On June 5, 2024, at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Valencia, the Reading and defense Adalberto E. Escobar Castillo's Doctoral Thesis took place, entitled “Effect of Interactive use of Management Control on the Relationship Between Knowledge Management, Innovation and Competitive Performance in Ibero-American SMEs”, directed by Dr. Vicente Mateo Ripoll Feliu y Dr. Ernesto López-Valeiras Sampedro.