The 2nd Nordic-Iberian Doctoral Workshop on Business Economics

Professor Renée Adams from the Saïd Business School of the University of Oxford

Renée is a truly global scholar whose research focuses on information flows on boards, bank governance, group decision-making, central bank governance, and gender diversity. She holds an MS in Mathematics from Stanford and a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago. Renée has held positions at institutions such as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the University of Queensland, and the Stockholm School of Economics, and visiting roles across Europe, Japan, and the US.

Her interdisciplinary work has been published in top accounting, economics, finance, and management journals, and in 2019, she received the Female Career Award from HEC Lausanne. Renée’s research on gender diversity has gained global media attention and featured in outlets like the Financial Times, the Economist, and the Boston Globe.

Renée’s influence on Nordic finance academics is immense, as this year marks her 20th anniversary of teaching the Empirical Corporate Finance course for the NFN network. Many of her former students have made important contributions to the field in the Nordics, and her course played a key role in inspiring the creation of this workshop.

Professor Juan Pablo Maícas from the department of Business Management at CUNEF Universidad.

Juan Pablo Maícas is a Full Professor of Strategic Management at CUNEF Universidad. He earned his Ph.D. in Strategic Management from Universidad de Zaragoza. Before joining CUNEF, he was a Professor at Universidad de Zaragoza and a Visiting Professor at Bayes Business School (UK) and Copenhagen Business School (Denmark). His research focuses on strategic decision-making and its impact on firm performance.

Juan Pablo’s work has been published in top international journals, including Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Information Systems Research, and Long Range Planning, among others.