Julian D Riano
Julian's subject area is Strategy, Organisations, and Society. Julian's PhD project title is 'Investigating Formation of Social Capital Benefits for Value Creation and Strategy Enhancement: The case of SMEs in the UK’s Construction Industry'. Read more about Julian's research.
Project description
Social capital (SC) brings about benefits that create value for firms and enhance their business sustainability strategies; however, previous management literature has failed to acknowledge diverse benefits from network engagements. In response, this study investigates benefits procured from network engagements from forty-one small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) in the UK construction industry via semi-structured interviews. This study argues equally important SC benefits nurturing value creation had not been previously recognized. This exploratory-phenomenological study examines ‘lived experiences’ of SMEs via network engagements to generate SC benefits, create value, and enhance BST strategies. This study’s qualitative research design follows a relativist ontology, a constructivist epistemology, and an interpretivist axiology.
Recent Work Experience:
2022 – onwards à University of Brighton – Brighton, UK
School of Business and Law
Full-time Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Strategy.
2019 – 2021 à Newcastle University – London, UK
Newcastle University Business School
Visiting business lecturer.
2019 – onwards à Co-chair for The Special Interest Group (SIG): Responsible and Sustainable Businesses.
The British Academy of Management (BAM).
2017 – onwards à University of Brighton International College – Brighton, UK
Visiting business lecturer.
Research grants
Certifications
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Awards
Best Full Paper Award (for Chavarrro-Miranda, F., Grautoff-Laverde, M., Riano-Cruz, J.D. (2020) Social Capital, The Lesser-Known Victim of Crime in Bogota – Colombia), for the Public Management and Governance Track at The British Academy of Management BAM2020 Conference. 2-4 September. Manchester, UK.
Publications
Chavarro-Miranda, F., Grautoff-Laverde, M., Riano-Cruz, J.D. (2020) Social Capital, The Lesser-Known Victim of Crime in Bogota – Colombia (Forthcoming).
Pérez-Sánchez, E.O., Chavarro-Miranda, F., Riano-Cruz, J.D. (2020) Challenge-Based Learning: A ‘Entrepreneurship -Oriented’ Teaching Experience. Management in Education. November 2020.
Chavarro-Miranda, F., Grautoff-Laverde, M., Riano-Cruz, J.D. (2017) “Model for Economic Growth and Public Spending Focused on Security: the Colombian Military Strategy Approach (2002-2009). Revista científica General José María Córdova. 15 (20) 27-45. Available from: https://biblioteca.sagrado.edu/eds/detail?db=edssci&an=edssci.S1900. 65862017000200027&isbn=19006586
Orjuela-Díaz, H. I., Riano-Cruz, J.D. (2015). Evaluación e impacto de las políticas públicas de financiamiento para las pymes. Memorias, 13(23), 41-56. Available from: https://docplayer.es/32091216-Evaluacion-e-impacto-de-las-politicas-publicas-de-financiamiento-para-las-pymes.html
Riano JD, Yakovleva N. (2019) Corporate Social Responsibility. In: Walter Leal Filho, Anabela Marisa Azul, Luciana Brandli, Pinar Gökcin Özuyar, Tony Wall, ed. Responsible Consumption and Production. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Switzerland: Springer, 2019. ISSN: 2523-7403.