[1] He studied at Autonomous University of Barcelona (PhD in Business Administration and Bachelor’s degree in the same speciality), at ESADE (Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and MBA) and at the Stockholm School of Economics (International Teachers Programme).

[2] As a professor at UPF since 1992, he has always been interested in the four main dimensions of academic life: research, knowledge transfer, teaching and management.

[3] His lines of research include the analysis of the success factors of organizations and the ethical aspects of finance.

He has directed more than fifteen theses and is the author of scientific articles and more than forty books, including Informe anual de l’empresa catalana [Annual Report of the Catalan companies] (2020), L’Ampolla mig plena: Aprendre de les crisis i dels que ho fan millor [The half-full bottle: Learning from crises and from those who made it better] (2020), Detecting accounting fraud before it's too late (2019), Renda Bàsica Universal: Anàlisi d’una proposta disruptiva [Universal Basic Income: Analysis of a disruptive proposal] (2019), Valoració i compravenda d’empreses [Valuation and sale of companies] (2018).

At UPF, he has been dean of the UPF Barcelona School of Management (2018-2021), director of the Department of Economics and Business (2003-2005), vice-rector for Economics, Information Systems and Services (1997-2001) and, specifically in the teaching field, he was director of the Centre for Teaching Quality and Innovation (2006-2011)[5] From the beginning of his professional career, he has actively collaborated with social institutions.