His Excellency Dr. Juan Pedro Aznar Alarcón

Dr. JUAN PEDRO AZNAR

• Born in Barcelona.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD in Economic Theory Research from the University of Barcelona.
• PhD in Economics from the University of Málaga (2014), with a thesis awarded by the ACCID (2015).

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

• Professor at ESADE Business and Law School since 1995, teaching in the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration (Economic Environment Analysis).
• Head Professor of Economics at the ESADE Faculty of Law since 2011.
• Has taught in the Master in Finance, the Part-Time MBA, and Executive Education programmes in Economic Environment.
• Professor in the Bachelor in Business Administration, including the international section, coordinating the subjects Economics I and II (2014–2015).
• Has taught at the University of Barcelona, EUNCET Business School, Caixa Catalunya, and the Chambers of Commerce of Alicante and Sabadell.
• Research on the economic impact of tourism, especially in the hotel sector.
• Conflict management as a member of the research group Conflict Management, in projects on mediation in secondary education and conflict management in companies.
• Has participated in projects with the Barcelona School of Management (UPF), Sant Ignasi School of Tourism, and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
• Referee for the journal Total Quality Management & Business Excellence.
• Numerary Member Elect of the Royal European Academy of Doctors (RAED) since 2014.

PUBLICATIONS

• Lessons from the Financial Crisis for Economic Policy: Austerity, Growth and Future Challenges (with J.M. Gay de Liébana and A. Rocafort). RAD Tribuna Plural, 2015.
• The financial and economic performance of Hotels in Spanish Beach tourist destinations, Athens Journal of Tourism, 2015.
• Impact of Service Quality on Competitiveness and Profitability: The Hotel Sector on the Catalan Coast, Intangible Capital (under review).
• Entrepreneurial Competences and Their Relationship with the Academic Profile, DYNA Revista de Ingeniería (final review).
• Management Accounting for Decision Making (with C. Mallo, A. Rocafort, and others). Editorial Profit, ISBN 978-84-15735-99-1.
• The External Sector of the Spanish Economy (1986–1995), Revista CIDOB, No. 34–35 (with G. Bernardos).
• Gran Vox Dictionary of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Editorial Biblograf, 1997.
• 11th Annual International Conference on Tourism, Athens (2015): Hotels’ financial and economic performance in Spanish Beach Tourist Destinations.
• VI Catalan Congress on Accounting and Management, Barcelona (2015): Impact of Service Quality on Competitiveness and Profitability: The Hotel Sector on the Catalan Coast.

AWARDS AND HONOURS

• ACCID Award (2015) for the best doctoral thesis: Value Creation in the Vacation Hotel Industry.