Innovation, Information Technology and Management

 Prof. Dr. Daniel Pérez González

Research Interests 

Study and research of Information Technologies in Business and Social Sciences, especially the issues of  Innovation, benefits and problems of the application of IT in the public and private organizations.

This includes research lines as the relationship between IT and Innovation, Competitiveness, Smart City, Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Social Economy.

Brief CV

It should be noted that he has published papers in the 2 most important journals in the world in their respective categories, according to the prestigious JCR, such as his article in the International Journal of Information Systems IF = 8,210, position 1/87 or his paper in the journal Technological Forescasting and Social Change, IF = 5.846 position 1/89. In addition to the above, more than 30 scientific papers stand out in some of the most important journals in the world (his work has been published in prestigious journals indexed -JCR- such as Future Generation Computer Systems -IF 4,639-, Electronic Markets -IF 3,818-, Energies -IF 2,676- Service Business -IF 2,110-, Information Systems Management IF 1,255-, International Journal of Technology Management,  IF 1,236-, and others).

-30 books and more than 60 International conferences (even as Guest Chair at numerous international conferences).

-Since 2009 he is a full-time professor, and since then he has participated in 28 International and National research projects (in several as IP).

-He is currently IP of two European projects on knowledge transfer and entrepreneurship (from 2021 to 2024)
-He is IP of two projects with companies on innovation and technology transfer (from 2021 to 2023)

-He has directed 4 Doctoral Thesis qualified with cum laude and is directing another 3.

-He has taught at the University of Kiel (Germany), the Polytechnic University of Valencia, the University of Murcia and University of Cantabria.

-Since 2001 he has taught 11 different degree subjects, related to the Techniques for Managing Information in the Company (Degree in economics, degree in business administration, computer engineering), 11 subjects in official master's degree and participated in different master degrees -7- (In different universities and International master's degree)

-He has directed 40 final degree theses and master thesis, and He has directed 32 practices in companies

-He has been Vice-Dean for 3.5 years of the Faculty of Economics and Business in the University of Cantabria.

-He has been for 3.5 He is currently Dean of the School of Tourism Altamira of the University of Cantabria

-He is currently Vice-Rector of Knowledge Transfer and Entrepreneurship

 -He is currently Head of: R & D Group:  Application of Information Technology for Competitiveness and Innovation

Contact details

Department of Business Administration, University of Cantabria,  39005 Santander, Spain.

  +34 942 201605.....Fax+34 942 201680

Email: daniel.perez [at] unican.es ..... Website: http://personales.unican.es/perezd/