Luis Diestre is a Full Professor at IE Business School. He received his PhD in Strategic Management from the University of Southern California. His research interests evolve around two distinct topics: non-market strategy and R&D activities in the Biopharmaceutical industry. Luis' work appears in publications such as the Academy of Management Journal, the Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Management Science, the Journal of Management Studies, and Research Policy. He served as an Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Journal and has been a member of the Editorial Review Board of the Academy of Management Journal and the Strategic Management Journal. Luis is also the CEO and founder of Translucent Datalab, a healthcare technology start-up that generates knowledge around Illegal Online Pharmacies’ activities. This start-up is an University spin-out that emerged from an ERC Starting Grant (€1.4 million)  and an ERC Proof of Concept Grant (€150,000).