Myrto Chliova

Myrto is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Aalto University School of Business, responsible for teaching the BSc course of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. Her research focuses on the ways that social value can be created through entrepreneurial action and the creation of new ventures. She studies both the actual effectiveness and the symbolic value of this phenomenon, also termed “social entrepreneurship”, using both quantitative and qualitative methods, and economic, sociological and psychological perspectives. Her work on the impact of microcredit on client entrepreneurs has been published at the Journal of Business Venturing and the Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research and has received the Journal of Small Business Management Award for the best paper on the topic of Public Policy in 2013. Myrto's latest research projects explore the emergence of the organizational category of social entrepreneurship, the conditions that enable the scaling of base of the pyramid ventures in developing contexts, as well as the outcomes of prosocial motivations of entrepreneurs.

BACKGROUND

Myrto holds a PhD in Management, cum laude, from ESADE Business School in Barcelona. During her PhD, she has held visiting scholar positions at Wharton Business School in the US and Universidad de los Andes in Colombia. During her time in ESADE, Myrto has helped teach courses on Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Marketing, Social Entrepreneurship, and Statistics. She is also one of the authors of the book “Aprendiendo de las Empresas Sociales” published by ESADE’s Institute of Social Innovation. Myrto has an academic background in Business studies, having studied for her BSc in Marketing and Communication in the Athens University of Economics and Business, and then received an MSc in Management with a focus on entrepreneurship, from Cass Business School of City University in London. Before joining the PhD program of ESADE, she had been working for some years as a marketing executive for multinationals in the field of cosmetics and perfumes. She has also supported on a part-time basis the marketing of early-stage tech startups in Greece.

CURRICULUM VITAE

PhD in Management, ESADE Business School, Barcelona, 2015

MRes in Management, ESADE Business School, Barcelona, 2011

MSc in Management, Cass Business School, 2006

BSc in Marketing and Communication, Athens University of Business and Economics, 2004

Publications

Peer-reviewed scientific articles Journal article-refereed, Original research Scaling Impact: Template Development and Replication at the Base of the Pyramid Chliova, Myrto; Ringov, Dimo in ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES (Academy of Management) ISSN: 1558-9080

Is microcredit a blessing for the poor?A meta-analysis examining development outcomes and contextual considerations Chliova, Myrto; Brinckmann, Jan; Rosenbusch, Nina in JOURNAL OF BUSINESS VENTURING (Elsevier Inc.) ISSN: 0883-9026

Conference proceedings Ambiguous classification: Antecedents and outcomes Chliova, Myrto

Publications intended for professional communities

Article in professional hand or guide book or in a professional data system, or text book material

Aquaphytex Tecnología al servicio del desarrollo; Regionalwert AG Innovación en la cadena de valor agrícola Chliova, Myrto

Is microcredit a blessing for the poor? A meta-analysis. Chliova, Myrto; Brinckmann, Jan; Rosenbusch, Nina