SERGIO RODRIGUEZ-GARNICA

I am a PhD Candidate in Management – Entrepreneurship at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (PhD visit at Copenhagen Business School) and was recently elected as the PhD Representative for the ENT Division of the Academy of Management (AOM). I am currently on the job market.

My research investigates how institutional and individual factors shape entrepreneurship across the full arc of the entrepreneurial career: entry, progression, and exit. I examine this through the lens of hybrid entrepreneurs who launch ventures while retaining salaried employment (entry), serial entrepreneurs who repeatedly found new ventures (progression), and inventor entrepreneurs who return to paid employment (exit). These studies contribute to key theoretical debates on entrepreneurship as a career shaped by both external constraints and individual characteristics, and as a process of experimentation, learning, and innovation. Methodologically, my work is quantitative, drawing on longitudinal microdata and leveraging quasi-natural experiments to identify causal effects wherever possible. Thematically, my work bridges entrepreneurship with the fields of innovation, strategy, and public policy, contributing to a more integrated and interdisciplinary understanding of the entrepreneurial phenomenon.

I am committed to producing rigorous, high-impact research that advances the field of management and entrepreneurship. I actively collaborate with fellow researchers who share a passion for deepening our understanding of entrepreneurship.