Corporate Strategy
Behavioral Strategy
Xena Welch Guerra is Assistant Professor of Strategic Management at Erasmus University Rotterdam and a Senior Researcher affiliated with the Competence Centre for Mergers and Acquisitions at the University of St.Gallen. Her research interests lie in the areas of behavioral and corporate strategy. She completed her doctorate at the University of St. Gallen with highest distinction and has received a number of national and international grants and awards. Previously, she was a visiting scholar at INSEAD Singapore and the University of Cambridge, a Teaching Associate at the University of Warwick, and served as elected Representative-at-Large for the Corporate Strategy Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society. She currently serves on the Editorial Review Boards of the Journal of Management and Long Range Planning.
"Mergers and Acquisitions" - Master in Strategy and international Management (SIM)
2025 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Annual Meetings, STR Division
2025 Finalist, Research Methods Prize, Strategic Management Society Annual Conference
2023 Outstanding Reviewer Award, European Academy of Management Annual Meetings, M&A Track
2021 Finalist, Best Corporate Strategy Paper Award, Strategic Management Society Conference
2019 Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Post-Experience Programs at the University of Warwick Business School
2017 Dr.Peter-Werhahn-Preis of the University of St.Gallen, awarded for the year’s best dissertation in Management and Theory of Science
2016 Best Paper Award of the Behavioral Strategy Track, European Academy of Management Conference
2016 Outstanding Reviewer Award, European Academy of Management Conference, Strategic Management Interest Group
2015 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Business Policy and Strategy Division
2014 Best PhD Paper Award, Strategic Management Society Conference
Journal of Management
Long Range Planning