Ana Cristina Siqueira Associate Professor • Management, Marketing and Professional Sales Website Ana Siqueira (PhD, University of Cambridge) is Professor of Management at the Cotsakos College of Business, William Paterson University. She served as the Founding Director of the Center for Socially Responsible Entrepreneurship and Innovation from 2021 to 2025. She is an award-winning educator and has been teaching face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels since 2009. In 2014, she received a university-wide Creative Teaching Award at Duquesne University for co-revising the Strategic Management course aligned with the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). This revised course received a commendation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Her pedagogical innovations have appeared in publications such as the Journal of International Business Education as well as International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development. Dr. Siqueira's was a Benavitch Scholar in St Catharine's College at the University of Cambridge in 2007-2009 and she was hosted in 2008-2009 in the Industrial Performance Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Her professional experience includes almost five years in financial services organizations such as Citigroup, where she developed business planning and new strategic initiatives involving communication and information technology. Her articles have appeared in premier publications such as Journal of Business Ethics, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and Journal of Business Venturing. She was recognized by ROI-NJ Media Company in 2021 as an Influencer in Social Equality and Equity. She received Social Entrepreneurship SIG Awards for Excellence in Practice and Service in 2022 and for Excellence in Scholarship in 2024 from the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE). She also received a 2024 Publication of the Year Award by B Academics, a global community working to advance research on socially and environmentally responsible businesses. Professional Interests She is an Associated Editor at the Journal of Business Venturing Insights and an Editorial Board Member of the journals Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice and Cross-Cultural & Strategic Management. She served as elected officer in the Teaching Community of the Strategic Management Society, as well as the Organizations and Natural Environment Division of the Academy of Management. Other Interests Her interests include entrepreneurship and innovation. A paper from her PhD dissertation received a Research Promise IDEA Award and a Michael H. Mescon/Coles College of Business Best Empirical Paper Award. A later version of this paper with A. Cosh titled “Focusing on one capability at a time: Patterns in the use of innovation activities and implications for young firms” is published in the International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, and a video is available at https://wpunj.yuja.com/V/Video?v=1320575&node=4983015&a=440511375&autoplay=1. Her research was nominated for a Carolyn B. Dexter Award by the Academy of Management and a related video of her article with S. Mariano and J. Moraes titled “Supporting Innovation Ecosystems with Microfinance: Evidence from Brazil and Implications for Social Entrepreneurship” in the Journal of Social Entrepreneurship is available at https://wpunj.yuja.com/V/Video?v=1147080&node=4254626&a=552267490&autoplay=1. A video of her article with B. Honig, S. Mariano, and J. Moraes titled “A commons strategy for promoting entrepreneurship and social capital: Implications for community currencies, cryptocurrencies, and value exchange” published in the Journal of Business Ethics is available at https://wpunj.yuja.com/V/Video?v=1320622&node=4983111&a=1970445592&autoplay=1. For this article, Dr. Siqueira received in 2021 from the Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University and the New Jersey Collegiate Business Administration Association (NJCBAA) a Bright Idea Award. Languages (other than English) Portuguese Degrees PhD Management, University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom MA Sociology, University of Florida Gainesville, FL MA Latin American Studies, Stanford University Stanford, CA BBA Business Administration, Fundacao Getulio Vargas Sao Paulo, Brazil Specialization Strategic management, entrepreneurship, international business, and management of technology and innovation Representative Publications Creating economic, social, and environmental change through entrepreneurship: An entrepreneurial autonomy perspective informed by Paulo Freire. (Forthcoming) Journal of Business Venturing Insights.; Journal of Business Venturing; 2023 https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S2352-6734(23)00015-X The consequences of financial leverage: Certified B Corporations’ advantages compared to common commercial firms. ; Journal of Business Ethics; 2023 https://rdcu.be/c5DYx A commons strategy for promoting entrepreneurship and social capital: Implications for community currencies, cryptocurrencies, and value exchange; Journal of Business Ethics; 2020 https://rdcu.be/b5P31 Entrepreneurs’ ingenuity and self-imposed ethical constraints: Creating sustainability-oriented new ventures and knowledge; Journal of Knowledge Management; 2019 https://wpunj.yuja.com/V/Video?v=1316799&node=4970112&a=1121587381&autoplay=1 A longitudinal comparison of capital structure between young for-profit social and commercial enterprises; Journal of Business Venturing; Volume 33, 2018 https://wpunj.yuja.com/V/Video?v=1160766&node=4286662&a=264305653&autoplay=1 Representative Presentations Advancing the Impact of Scholarship for Broader Audiences via the Entrepreneurial Autonomy Perspective United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference Birmingham, AL 2024 Developing networks of entrepreneurs, educators, and students for social responsibility: Increasing impact of scholarship via academic certificates for broader audiences. Management and Social Justice Conference The New School , 2023 Socially responsible women-led enterprises: Aligning economic, social, and environmental values while supporting the Sustainable Development Goals. Management and Social Justice Conference The New School , 2023 Role of Entrepreneurial Ingenuity and Information Technology in Enhancing Women Entrepreneurs’ Response to Environmental Change Social Entrepreneurship Conference Indiana University and University of Southern California , 2021 The consequences of leverage in commercial versus B Corp social enterprises Global B Corp Academic Community Roundtable Los Angeles, 2019 Awards and Honors Publication of the Year Award B Academics - a global community working to advance research on socially and environmentally responsible businesses (https://bacademics.org/) 02/22/2024 Social Entrepreneurship SIG Award for Excellence in Scholarship Award United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) 01/14/2024 Social Entrepreneurship SIG Award for Excellence in Practice and Service United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) 01/07/2022 Bright Idea Award Seton Hall University, Stillman School of Business, & New Jersey Collegiate Business Administration Association (NJCBAA) 10/27/2021 Creative Teaching Award Duquesne University 04/01/2014 Media William Paterson University Business Professor Ana Siqueira Earns National Award for Research in Social Entrepreneurship https://www.wpunj.edu/articles/news/2024-01-19/william-paterson-university-business-professor-ana-siqueira-award-social-entrepreneurship WP Business Professor Receives Competitive, National Award for Excellence in Social Entrepreneurship, Practice and Service https://www.wpunj.edu/articles/news/2022-01-17/professor-ana-siqueira-usasbe-award-social-entrepreneurship ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2022 - Entrepreneurship https://www.roi-nj.com/2022/08/23/roi-influencers/higher-education/2022-higher-education/entrepreneurship/roi-influencers-higher-education-2022-ana-siqueira/ Influencer in Entrepreneurship Education Making a positive social impact on new generations of leaders and entrepreneurs, Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge https://www.lucy.cam.ac.uk/blog/making-positive-social-impact-new-generations-leaders-and-entrepreneurs ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2021 — Deans and Directors, ROI NJ https://www.roi-nj.com/2021/08/25/roi-influencers/higher-education/2021-higher-education/roi-influencers-higher-education-2021-deans-and-directors/ Influencer in Social Equality and Equity Notable Courses Taught Principles of Management, MGT 2000Values, Ethics, & Sustainability, MGT 3550Business Strategy and Policy, MGT 4600Entrepreneurship, ENT 7010Minority-Led and Social Entrepreneurship, MGT 7990 Email 973 720 2755 4042 Valley Road By appointment
