Dr Allan Discua Cruz

Senior Lecturer

Profile

Dr. Allan Discua Cruz is Senior Lecturer in the area of entrepreneurship. He is the Director of the Centre for Family Business at LUMS. He is also a member of the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). He is associate editor of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development and the European Journal of Family Business. He is co-editor of the Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business and member of the editorial review board of Innovare and the International Small Business Journal.

From Ideas to Publications: Building a Research Pipeline for Entrepreneurship Journals
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

The power of narratives in family business research
Invited talk

Entrepreneurship and family business research
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Qualitative research in family firms: the power of stories
Invited talk

LUMS lecture R. Wahi
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

LUMS Lecture
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Understanding the interdependence of place, creed and commerce: A focus on family businesses
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Helen Haugh
Hosting an academic visitor

Judge, Best family business unpublished paper 2026, Family Firm Institute
Review of Award Applications

Succession and family firms
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Entrepreneurship and faith
Invited talk

Research development of a Centre for Family Business
Invited talk

Family business research advances
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Academy of Management, 2025
Participation in conference - Academic

FERC doctoral student symposium
Invited talk

Family business and faith
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

The relevance of narratives in family firms
Invited talk

Hoarding opportunities - social inequality and entrepreneurship
Invited talk

Religion, Entrepreneurship and Family Business
Invited talk

Family business and religion
Invited talk

US Academy of Management (External organisation)
Membership of committee

International Journal of Management Education (Journal)
Editorial activity

National family business research conference UK
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

AIMday workshop on Stewardship & Sustainability
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Family Business Challenges
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Succession and famly businesses
Invited talk

Journal of Family Business Management (Journal)
Editorial activity

European Journal of Family Business (Journal)
Editorial activity

Development and judging of the Family Business Award
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development (Journal)
Editorial activity

Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business (Journal)
Editorial activity

International Small Business Journal (Journal)
Editorial activity

Emerald Literati Award
Prize (including medals and awards)

Universidad Tecnologica Centroamericana Alumni Award
Prize (including medals and awards)

Sustainability research in Family business
Prize (including medals and awards)

Pilkington Teaching Award
Prize (including medals and awards)

Sharon Johnson Award
Prize (including medals and awards)

Dean’s Awards 2025
Prize (including medals and awards)

Best paper award - SPGC
Prize (including medals and awards)

Most innovative paper award - EURAM - Family Business SIG
Prize (including medals and awards)

Best Paper Award - AOM - MSR Division
Prize (including medals and awards)

Head of Department Award
Prize (including medals and awards)

Richard Baguley

Richard Baguley

PhD student, Senior Teaching Associate

Academy for Gender and Social Justice Research in Organisations, Centre for Scholarship and Innovation in Management Education, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Pentland Centre

WP C014, C - Floor, Management School
John Learmonth

John Learmonth

Doctoral Researcher, PhD student

Centre for Family Business

  • Centre for Family Business
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • Latin America Research Cluster
  • Pentland Centre