UC3M Business - Professor ESTER MARTÍNEZ-ROS

email:
ester.martinez@uc3m.es

address / office:
C/ Madrid, 126 - 28903 Getafe (Madrid) Spain / 6.0.34

phone / fax:
(34) 91 624 93 50 /

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BUSINESS UC3M

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ESTER MARTÍNEZ-ROS

Associate Professor of Management

Education

Phd in Economics - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Ms. Science in Economics - University College London

Research interests

Reserach fields

Economics of Innovation. Management of Innovation
Determinants of innovation and types of innovation
Environmental innovation
R&D public policies

Background

Diffusion

Research ID: Q-5525-2018
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RePEc

Blogs & others

https://nadaesgratis.es/admin/que-pasa-con-los-impuestos-medioambientales-en-espana/
https://greenfiscalpolicy.org/policy_briefs/environmental-taxes-and-green-technology-adoption-evidence-from-spain/
Quarterly R&I Literature Review OECD
https://climate.uc3m.es/2023/12/11/reducing-co2-emissions-economic-and-gender-inequality-can-we-move-in-the-right-direction-simultaneously/

Selected publications

Tchórzewska, K., Del Río, P., García-Quevedo, J., Martínez-Ros, E. 2025. Carrot first, stick second? Environmental policy-mix sequencing and green technologies. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123835

Del Río, P., García-Quevedo. J., Martínez-Ros, E. 2025. Corporate Environmental R&D: Does Organizational Innovation Matter? Industry and Innovation, vol. 32(6) 710-745. https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2024.2420792

García-Romanos, J. & Martínez-Ros, E. 2023. “Digitalization and Employment in Europe: The role of Firm’s size and the complementarity of R&D”. R&D Management, vol. 54(4): 695-712. https://doi.org/10.1111/radm.12656

Martínez-Ros, E. & Merino, F. 2023. "Green innovation strategies and firm's internationalization". Industrial & Corporate Change, 32(4). DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtac057

García-Quevedo, J., Martínez-Ros, E. & Tchórzewska, K. 2022. "The heterogeneous effects of environmental taxation on green technologies". Research Policy, 51(7), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2022.104541

García-Quevedo, J., Martínez-Ros, E. & Tchórzewska, K. 2022. "End-of-pipe and cleaner production technologies. Do policy instruments and organizational capabilities matter? Evidence from Spanish firms". Journal of Cleaner Production, 340,

Labeaga, J.M., Martínez-Ros, E., Sanchis, A. & Sanchis, J. 2021. "Does persistence in using R&D Tax Credits help to achieve product innovations?". Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121065

Kesidou, E., García-Quevedo, J. & Martínez-Ros, E. 2020 "Driving sectoral sustainability via the diffusion of organizational eco-innovations", Business Strategy and the Environment , vol. 29: 1437-1447.

Martinez-Ros, E., Céspedes-Lorente , J.J. & Magán, A.: 2019 "Information Technologies and Downsizing: Examining their impact on Economic Performance", Information and Management, vol. 56(4): 526-535

Martínez-Ros, E., Costa-Campi, M.T. & García-Quevedo, J.: 2017 "What are the determinants of Investment in Environmental R&D?" Energy Policy, vol. 104, 455–465

Martínez-Ros, E. & Kunapatarawong, R.: 2016 "Towards green growth: How does green innovation affect employment?", Research Policy, vol. 45 (6): 1218-1232.

+ BIO

Ester Martínez-Ros is Associate Professor of Management at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. She is PhD. by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Ms. Science in Economics by University College London.

She teaches Organizational Behaviour, Management and Introduction to Business at the degree level. She also collaborates in many PhD. Programs as Universidad Pablo Olavide, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

The main research interest relies on the analysis of innovation decisions and its effect on the firm performance. She has also focused on the problems of inference in the innovation determinants due to the existence of heterogeneous unobserved effects. Some of her contributions to the literature are in Research Policy, Energy Policy, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of High Technology Management Research, Applied Economics, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Small Business Economics, International Marketing Review.

Ester leads Master en Gestión y Dirección de Empresas on line and Master en Formación Permanente en Dirección de Empresas de la moda y la belleza Vogue-Uc3M. She has been Director of the Continuing Education and the Director of Graduate Business School, Vice-Dean of the Business Administration degree, Vice-Dean of Promotion and Quality, co-Director of an executive program in Medical Organizations Management and responsible of the Executive program of Caixabank. In the University, she has been the Director of Graduate Business School, Vice-Dean of the Business Administration degree, Vice-Dean of Promotion and Quality, co-Director of an executive program in Medical Organizations Management and responsible of the Executive program of Caixabank.

He has also participated as an expert in ESIR group from European Commission and ereviewer of different international institutions such as Research Council of Norway, Fonds de la Recherche Scientibique-Belgium-CEPR, ERC-Grants.

+ Publications

Badenes-Pla, N. Labeaga, JM. & Martínez-Ros, E. 2025. Does gender equality matter in the mitigation of CO2 emissions? An OECD country analysis. Innovation and Green Development, vol 4 (6). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.igd.2025.100311

Demirel, P., Martínez-Ros, E. & Quatraro, F. 2025. Innovation for the Green Transition: Challenges and Future Perspectives. Eurasian Business Review, 15: 631-645. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40821-025-00322-w

Santamría, L., MArtínez-Ros, E. & Duque, L.C. 2025. Building a corporate culture committed to society: a case study. In Exploring Commercial, Social and Digital Innovation from the Curstomer Perspective. Kurtmollaiev, S. Lervik-Olsen, L. and Andreassen, T. (eds) , Routledge.

Del Río, P., García-Quevedo, J. & Martínez-Ros, E. 2021. La Ecoinnovación en España: Situación, Determinantes y Políticas. Papeles de Economía Española,

Huerta, E. Martinez-Ros, E. & Salas-Fumás, V. 2021. Un lugar para la empresa en la política industrial. Revista ICE, nº 919: 63-81.

García-Quevedo, J., Jové-Llopis, E. & Martínez-Ros, E. 2020. "Barriers to the circular economy in European small and medium-sized firms". Business Strategy and the Environment, vol 29:2450-2464.

Martínez-Ros, E.: "Revisiting product and process innovations", 2019 International Journal of Business Environment, vol. 10 (3), 270–280

Martínez-Ros, E. & Kunapatarawong, R.: 2019 "The Impact of Innovation and Green Fiscal Incentives on Employment in Spain", Hacienda Pública Española. vol 231:125-154. ISSN 0210-1173

Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (European Commission) 2017, Towards a mission-oriented research and innovation policy in the European Union. An ESIR memorandum - Study. European Comission.

Martínez-Ros, E. "Environment and Employment: Is There a Prize for Clean Play?", 2018, Observatorio Social de la Caixa. https://observatoriosociallacaixa.org/en/-/medio-ambiente-y-empleo_jugar-limpio-tiene-premio

+ Working papers

Kesidou, E. Martínez-Ros, E. García-Quevedo, J. 2018. Industry Differences in Organisational Eco-Innovation: A Panel Data Study. IEB Working Paper N. 2018/07.

Labeaga Azcona, JM., Martínez-Ros. E., Mohnen, P. 2015. Tax incentives and firm size: effects on private R&D investment in Spain. UNU-MERIT Working Papers.

Kunapatarawong, R. and Martínez-Ros, E. 2014. A resource pool for environmental innovation. Working Paper 14-03 Business Economic Series (01)

Casiman, B. and Martínez-Ros, E. 2007 Product Innovation and Exports. Evidence from Spanish Manufacturing. IESE Business School

Maria Teresa Costa-Campi, José García-Quevedo, Ester Martínez-Ros. What are the determinants of Investment in Environmental R&D? WP. IEB 2016/13