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Pedro Soto-Acosta

Pedro Soto-Acosta

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Business and Management
Spain
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
50
Citations
8925
World Ranking
1000
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Business and Management in Spain Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Pedro Soto-Acosta is affiliated with the University of Murcia in Spain and specializes in the field of Business, Management and Accounting, focusing primarily on strategy and management, management of technology and innovation, and marketing. Their research work spans a variety of subfields including economics and econometrics as well as sociology and political science.

Their research topics cover multiple areas prominently featuring entrepreneurship studies and influences, innovation and knowledge management, and environmental sustainability in business. Other notable topics in their work include digital marketing and social media, sustainable supply chain management, university-industry-government innovation models, and business strategy and innovation.

Pedro Soto-Acosta has contributed to scholarly journals with publications featured in venues such as:

  • International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
  • Information Systems Management
  • IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
  • International Marketing Review
  • Journal of Knowledge Management

Some of their recent papers include:

  • COVID-19 Pandemic: Shifting Digital Transformation to a High-Speed Gear, 2020, Information Systems Management
  • Customer relationship management and its impact on entrepreneurial marketing: a literature review, 2022, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
  • Developing process and product innovation through internal and external knowledge sources in manufacturing Malaysian firms: the role of absorptive capacity, 2020, Business Process Management Journal
  • Analysing the importance of international knowledge, orientation, networking and commitment as entrepreneurial culture and market orientation in gaining competitive advantage and international performance, 2021, International Marketing Review
  • A discriminant analysis of high and low-innovative firms: the role of IT, human resources, innovation strategy, intellectual capital and environmental dynamism, 2021, Journal of Knowledge Management

The researcher has collaborated frequently with other scholars, notably:

  • Simona Popa
  • Hussam Al Halbusi
  • T. Ramayah
  • Mohammad Falahat
  • Vicente Guerola-Navarro

The majority of Pedro Soto-Acosta's publications are situated within the domains of strategic management, innovation, and entrepreneurial marketing, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach connecting technology, social sciences, and business sustainability. This multidisciplinary breadth highlights engagement with contemporary issues such as digital transformation accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the strategic roles of knowledge and innovation in firms.

Best Publications

  • Corporate social responsibility and its effect on innovation and firm performance: An empirical research in SMEs

    Isabel Martinez-Conesa;Pedro Soto-Acosta;Mercedes Palacios-Manzano

  • Structured knowledge processes and firm performance: The role of organizational agility

    Juan-Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro;Juan-Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro;Juan-Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro;Pedro Soto-Acosta;Pedro Soto-Acosta;Pedro Soto-Acosta;Anthony K.P. Wensley;Anthony K.P. Wensley;Anthony K.P. Wensley

  • Antecedents, moderators, and outcomes of innovation climate and open innovation: An empirical study in SMEs

    Simona Popa;Pedro Soto-Acosta;Isabel Martinez-Conesa

  • COVID-19 Pandemic: Shifting Digital Transformation to a High-Speed Gear

    Pedro Soto-Acosta

  • Analyzing ICT adoption and use effects on knowledge creation: An empirical investigation in SMEs

    Carolina Lopez-Nicolas;Pedro Soto-Acosta

  • On the path towards open innovation: assessing the role of knowledge management capability and environmental dynamism in SMEs

    Isabel Martinez-Conesa;Pedro Soto-Acosta;Elias George Carayannis

  • E-business, organizational innovation and firm performance in manufacturing SMEs: an empirical study in Spain

    Pedro Soto-Acosta;Simona Popa;Daniel Palacios-Marqués

  • Information technology, knowledge management and environmental dynamism as drivers of innovation ambidexterity: a study in SMEs

    Pedro Soto-Acosta;Simona Popa;Isabel Martinez-Conesa

  • SMEs internationalization: The role of product innovation, market intelligence, pricing and marketing communication capabilities as drivers of SMEs’ international performance

    Mohammad Falahat;T. Ramayah;T. Ramayah;Pedro Soto-Acosta;Yan-Yin Lee

  • Analyzing e-business value creation from a resource-based perspective

    Pedro Soto-Acosta;Angel Luis MeroñO-Cerdan

  • Learning management systems and cloud file hosting services: A study on students' acceptance

    Vladimir Stantchev;Ricardo Colomo-Palacios;Pedro Soto-Acosta;Sanjay Misra

  • Analyzing the effects of technological, organizational and competition factors on Web knowledge exchange in SMEs

    Daniel Palacios-Marqués;Pedro Soto-Acosta;José M. Merigó

  • Social web knowledge sharing and innovation performance in knowledge-intensive manufacturing SMEs

    Pedro Soto-Acosta;Simona Popa;Daniel Palacios-Marqués

  • Online social networks as an enabler of innovation in organizations

    Daniel Palacios-Marqués;José M. Merigó;Pedro Soto-Acosta

  • Factors propelling the adoption of m-learning among students in higher education

    Jasmine A. L. Yeap;Thurasamy Ramayah;Pedro Soto-Acosta

  • New ICTs for Knowledge Management in Organizations

    Pedro Soto-Acosta;Juan-Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro

  • Web knowledge sharing and its effect on innovation: an empirical investigation in SMEs

    Pedro Soto-Acosta;Ricardo Colomo-Palacios;Simona Popa

  • Project managers in global software development teams: a study of the effects on productivity and performance

    Ricardo Colomo-Palacios;Cristina Casado-Lumbreras;Pedro Soto-Acosta;Francisco José García-Peñalvo

  • Sustainable Entrepreneurship in SMEs: A Business Performance Perspective

    Pedro Soto-Acosta;Diana-Maria Cismaru;Elena-Mădălina Vătămănescu;Raluca Silvia Ciochină

  • Competence gaps in software personnel: A multi-organizational study

    Ricardo Colomo-Palacios;Cristina Casado-Lumbreras;Pedro Soto-Acosta;Francisco J. GarcíA-PeñAlvo

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo Colomo-Palacios
Ricardo Colomo-Palacios Østfold University College
Thurasamy Ramayah
Thurasamy Ramayah Universiti Sains Malaysia
Juan Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro
Juan Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro Polytechnic University of Cartagena
Sanjay Misra
Sanjay Misra Institute for Energy Technology
Elias G. Carayannis
Elias G. Carayannis George Washington University
Francisco José García-Peñalvo
Francisco José García-Peñalvo University of Salamanca
Manlio Del Giudice
Manlio Del Giudice Link Campus University
Euripidis N. Loukis
Euripidis N. Loukis University of the Aegean
José M. Merigó
José M. Merigó University of Technology Sydney
Veronica Scuotto
Veronica Scuotto University of Naples Federico II

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