
Dr Gabriela Gutierrez-Huerter O
Senior Lecturer in International Management
- Senior Tutor
Research interests
- International Management
- Strategy, International Management and Entrepreneurship
Biography
Gabriela Gutierrez-Huerter O is a Senior Lecturer in International Management at King’s Business School and a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy. She received her PhD from the University of Nottingham. Her work is located at the intersection of international business, corporate social responsibility and comparative institutional analysis.
She teaches Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics and Sustainability at the Undergraduate level. Her work has been published in the Journal of International Business Studies and Research in Global Strategic Management.
Gabriela’s research focuses on three strands:
- Cross-national transfer and translation of organizational practices within multi-national enterprises
- Modern slavery and Business and Human Rights
- Sustainability and Business Schools
Gabriela is a member of OS4Future, a movement of organization and management scientists who wish to inspire fellow academics to take action on climate change leading by example in research, teaching and impact. As part of her work on modern slavery in the UK construction sector, she is a member of the British Standards Institution (BSI) technical committee to modern slavery. Gabriela is also a member of the Academy of International Business (AIB), Academy of Management (AOM) and the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS). Gabriela has been an invited speaker at various practioners events.
A recent example was the ‘Blended Webinar: ESG a new horizon to finance and Business’. Brazil and UK Dialogues and Narratives. Organised by ABERJE – Brazilian Association for Business Communication and the King’s Brazilian Institute:
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21: Multi-national enterprises and CSR
Gutierrez Huerter O, G., 24 Jan 2024, Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Mathews, L., Bianchi, L. & Ingram, C. (eds.). p. 117 122 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry in encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review
Extrapolations – A View from OS4F
Acosta, P., Bothello, J., Gutierrez Huerter O, G., Delmestri, G., Stefanie, H. & Elke, S., 11 Sept 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Organization Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
Transdisciplinarity from the grassroots: exploring student-led dialogues for sustainability
Gutierrez-Huerter O, G., Glozer, S. & Zeyen, A., 1 Feb 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Studies in Higher Education. 49, 12, p. 2584-2598 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
El Modelo Mexicano de Formación Dual y la Educación Media Superior en el Estado de Hidalgo, México
Garcia Fuentes, P. & Gutierrez Huerter O, G., 6 Jan 2023, In: Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Educativos. 53, 1, p. 339–368Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Responding to institutional plurality: Micro-politics in the rollout of a global corporate social responsibility norm in an multi-national enterprise
Gutierrez Huerter O, G., 8 Jun 2023, In: HUMAN RELATIONS.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Three decades of research on practice transfer in multinational firms: Past contributions and future opportunities
Fortwengel, J., Gutierrez Huerter O, G. & Kostova, T., 1 Apr 2023, In: JOURNAL OF WORLD BUSINESS. 58, 3, 101430.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Change in Rhetoric but not in Action? Framing of the Ethical Issue of Modern Slavery in a UK Sector at High Risk of Labor Exploitation
Gutierrez-Huerter O, G., Gold, S. & Trautrims, A., 7 Dec 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS. 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Modern slavery risk assessment
Gold, S., Gutierrez-Huerter O, G. & Trautrims, A., Sept 2021, In: Nature Food. 2, 9, p. 644-645 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
OS4Future: An Academic Advocacy Movement for Our Future
Delmestri, G., Etchanchu, H., Bothello, J., Habersang, S., Gutierrez Huerter O, G. & Schüßler, E., 21 Sept 2021, Personal Sustainability Practices: Faculty Approaches to Walking the Sustainability Talk and Living the UN SDGs. Starik, M. & Kanashiro, P. (eds.). Edward Elgar, p. 218–229 (New Horizons in Sustainability and Business).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Sustainable Conference Organizing: Practices and Impact
Gutierrez Huerter O, G., Elke, S., Stefanie, H., Bothello, J., Delmestri, G. & Etchanchu, H., 2021, In: ZDfm – Journal for Diversity Research and Management. 6, 1, p. 64-72Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Micro-processes of translation in the transfer of practices from MNE headquarters to foreign subsidiaries: The role of subsidiary translators
Gutierrez-Huerter O, G., Moon, J., Gold, S. & Chapple, W., Apr 2020, In: Journal of International Business Studies. 51, 3, p. 389-413 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The influence of the institutional environment on the transfer of sustainability reporting
Gutierrez Huerter O, G., 1 Jan 2017, In: Academy of Management Proceedings. 2017, 1, p. 10352Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Transfer of Social and Environmental Accounting and Reporting Knowledge: Subsidiary Absorptive Capacity and Organisational Mechanisms
Gutierrez-Huerter O, G., Gold, S., Moon, J. & Chapple, W., 10 Aug 2016, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Research in Global Strategic Management. p. 299-328Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference paper › peer-review
Translating strategies of boundary spanners within an MNC: the case of CSR reporting
Gutierrez-Huerter O, G., Gold, S., Moon, J. & Chapple, W., 1 Jan 2016, In: Academy of Management Proceedings. 2016, 1, p. 11681Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
"Social Environmental Accounting and Reporting: MNC's Governance, Absorptive Capacity and Learning"
Gutierrez Huerter O, G., Moon, J., Gold, S. & Chapple, W., 1 Jan 2015, In: Academy of Management Proceedings. 2015, 1, p. 11348-11348Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
News
Roundtable reflections: Accelerating action on Modern Slavery
Dr Gutierrez Huerter O reflects on the discussions from October's roundtable: 'Accelerating Action on Modern Slavery'.

COMMENT: Ten years after the enactment of the Modern Slavery Act, there's hope that organisations will start walking the talk
Dr Gabriela Gutierrez Huerter O’, technical adviser on a new standard on organisational responses to modern slavery, explains new developments that could...

Celebrating research with impact
Business School’s Impact Prize honour contributions to health, gender equality, ethical investment and more

Dr Gabriela Gutierrez-Huerter O wins Financial Times award for real-world impact
Research contributed to the first British Standard on organisational responses to modern slavery

The Global Challenge of Modern Slavery
Global disruptions such as COVID-19, the war in Ukraine and Brexit in the UK, have exacerbated the risks of the global issue of modern slavery and the urgency...

Dr Gabriela Gutierrez-Huerter O advises on new standards to manage the risk of modern slavery
British Standards Institution consultation goes live

COVID-19 poses new challenges for corporate social responsibility efforts
Rapid response required but quick solutions may pose new risks

Can you control your Corporate Social Responsibility strategy in a global world?
Dr Gabriela Gutierrez-Huerter O and Professor Christian Asmussen

Four years of the Modern Slavery Act; construction sector at a crossroads
The industry is still grappling with reporting, but calls for fundamental changes to practice grow

Events

Virtual Round-Table: Accelerating Action on Modern Slavery with BS25700
Virtual event hosted by King's Business School
Please note: this event has passed.

Combating Global Inequalities and Advancing Decent Work: SDGs 8 and 10
Please join us for this SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) and 10 (Reduced Inequalities) workshop at King's Business School
Please note: this event has passed.
21: Multi-national enterprises and CSR
Gutierrez Huerter O, G., 24 Jan 2024, Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Mathews, L., Bianchi, L. & Ingram, C. (eds.). p. 117 122 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry in encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review
Extrapolations – A View from OS4F
Acosta, P., Bothello, J., Gutierrez Huerter O, G., Delmestri, G., Stefanie, H. & Elke, S., 11 Sept 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Organization Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
Transdisciplinarity from the grassroots: exploring student-led dialogues for sustainability
Gutierrez-Huerter O, G., Glozer, S. & Zeyen, A., 1 Feb 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Studies in Higher Education. 49, 12, p. 2584-2598 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
El Modelo Mexicano de Formación Dual y la Educación Media Superior en el Estado de Hidalgo, México
Garcia Fuentes, P. & Gutierrez Huerter O, G., 6 Jan 2023, In: Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Educativos. 53, 1, p. 339–368Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Responding to institutional plurality: Micro-politics in the rollout of a global corporate social responsibility norm in an multi-national enterprise
Gutierrez Huerter O, G., 8 Jun 2023, In: HUMAN RELATIONS.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Three decades of research on practice transfer in multinational firms: Past contributions and future opportunities
Fortwengel, J., Gutierrez Huerter O, G. & Kostova, T., 1 Apr 2023, In: JOURNAL OF WORLD BUSINESS. 58, 3, 101430.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Change in Rhetoric but not in Action? Framing of the Ethical Issue of Modern Slavery in a UK Sector at High Risk of Labor Exploitation
Gutierrez-Huerter O, G., Gold, S. & Trautrims, A., 7 Dec 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS. 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Modern slavery risk assessment
Gold, S., Gutierrez-Huerter O, G. & Trautrims, A., Sept 2021, In: Nature Food. 2, 9, p. 644-645 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
OS4Future: An Academic Advocacy Movement for Our Future
Delmestri, G., Etchanchu, H., Bothello, J., Habersang, S., Gutierrez Huerter O, G. & Schüßler, E., 21 Sept 2021, Personal Sustainability Practices: Faculty Approaches to Walking the Sustainability Talk and Living the UN SDGs. Starik, M. & Kanashiro, P. (eds.). Edward Elgar, p. 218–229 (New Horizons in Sustainability and Business).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Sustainable Conference Organizing: Practices and Impact
Gutierrez Huerter O, G., Elke, S., Stefanie, H., Bothello, J., Delmestri, G. & Etchanchu, H., 2021, In: ZDfm – Journal for Diversity Research and Management. 6, 1, p. 64-72Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Micro-processes of translation in the transfer of practices from MNE headquarters to foreign subsidiaries: The role of subsidiary translators
Gutierrez-Huerter O, G., Moon, J., Gold, S. & Chapple, W., Apr 2020, In: Journal of International Business Studies. 51, 3, p. 389-413 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The influence of the institutional environment on the transfer of sustainability reporting
Gutierrez Huerter O, G., 1 Jan 2017, In: Academy of Management Proceedings. 2017, 1, p. 10352Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Transfer of Social and Environmental Accounting and Reporting Knowledge: Subsidiary Absorptive Capacity and Organisational Mechanisms
Gutierrez-Huerter O, G., Gold, S., Moon, J. & Chapple, W., 10 Aug 2016, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Research in Global Strategic Management. p. 299-328Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference paper › peer-review
Translating strategies of boundary spanners within an MNC: the case of CSR reporting
Gutierrez-Huerter O, G., Gold, S., Moon, J. & Chapple, W., 1 Jan 2016, In: Academy of Management Proceedings. 2016, 1, p. 11681Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
"Social Environmental Accounting and Reporting: MNC's Governance, Absorptive Capacity and Learning"
Gutierrez Huerter O, G., Moon, J., Gold, S. & Chapple, W., 1 Jan 2015, In: Academy of Management Proceedings. 2015, 1, p. 11348-11348Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
News
Roundtable reflections: Accelerating action on Modern Slavery
Dr Gutierrez Huerter O reflects on the discussions from October's roundtable: 'Accelerating Action on Modern Slavery'.

COMMENT: Ten years after the enactment of the Modern Slavery Act, there's hope that organisations will start walking the talk
Dr Gabriela Gutierrez Huerter O’, technical adviser on a new standard on organisational responses to modern slavery, explains new developments that could...

Celebrating research with impact
Business School’s Impact Prize honour contributions to health, gender equality, ethical investment and more

Dr Gabriela Gutierrez-Huerter O wins Financial Times award for real-world impact
Research contributed to the first British Standard on organisational responses to modern slavery

The Global Challenge of Modern Slavery
Global disruptions such as COVID-19, the war in Ukraine and Brexit in the UK, have exacerbated the risks of the global issue of modern slavery and the urgency...

Dr Gabriela Gutierrez-Huerter O advises on new standards to manage the risk of modern slavery
British Standards Institution consultation goes live

COVID-19 poses new challenges for corporate social responsibility efforts
Rapid response required but quick solutions may pose new risks

Can you control your Corporate Social Responsibility strategy in a global world?
Dr Gabriela Gutierrez-Huerter O and Professor Christian Asmussen

Four years of the Modern Slavery Act; construction sector at a crossroads
The industry is still grappling with reporting, but calls for fundamental changes to practice grow

Events

Virtual Round-Table: Accelerating Action on Modern Slavery with BS25700
Virtual event hosted by King's Business School
Please note: this event has passed.

Combating Global Inequalities and Advancing Decent Work: SDGs 8 and 10
Please join us for this SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) and 10 (Reduced Inequalities) workshop at King's Business School
Please note: this event has passed.