Fernando Muñoz-Bullón

Fernando Muñoz Bullón holds a PhD in Economics and Business from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) and is currently a tenured professor at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. He is accredited as a University Professor by ANECA (National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation). He has developed several lines of research (for example, family business, entrepreneurship, downsizing, labor relations) that have led to scientific results that have been reflected in articles published in national and international journals (e.g., Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Industrial Relations, Group & Organization Management, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Family Business Review, Journal of World Business, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development). His teaching activity focuses on the field of Family Business Management, Strategic Management, and Entrepreneurship. He is the author of two books on Business Management.

ARTICLES

Quarato, F.; Sanchez-Bueno, M.J.; Cambrea, Domenico R.; Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Amore, Mario D. (2025). “Family CEO mentoring and post-CEO succession performance”. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, in press.

Kotlar, J.; Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Sanchez-Bueno, M.J. (2025). “Bridging sustainability and innovation in family firms: The roles of local green knowledge availability and local embeddedness”. Journal of Product Innovation Management, in press.

Gomez-Mejía, L.R.; Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Requejo, I.; Sanchez-Bueno, M.J. (2025). “Ethical correlates of family control: Socioemotional wealth, environmental performance and financial returns”. Journal of Business Ethics, in press.

Gomez-Mejía, L.R.; Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Requejo, I.; Sanchez-Bueno, M.J. (2025). “Ethical correlates of family control: Socioemotional wealth, environmental performance and financial returns”. Journal of Business Ethics, in press.

De Massis, A.; Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Sanchez-Bueno, M.J.; Velasco, P; Vismara, S. (2024). “Executive gener and firm leverage decisions: The role of firm ownershp and governance”. Journal of Business Research, 179, 114700.

Gómez-Mejía, L.R.; Sanchez-Bueno, M.J.; Miroshnychenko, I.; Wiseman, R.M.; Muñoz-Bullón, F.; De Massis, A. (2023). “Family control, political risk and employment security; A cross-national study”. Journal of Management Studies, 61 (6), 2338-2372. . [Blog entry]

Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Sanchez-Bueno, M.J.,; Velasco, P. (2023). “Exploring the link between family ownership and leverage; A mediating pathway through socioemotional wealth objectives”. Review of Managerial Science, 18, 3203-3252.

Basco, R.; Bassetti, T.; Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Sánchez-Bueno, M.J. (2023). "Euro adoption and intra-European Union exporters' productivity: Differences between family and non-family firms". European Research on Management and Business Economics, 29 (3), 100226.

Cirillo, A.; Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Sanchez-Bueno, M.J.; Sciascia, S. (2022). “Employee downsizing and sales internationalization strategy in family firms”. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 13 (2), 100354.

Campos-García, I.; Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Sanchez-Bueno, M. J.; Zúñiga-Vicente, J. A. (2022). “Do employees boost opportunities to compete abroad? A longitudinal study of family and non-family firms”. European Management Journal, 40 (5), 741-757.

Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Sánchez-Bueno, M.J.; De Massis, A. (2020). “Combining internal and external R&D: The effects on innovation performance in family and non-family firms”. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 44 (5), 996-1031.

Sanchez-Bueno, M.J., Muñoz-Bullón, F., and Galán, J.I. (2020). “Socially responsible downsizing: Comparing family and non-family firms”. Business Ethics: A European Review, 29 (1), 35-55 .

Campos-García, I.; Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Sanchez-Bueno, M.J.; Zúñiga-Vicente, J.A. (2020). “Exploring the exporting-downsizing link: Does the type of export strategy and firm efficiency in foreign markets matter?”. Journal of Business Research, 108, 324-336.

Muñoz-Bullón, F. ; Sánchez-Bueno, M. J.; Nordqvist, M. (2019). “Growth intentions in family-based new venture teams: The role of the nascent entrepreneur's R&D behaviour". Management Decision, 58 (6), 1190-1209.

Paz-Aparicio, C., Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Sánchez-Bueno, M. J.; Ricart, J.E. (2018). “Selecting the governance mode when offshoring knowledge-intensive activities”, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 24 (4), 275-287.

Muñoz Bullón, F.; Sanchez-Bueno, M.J., Suárez-González, I. (2018). “Diversification decisions among family firms: The role of family involvement and generational stage” Business Research Quarterly, 21 (1), 39-52.

Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Sanchez-Bueno, M. J., Vos-Saz, A. (2017). “The influence of sports participation on academic performance among students in higher education“. Sport Management Review, 20, 365-378.

Arranz, José Mª; Muñoz Bullón, F.; (2016). “Unemployment benefits and recall jobs: a split population model". Applied Economics Letters, 23 (13), 940-944.

Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Sanchez-Bueno, M. J., Vos-Saz, A. (2015). “Nascent entrepreneurs' personality attributes and the international dimension of new ventures". International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 11 (3), 473-492.

Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Sanchez-Bueno, M. J., Vos-Saz, A. (2015). “Startup team contributions and new firm creation: the role of founding team experience“. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development: An International Journal, 27 (1-2): 80-105.

Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Sanchez-Bueno, M. J. (2014). “The use of incentive compensation among board members in family firms”. Group & Organization Management, 39 (2), 162-189.

Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Sánchez-Bueno, M. J. (2014). “Institutional determinants of downsizing”. Human Resource Management Journal, 24 (1), 111-128.

Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Sánchez-Bueno, M. J. (2013). “Multinational enterprises and domestic wages: The contingent effect of skill composition”. International Business Review, 22 (6), 918-931.

Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Sánchez-Bueno, M. J. (2012). “Do family ties shape the performance consequences of diversification? Evidence from the European Union”. Journal of World Business, 47 (3), 469-477.

García-Pérez, J.I.; Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Prieto-Rodríguez, M. (2012). “The wage gap between foreign and Spanish nationals in Spain: An analysis using matched employer-employee data”. International Migration, 50 (3), 1-15.

Amuedo-Dorantes, C.; Malo, M.A.; Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2012). “New evidence on the impact of legal status on immigrant labor market performance: The Spanish case”. Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 27 (1), 93-113.

Alba-Ramírez, A.; Arranz, J.M.; Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2012). “Re-employment probabilities of unemployment benefit recipients”. Applied Economics, 44 (28), 3654-3664.

Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Sánchez-Bueno, M. J. (2011). “The impact of family involvement on the R&D intensity of publicly traded firms". Family Business Review, 24(1), 62-70.

Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Sánchez-Bueno, M. J. (2011). “Does downsizing improve organizational performance? An analysis of Spanish manufacturing firms”. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 22 (14), 2924-2945.

García-Pérez, J.I.; Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2011). “Transitions into permanent employment in Spain: An empirical analysis for young workers", British Journal of Industrial Relations, 49 (1), 103-143.

Muñoz-Bullon, F.; Sánchez-Bueno, M. J. (2011). “Is there new evidence to show that product and international diversification influence SMEs performance?”. Euromed Journal of Business, 6 (1), 63-76.

Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Cueto, B. (2011). “The sustainability of start-up firms among former wage workers”. International Small Business Journal, 29 (1), 78-102.

Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2010). “Gender-compensation differences among high-level executives in the United States", Industrial Relations, 49 (3), 364-370.

Muñoz-Bullon, F.; Sanchez-Bueno, M. J. (2010). “Downsizing implementation and financial performance”. Management Decision, 48 (8), 1181-1197.

Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2009). “The gap between male and female pay in the Spanish tourism industry”. Tourism Management, 30, 638-649.

Arranz, J.M.; Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Muro, J. (2009). “Do unemployment benefit legislative changes affect job finding?”. Moneda y Crédito, 228, 7-44.

Amuedo-Dorantes, C.; Malo, M.A.; Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2008). “The role of temporary help agency employment on temp-to-perm transitions”. Journal of Labor Research, 29, 138-161.

Malo, M.A.; Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2008). "Women's family-related career breaks: a long-term British perspective". Review of Economics of the Household, 6 (2), 127-167.

Malo, M.A.; Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2008). “Long-term effects of involuntary job separations on labor careers”. Journal of Socioeconomics, 37 (2), 767-788.

Malo, M.A.; Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2008). “Temporary help agencies and participation histories in the labor market: a sequence-oriented approach”. Estadística Española, 50 (167), 21-61.

Alba-Ramírez, A.; Arranz, J.M.; Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2007). “Exits from unemployment: recall or new job”. Labour Economics, 14, 788-810.

Malo, M.A.; Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2006). “Employment promotion measures and the quality of the job match for people with disabilities”. Hacienda Pública Española/Revista de Economía Pública, 179, 79-113.

García-Pérez, J.I.; Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2005). “Temporary help agencies and occupational mobility”. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 67 (2), 163-180.

García-Pérez, J.I.; Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2005). “Are temporary help agencies changing mobility patterns in the Spanish labour market?”. Spanish Economic Review, 7 (1), 43-65.

Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2004). “Training provision and regulation: an analysis of the temporary help industry”. International Journal of Manpower, 25 (7), 656-682.

Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2004). “Empresas de trabajo temporal y formación: la reforma laboral de 1994”. Revista de Economía Aplicada, 34 (12), 141-156.

Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Rodes, E. (2004). “Temporalidad y señalización en el mercado de trabajo: el papel de las empresas de trabajo temporal”. Cuadernos de Economía y Dirección de la Empresa, 18, 35-67.

Malo, M.A.; Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2004). “La influencia de las empresas de trabajo temporal sobre la trayectoria laboral: un plan de investigación”. Revista de Ciencias del Trabajo, 3/2002 y 4/2003, 189-208.

Malo, M.A.; Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2003). “Employment status mobility from a life-cycle perspective: a sequence analysis of work-histories in the British household panel survey”, Demographic Research, 9 (7), 119-161.

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Sánchez-Bueno, M.J. (2015). Theory and practice of business administration; Fundamentals and strategic options. Editorial Aranzadi (Thomson-Reuters) ISBN: 978-84-470-5211-0.

Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2012). “Working career progress in the tourism industry: temp-to-perm transitions in Spain”. In Kasimoglu, M.; Haydin, H. (eds). Strategies for tourism industry: micro and macro perspectives, 33-54, Ed. In Tech. ISBN: 978-953-51-0566-4.

Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Sánchez-Bueno, M.J. (2009). Business management: theoretical notions and practical exercises. Ed. Civitas, Navarra. ISBN: 978-84-470-3375-1.

Amuedo-Dorantes, C.; Malo, M.A.; Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2009). “Temporary work agencies and employment stability”. In García Pérez, J.I. (coord.) Methodology and design of studies for the evaluation of public policies, 163-176. Ed. Toni Bosch. ISBN: 978-84-95348-45-6.

Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2008). Understanding temporary help agency employment: direct-hire versus agency temps. Ed. VDM Verlag Dr. Muller. ISBN: 978-3-639-00896-8.

Muñoz-Bullójn, F. (2007). Temporary work agencies and abandonment of unemployment. Ed. Thomson-Civitas. ISBN: 978-84-470-2733-0.

Martín Navarro, J.L.; Muñoz-Bullón, F.; Saiz Alvarez, C.; Romero Torre, M. (2006). The new intermediaries in the labor market of the Community of Madrid. Ed. Instituto de Estudios Económicos, Madrid. ISBN: 84-88533-90-X.

Fernández-Mateo, I.; Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2005). “Temporary employment agencies”. In Bonache, J.; Cabrera, A. People management, 427-462. Ed. Prentice Hall. ISBN: 84-205-5037-X.

Muñoz-Bullón, F. (2002). “The outsourcing strategy”. In Bonache, J.; Cabrera, A. (eds.). Strategic people management, 453-488. Ed. Prentice Hall. ISBN: 84-205-3637-3.