laboratory- Semiosis Lab.

*January – May 2016*

Project Professional. Universidad Industrial de Santander – UIS

Project Development of Intelligent Territories: «Diamante Caribe y Santander »

üMember of the interdisciplinary team in charge of developing and executing the evaluation methodology for the project.

üCarry out in-depth studies (technical, economic and social).

üCreate detailed reports and visual presentations for funding institutions (including FINDETER).

*February – June 2015*

Research Intern (M2). Laboratory G-SCOP In partnership with the UIMM of Ain

Project: &quot;Innovation approach for diversification in industrial SMEs&quot;

üWriting the state of the art on the diversification strategy of SMEs from the revision of scientific journals.

üConduct a series of interviews with business leaders confronted with this issue in the Ain region.

üPrepare a proposal for a diversification approach based on the theory and the field study, including key elements, risks and best practices to explore the potential of businesses.

*September 2012 – July 2014*

Engineering assistant. Espumas Santander S.A. S. (~200 employees)

Within a manufacturing company of polyurethane foam and mattresses, my main responsibilities included:

üStudy methods and working time and standardization of production processes.

üEstablishing production costs for new products

üThe analysis and improvement of production processes through the application of Lean techniques (5s, TPM, Ishikawa and Pareto diagram)

üIn addition, I participated in internal audits under the ISO 9001 standard.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

January – May 2020

Chargée de TD (tutorial assistant). IUT Paul Sabatier. Université Toulouse II

DUT GEA: Cost calculation and analysis (64 hours).

*2017 – 2019*

Chargée de TD (tutorial assistant). Montpellier Management Institute – MOMA. University of Montpellier. Management and Theory of organizations (60 hours). Management Practices (34 hours)

2016 – 2017

Teacher of languages. Superprof France

Weekly private classes of English, Spanish and French as a Foreign Language for young people and adults.

*March – November 2016*

Virtual Tutor. Latinhire Online Tutors

Service of online homework help and on-demand tutoring, using ICT (applications with whiteboards). Topics: Statistics, French as a foreign language and MS Excel.

*October 2015 – February 2016*

Freelance Tutor. Fast Class

Private lessons in different fields to high school and bachelor students. Topics: English as a foreign language, financial mathematics, physics, production management and geometry.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Languages

Spanish

Mother tongue

English

Current oral and written

French

Current oral and written

Associative life

Member of the association ParenThèse Occitanie (Phd student association that organizes thesis writing days and retreats as well as workshops).

Computer skills

ü Office Pack (Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, Project).

ü Bibliographic management software (Mendeley).

ü Good knowledge of quantitative (SPSS) and qualitative (NVIVO12) analysis software

Volunteering

Translator for Coursera.org(Sept. 2016 – 2017)

Translation of high level courses from English to Spanish.

Hobbies

Cinema, travelling (One year stay in the US, and road trip of 10 European countries in one month), board games (Ticket to ride, Catan, Jungle Speed).

Publications

Article dans une revue (1)

Environmental entrepreneurship: a bibliometric perspective of the field Marcela Contreras Cruz,Karim Messeghem,Alexis Catanzaro International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2022, ⟨10.1007/s11365-022-00811-8⟩ Article dans une revue halshs-04006110v1

Communication dans un congrès (4)

Collective pursuit of international opportunities: a conceptual model for SMEs Marcela Contreras Cruz,Karim Messeghem,Alexis Catanzaro 23rd McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference, Aug 2019, Odense, Denmark Communication dans un congrès hal-03034425v1
When green SMEs go international: collective pursuit of entrepreneurial opportunities Marcela Contreras Cruz,Karim Messeghem,Alexis Catanzaro 32nd Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Conference - RENT 2018, European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM), Nov 2018, Tolède, Spain Communication dans un congrès hal-02024590v1
Collective pursuit of international entrepreneurial opportunities: the case of green SMEs&quot; 26 – 28 September 2018 Marcela Contreras Cruz,Karim Messeghem,Alexis Catanzaro 16th IECER-Entrepreneurship Conference, 2018, Innsbruck, Austria Communication dans un congrès hal-02129201v1
L’entrepreneuriat vert : une approche bibliométrique Marcela Contreras Cruz,Karim Messeghem,Alexis Catanzaro XXVIIe Conférence Internationale de Management Stratégique - AIMS 2018, Jun 2018, Montpellier, France Communication dans un congrès halshs-01989897v1