Publications

     Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Santangelo, G., Rocha, V., Sofka, W. (2024), “Refugee hiring and firm performance”. forthcoming in Organization Science.

• Perri, A., Rocha, V. (2024), “Grand innovation challenges: Celebrating 30 Years of Industry and Innovation with a Special Issue [Editorial]”. Industry and Innovation. 31(1): 1-15. 10.1080/13662716.2023.2284934

• Rocha, V., Grilli, L. (2023), “Early-stage start-up hiring: The interplay between start-ups’ initial resources and innovation orientation”. Small Business Economics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-023-00818-7

• Brymer, R., Rocha, V. (2023), “Affiliation-based hiring in startups and the origins of organizational diversity”. Personnel Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12612.

• Kacperczyk, O., Younkin, P, Rocha, V. (2023), “Do employees work less for female leaders? A multi-method study of entrepreneurial firms”. Organization Science 34(3): 1111-1133.

• Gu, G.W, Malik, S., Pozzoli, D., Rocha, V. (2021), “Chinese import competition, offshoring and servitization”, Economic Inquiry, https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.13055.

• Merida, A., Rocha, V. (2021) “It’s About Time: The Timing of Entrepreneurial Experience and the Career Dynamics of University Graduates”. Research Policy, 50(1). 

• Rocha, V., van Praag, M. (2020) “Mind the gap: The role of gender in entrepreneurial carrer choice and social influence by founders” (also featured on Vox CEPR), Strategic Management Journal, 41(5): 841-866.

• Gu, G.W, Malik, S., Pozzoli, D., Rocha, V. (2020), “Trade-induced skill polarization”, Economic Inquiry, 58(1): 241-259.

• Rocha, V., Folta, T., van Praag, M., Carneiro, A. (2019), “Endogeneity in Strategy-Performance Analysis: An Application to Initial Human Capital Strategy and New Venture Performance”, Organizational Research Methods 22(3): 740-764.

• Rocha, V., Teixeira, P., Biscaia, R. (2019), “Mergers in European Higher Education: Financial Issues and Multiple Rationales”, Higher Education Policy, 32: 185-202.

• Rocha, V., Carneiro, A., Varum, C. (2018), “Leaving employment to entrepreneurship: the value of coworker mobility in pushed and pulled-driven startups, Journal of Management Studies, 55(1): 60-85.

• Rocha, V., Carneiro, A., Varum, C. (2015), “Serial entrepreneurship, learning by doing, and self-selection", International Journal of Industrial Organization, 40(3), 91-106.

• Rocha, V., Carneiro, A., Varum, C. (2015), “Entry and exit dynamics of nascent business owners", Small Business Economics, 45(1), 63-84.

• Figueiredo, H., Rocha, V., Biscaia, R., Teixeira, P. (2015), “Gender pay gaps and the restructuring of graduate labor markets in Southern Europe", Cambridge Journal of Economics, 39(2), 565-598.

• Figueiredo, H., Biscaia, R., Rocha, V., Teixeira, P. (2015), “Should we start worrying? Mass higher education, skill demand, and the increasingly complex landscape of young graduates’ employment”, forthcoming in Studies in Higher Education.

• Rocha, V., Carneiro, A., Varum, C. (2015), “What explains the survival gap of pushed and pulled corporate spin-offs?", Economics Letters, 126(1), 127-130.

• Varum, C. A., Rocha, V., Silva, H. V. (2014), "Economic slowdowns, hazard rates and foreign ownership", International Business Review, 23(4), 761-773.

• Teixeira, P., Rocha, V., Biscaia, R., Cardoso, M. F. (2014), “Revenue diversification in public higher education: comparing the University and Polytechnic Sectors", Public Administration Review, 74(3), 398-412.

• Teixeira, P., Rocha, V., Biscaia, R., Cardoso, M. F. (2014), "Policy changes, marketization trends and spatial dispersion in European Higher Education: Comparing public and private sectors", Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, special issue "Universities in Crisis", 7(2), 271-288.

• Teixeira, P., Rocha, V., Biscaia, R., Cardoso, M. F. (2013), “Competition and diversification in public and private Higher Education”, Applied Economics, 45(35), 4949–4958.

• Varum, C. A., Rocha, V. (2013), “Employment and SMEs during crises”, Small Business Economics, 40(1), 9-25.

• Varum, C. A., Rocha, V. (2012), “The effect of crises on firm exit and the moderating effect of firm size”, Economics Letters, 114(1), 94-97.

• Teixeira, P., Rocha, V., Biscaia, R., Cardoso, M. F. (2012), “Competition and diversity in Higher Education: An empirical approach to specialization patterns of Portuguese institutions”, Higher Education, 63(3), 337-352.

• Teixeira, P., Rocha, V., Biscaia, R., Cardoso, M. F. (2012), “Myths, beliefs and realities: public-private competition and Higher Education diversification”, Journal of Economic Issues, 46(3), 683-704.

• Varum, C. A., Rocha, V. (2011), “Do foreign and domestic firms behave any different during economic slowdowns?”, International Business Review, 20(1), 48-59.

• Varum, C. A., Rocha, V., Silva, H. V. (2010), “Foreign ownership and firm hazard during crises: the moderating role of industry’s technological intensity”, Empirical Economics Letters, 9(12)

Chapters in International Books

• Rocha, V., Vladasel, T. (2024), “European Riches: Registry Data”, in Sorenson, O., Thornton, P. H. (Eds.), De Gruyter Handbook of Sociology of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, forthcoming.

• Teixeira, P., Biscaia, R., Rocha, V., Cardoso, M. F. (2017), “Higher education, human capital, and regional dynamics in Southern Europe”, in Fonseca, M., Fratesi, U. (Eds.), Regional Upgrading in Southern Europe. Spatial Disparities and Human Capital, Springer: Advances in Spatial Science Series.

• Teixeira, P., Biscaia, R., Rocha, V., Cardoso, M. F. (2016), “What role for private higher education in Europe - Reflecting about current patterns and future prospects”, in Shah, M., Nair, C. S. (Eds.), A global perspective on private higher education, Elsevier & Chandos Publishing.

• Rocha, V., Carneiro, A., Varum, C. A. (2015), “Where do spin-offs come from? Start-up conditions and the survival of pushed and pulled spin-offs”, in Baptista, R., Leitão, J. (Eds.), Entrepreneurship, Human Capital and Regional Development, Springer: International Studies in Entrepreneurship, vol. 31.

• Rocha, V., Varum, C. A. (2014), "Firm survival and employment dynamics during crises", In Ferragina, A. M., Taymaz, E. & Yilmaz, K. (Eds.), Innovation, Globalization and Firm Dynamics: Lessons for Enterprise Policy, chapter 14. London: Routledge.

• Teixeira, P., Rocha, V., Biscaia, R., Cardoso, M. F. (2014), "Public and Private Higher Education in Europe: Competition vs. Complementarity", In Bonaccorsi, A. (Ed.), Knowledge Diversity and Performance in European Higher Education - A Changing Landscape, chapter 3. Edward Elgar Publishing.

• Teixeira, P., Rocha, V., Biscaia, R., Cardoso, M. F. (2014), “For whosoever hath, to them shall be given? Analyzing the Matthew Effect for tuition fees’ revenues in Portuguese higher education”, in Ertl, H. and Dupuy, C. (Ed.), Students, markets and social justice: Higher education fee and student support policies in Western Europe and beyond. Oxford Studies in Comparative Education, Symposium Books.

Chapters in National Books

• Teixeira, P., Rocha, V., Biscaia, R., Cardoso, M. F. (2013), "Concorrência e diversificação espacial no Ensino Superior Europeu: Uma comparação do contributo dos sectores público e privado", Redes de Ensino Superior - Contributos perante os desafios do desenvolvimento (pp. 47-68), Universidade de Évora. (in Portuguese)

Other Publications

• Rocha, V. (forthcoming), “Mergers and Consortia in Higher Education”, in Teixeira, P. and Shin, J. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions, Springer.

• Rocha, V. (forthcoming), “Privatization and Diversity in Higher Education”, in Teixeira, P. and Shin, J. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions, Springer.

• Teixeira, P., Biscaia, R., Rocha, V. (2014), “Competition and performance in European Higher Education: The role of funding instruments”, Páginas de Educación, 7(2), 61-80.