Bachelor in Mathematics and PhD in Mathematics (Theoretical Physics PhD program) from the Universitat de València. He has carried out teaching and research tasks at the Universidad de Extremadura (2003-2007), the Universidad de Granada (2007-2009) and the Universitat de València (since 2009), where he is Associate Professor since 2016. His research deals with topics such as Relativity, the study of time series using wavelets, data envelopment analysis and multi-criteria decision-making methods. 

Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Engineering School ETSE-UV of the University of Valencia.

Degree in Physics (specialty of Electricity, Electronics and Computing) and PhD in Computer Engineering by the University of Valencia.

He has been the Dean of the Higher Technical School of Engineering of the Universitat de València ETSE-UV (2009-2015) and Vice-chancellor of Information and Communication Technologies of the Universitat de València (2002-2006).

He has participated in publications in books, articles in specialized journals and scientific-technical documents of Spanish and European research projects and has presented papers in dozens of scientific congresses in his field. Its current lines of work are databases and data science, learning management systems and computer systems for process management and quality.

He teaches, among other subjects, Database subjects in the Degree in Computer Engineering and in several masters degrees such as the Master in Data Science.

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José Pla-Barber is a doctor in Economics with an extraordinary doctorate award and European certificate, Full Professor of Management at the University of Valencia and associate researcher at the “John Dunning Center” of the University of Reading (U.K).

In the international arena, he has been vice-chair of the European International Business Academy (2012-2018) and chair of the Academy of International Business Western Europe Chapter (2010-2018). Since 2019 he is a Fellow of the European International Business Academy. Professor Pla-Barber has been a visiting professor at the University of Reading (UK), Norwegian School of Management (Norway), King’s College London (U.K) and ESCE Paris.

At the University of Valencia, he has been Director of the Management Department (2004-2008), director of the doctorate in Management (2008-2012) and director of the Master in Business Strategy (2012-2018).

He has supervised 21 doctoral theses, 6 research projects of the National Science and Technology Plan and numerous applied projects financed by the BBVA Foundation, the Chamber of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry, the Spanish association of home-textiles or the Generalitat Valenciana. His main lines of research are the analysis of the internationalization of the company, the management of the multinational company and the study of international competitiveness of the industry, having published more than 70 articles in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Management Reviews, Global Strategy Journal, Management International Review, International Business Review, Journal of Business Research, International Marketing Review, Scandinavian Journal of Management, Journal of International Marketing, Services Industries Journal, Journal of Economic Geography, or British Journal of Management. His book "International Business Management" is considered a bestseller by Pearson Education publishing house. He has recently published the books "International Business Management" in the McGraw-Hill publishing house and "Caixa Ontinyent: more than words, facts".

His teaching specialty in International Management has led him to give numerous lectures and undergraduate, master and postgraduate courses in a wide range of Spanish and international universities (among others, University of Reading, Glasgow University, Uppsala University, Norwegian School of Management; ESCE Paris, Novancia Paris, Utrech University, University of Havana, UNED, UCR and TEC in Costa Rica, ICESI, University of Antioquia, Universidad del Valle, Universidad del Norte and EAFIT in Colombia, UNAM of Mexico, APEC of Dominican Republic, ORT Uruguay, ADEX Peru, etc.). Currently, Professor Pla-Barber advises different companies in the field of their international strategy and is the Chairman of the Board and the Executive Committee of Caixa Ontinyent.

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I am Full Professsor at the University of Valencia, Faculty of Economics, holding a PhD in Management and Strategy (with extraordinary doctorate award in Economics). My areas of specialization are International Business, Innovation and Organizational Learning. I teach these topics in Spain and Latin America at undergraduate, master and doctorate level, as well as courses on research methodology. I have supervised more than 10 doctoral dissertations.

My research interests focus on analysing the organization of the international company (global strategy and inter-regional expansion, global value chains, HQ-subsidiary relationships, innovation and organisational learning) both in MNCs and SMEs. On these topics I have published a number of papers in well-known journals in the field of management. I am currently Senior Editor for the European Journal of International Management, Associate Editor in Business Research Quarterly and consulting editor in the International Journal of Management Reviews. I am also member of the board (Spanish representative) at the European International Business Academy (EIBA).

As a member of the research group Inglobest I have lead and participated in research projects from public funding programmes, as well as many applied projects aiming to promote firms’ international competitiveness with relevant public institutions such as Fundación BBVA, Chamber of Commerce, IVACE, Consejo Intertextil Español o ATEVAL.

I have been co-director of the Master in Business Strategy (Master en Estrategia de Empresa) of the University of Valencia, 2018-2022. Formerly I held positions to promote the internationalization of the Faculty of Economics in my university (2012-2016) such as the coordination of international dual degrees for the Degree in International Business and the movility coordination for the degree in Business Administration.

Maria Orero-Blat, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Business Management at the University of Valencia. She holds a double international degree in International Business (Universitat de València and Hochschule Bremen). a Master's degree in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (Universitat de València) and a Master's degree in Digital Business (Universitat Politècnica de València). Her research focuses on the fields of digital transformation, HR analytics, digital skills and organizational culture. She has published her research in high-impact journals such as the Journal of Innovation & Kowledge, Review of Managerial Science or Journal of Business Research and has participated in international conferences as a speaker and member of the academic and organizing committee. She has made international stays at prestigious universities such as the University of Turin (Italy), Edinburgh Napier University (United Kingdom) and Tecnológico de Costa Rica. She works on entrepreneurship training activities and projects at an international level and on teaching innovation projects such as the creation of MOOCs. She is also a business consultant in collaboration with the spin-off Cultural Fit Solutions.

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