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LICERÁN GUTIÉRREZ

EDUCATION: Double Bachelor in Business and Administration + Law. (2005-2011). Awarded with Best Bachelor Student UJA 2011 and Honorable Mention in the Julio Banacloche Award for Best Students in Economics and Law 2011. Expert in SAP-Consultancy for Finance, Controlling and Human Resources modules. Master Thesis: Earnings quality in non-listed firms (October, 2013). RESEARCH PhD in Economics (University of Jaén, January 2019). Doctoral Thesis: A holistic model of earnings quality measuring using Partial Least Squares (January, 2019). Cum Laude with International Mention. Research stay at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, campus Getafe (01/02/15 - 30/04/15) and at the Unviersity of Bristol, United Kingdom (01/05/17 - 31/07/17). Research interests: Earnings quality, cost of capital, non-profit organizations, valuation of investment properties, IAS, valuation of financial instruments, banking efficiency, SMEs reputation, sustainability reporting in NPOs. Research awards: 4 awards for Best conference paper in international workshops (AECA 2017, AJICEDE 2018, ASEPUC 2020, and AJICEDE 2024). I have co-directed a Doctoral Thesis about transparency and good governance in Non-Profit Organizations (November, 2021). I am currently co-directing three Doctoral Theses about earning distribution irregularities, measurement of reputation and social impact in NPOs, and sustainability reporting in NPOs. TEACHING: Professor at the University of Jaén (Bachelor teaching: market finances, financial management, accounting financial statements analysis, short-term assets management, consolidated financial statements, management accounting, strategic accounting, introduction to accounting, corporate finances. Master studies teaching: Advanced accounting and Company valuation in the Master of Business Administration, and information systems in the Master of Transport and Logistics). Participation as a researcher and teacher in 5 Innovative Teaching Projects and 7 Teaching Projects for Entrepreneurship Fostering. Teaching awards: Best Innovative Teaching Project (project about flipped classroom) and Best Teaching Project for Entrepreneursip Fostering (project about cooperative entrepreneurship). OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY: 8 Months of experience in an auditing firm (Foro Auditores SL). 2 years of experience as a Teacher in Centro de Estudios Épsilon S.L. (financial and management accounting and financial management).