David Barber�

David Barber� is Associate Professor at the Universidad Polit�cnica de Val�ncia. For seven years he worked as R&D Project Manager in a medical technology company in Valencia. During that period he directed numerous new product development projects. Part of the results of these research projects was reflected in three European patents in which he figures as an inventor. Dr. Barber�’s academic research studies different areas of innovation such as medical innovation policy innovation in creative sectors or innovation and social entrepreneurship. The results of his research have been published in high impact journals (such as Research Policy and Academy of Management Journal) in the fields of Innovation Studies and Management. One of his works on medical innovations was selected by Faculty Opinions a high-impact research selection and evaluation service. Another of his works was awarded the “Best Entrepreneurship Paper Award” by the OMT Division at the Academy of Management congress (Vancouver 2015) and selected by the Financial Times as one of the works with the greatest social impact in the field of management for the period 2015-2019. He has worked on contracts and research projects financed by local national and international institutions. He has been a visiting researcher at institutions such as UC Berkeley Stanford University Copenhagen Business School VU University Amsterdam Aalto Business School (Helsinki) and the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid where he has presented his work at various research seminars.