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Her PhD on microfinance in Spain received the “Outstanding PhD Thesis Award”, “ESIC-CAI Research Award 2004” and the “La Caixa Research Award on Social Sciences 2004”. She also received the “First Prize on Quality Research on Human Development 2008” by the University Chancellors from Madrid for her research on microfinance institutions efficiency. Her paper, entitled A Credit Score System for Socially Responsible Lending received the “United Nations PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment) 2017 Finance and Sustainability European Research Award” under the “Best Published Research Article category”.
She has authored several research articles and books on microfinance. She has been the editor-in-chief of the Iberoamerican Journal of Development Studies.
She has authored several research articles and books on microfinance. She has been the editor-in-chief of the Iberoamerican Journal of Development Studies.
Research fields
Social Finance | Microfinance
most representative publications
- A bibliometric analysis of the social return on investment, Gutiérrez-Nieto* B., J. Camón-Cala, B. Cuéllar-Fernández & Y. Fuertes-Callén, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12, 1, pp. 1–14, 2025.
- A bibliometric analysis of the disposition effect: origins and future research avenues, Gutiérrez-Nieto* B., C. Ortiz & L. Vicente, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 37, 100774, 2023.
- 20 years of research in microfinance: An information management approach, Gutiérrez-Nieto* B. & C. Serrano-Cinca, International Journal of Information Management, 47, pp. 183–197, 2019.
- The poverty penalty and microcredit, Gutiérrez-Nieto* B., C. Serrano-Cinca, B. Cuellar-Fernández & Y. Fuertes-Callén, Social Indicators Research, 133, 2, pp. 455–475, 2017.
- A credit score system for socially responsible lending, Gutiérrez-Nieto* B., C. Serrano-Cinca & J. Camón-Cala, Journal of Business Ethics, 133, 4, pp. 691–701, 2016.
CHAPTERS IN A BOOK
- Assessment of Microfinance Institutions and their Impact: Evidence from a Scientometric Study, Gutiérrez Nieto* B. & C. Serrano Cinca, in Hartarska* V. and R. Cull (Eds), Handbook of Microfinance, Financial Inclusion and Development, pp. 41-65, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK and USA, 2023.
- Social and financial efficiency of Microfinance Institutions, Serrano Cinca C. , B. Gutiérrez Nieto* & C. Mar Molinero, in Armendáriz* B. & M. Labie* (Eds), The Handbook of Microfinance, pp. 397-418, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore-USA-UK, 2011.
